Laser Cutting

[greenmac80]

Hey jst wondering if anyone has something they would like drawn up into a DXF file.

I've procurred Turbo CAD and i've so far designed an inlet manifold flanges and the first half of a bellhousing adaptor.

 

i am wanting to try a few more things out. let me know!

cheers, Luc

[Oh-KE]

What about strut brace mounts? I would be keen on some of them and also the inlet manifold flanges.

[greenmac80]

ryan and i are already gettin some strut brace ones made up.. if you get me a gasket i can do the drawing.

[_FNQ_rolla_]

Hey jst wondering if anyone has something they would like drawn up into a DXF file.

I've procurred Turbo CAD and i've so far designed an inlet manifold flanges and the first half of a bellhousing adaptor.

 

 

If you can have a look at another CAD program by Autodesk called AutoCAD Mechanical or Inverter as most industries are using these and have a much larger file extensions available.

 

I have found these programs to be a better (Mechanical is mainly for 2D and inventor is for 3D)

 

 

keep up the great service

[greenmac80]

well as for the laser cutting i thought DXF is all you need? they cutter converts it to whatever he needs to use it?

 

i can probs get my mate to find autocad for me. but turbo cad works well so far. bear in mind i've had no training or anything. i'm winging my way through it and self teaching.

and from what i've heard autocad is a lot harder to use.

[philbey]

ALL SHIT.

 

Solidworks baby. Here's to Dassault World Domination!!

 

Autocad easy, turbo cad easy they're all just 2D drawing packages. Mechanical Desktop and Inventor are overkill for basic 2-Dimensional images.

 

If you want to do lasercutting profiles for any items you want to get folded, then a 3D package makes it much, much easier.

[67Rolla-Ken]

Agree with Philbey, Solidworks is the way of the future :)

 

We started using it about a year ago at work, has dramatically reduced reworks (stuff-ups needing to be fixed). You can spot a problem straight away when you're working in 3D.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Pfft, Solidworks is crap.

 

Then again, I do use Pro/Engineer every hour of every work day, so I am a little biased :P

Solidworks, Inventor, Unigraphix, CATIA all owe PTC for creating parametric-based 3D modelling...

Edited September 13, 2010 by Hiro Protagonist

[ke70dave]

I'm using solid works right now, to do some FEA analysis. currently its solving my model, last time it took 7mins.

 

remote desktop'ing into our super computer, 24GB of ram baby!!! hate to try and solve it on my desktop PC with its measly 4gb ram...

 

for a simple DXF you can't go passed autocad, some things only need 2d.

 

all our drafting here is done in autocad (easy stuff 2d, more complex 3d) and the drafters are fast at it. the console in autocad is great, once you learn the commands you can blast through drawings.

 

and although solid works is great for design, its a pain in the ass for drafting.

 

and if you are not careful in solid works you can screw things up real quick, editing parts that are linked to drawings and assemblies, and everything just falls appart.

[philbey]

Hiro you can't piss on Solidworks then offer up shitty old Pro E as a better alternative LOL. Last time I used ProE they hadn't updated the interface since they invented it!

 

I spent 7 years using Unigraphics and was a staunch advocate until I started using SW. Was using SW2010 last night and the detail changes since SW2007 are awesome.

 

SW still needs work with its assemblies though, UG was always pretty robust in that department.

 

Worst I ever used was Ideas. Terrible.

[Hiro Protagonist]

Hiro you can't piss on Solidworks then offer up shitty old Pro E as a better alternative LOL. Last time I used ProE they hadn't updated the interface since they invented it!

 

I agree that Pro/E's interface isn't the best and outdated (you can still tell that it is based off a Unix core as file names can't have spaces :P), nor is it the prettiest (but it doesn't need to be), they have made some big improvements in Wildfire 4 and 5 (we're using 4 at work), but the real power lies beneath the surface, especially in the assembly packaging. Other people that work here agree with me too that it isn't the most intuitive package, but it is much much more stable, robust and powerful than Inventor/NX/etc

Edited September 13, 2010 by Hiro Protagonist

[rockcox]

For what it's worth, we use bricscad www.bricsys.com at work for drafting. It's fully compatible with autocad including list routines and costs less than a cup of coffee ($350+). And best of all it's available for linux.

[rockcox]

Hey jst wondering if anyone has something they would like drawn up into a DXF file.

I've procurred Turbo CAD and i've so far designed an inlet manifold flanges and the first half of a bellhousing adaptor.

 

i am wanting to try a few more things out. let me know!

cheers, Luc

 

 

And the original topic....... I think a bit of a dxf library would be great, inlet & exhaust shapes, gaskets and bolt patterns etc. I'm happy to contribute where I can.

[greenmac80]

yes back on topic people.. i only have turbocad and thats all i'm gonna get.. i can't afford autocad or any other programs.

[fkj]

unigraphics nx 6 for the win