Designing stuff

**aff-man** · 8th September 2005, 17:40

Well I always liked designign stuff but i suck at drawing so I got solidworks (cause we used it way back in year 1 of engineering) and started making stuff this is what i got so far. Hopefully will have a whole bike when i'm done.

Has anyone else had a play around out there. Chuck up your designs

**Motoracer** · 8th September 2005, 17:48

Where do I get this program from??

**aff-man** · 8th September 2005, 17:58

Originally Posted by Motoracer

Where do I get this program from??

I got it for *cough* free *cough* . It's called solidworks. Can burn ya a copy if ya want. or if you got a 256mb memory stick or bigger i can put it on that.

**Motoracer** · 8th September 2005, 17:59

Originally Posted by aff-man

I got it for *cough* free *cough* . It's called solidworks. Can burn ya a copy if ya want. or if you got a 256mb memory stick or bigger i can put it on that.

Yea, sweet! Don't have a mem stick sorry dude. Would love to have a copy on CD tho.

**Big Dave** · 8th September 2005, 18:49

Originally Posted by aff-man

Has anyone else had a play around out there. Chuck up your designs

Some of my designs have made people chuck up.

good stuff aff-man, my design qualification is in CAD and as an Architectural Draftsman. But that was career No2 of 4 - Haven't used it for nearly 20 years.

**aff-man** · 8th September 2005, 20:13

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Some of my designs have made people chuck up.

good stuff aff-man, my design qualification is in CAD and as an Architectural Draftsman. But that was career No2 of 4 - Haven't used it for nearly 20 years.

hahaha well yeh i am just starting off slow. Making each piece then putting it together. about to start on the front end now. Not looking forward to trying to do the engine and such things. Solidworks isn't the most powerfull design tool out there. I also got PCT pro desktop and although more powerfull is not as user friendly

(p.s. if you going out picture taking again I need to get some snaps of my new wheels for my avatar

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**aff-man** · 8th September 2005, 22:00

and so forks were created....

**erik** · 8th September 2005, 22:18

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Some of my designs have made people chuck up.

good stuff aff-man, my design qualification is in CAD and as an Architectural Draftsman. But that was career No2 of 4 - Haven't used it for nearly 20 years.

I didn't realise they had CAD 20 years ago?

Must've been very different to what it's like today?

**Big Dave** · 8th September 2005, 22:21

Originally Posted by erik

I didn't realise they had CAD 20 years ago?

Must've been very different to what it's like today?

release 3 - and it was probably 15 - and yes and no - obviously the rendering engine and the scipts are way ahead, as are the add on modules and plug ins - but drawing vectors is still drawing vectors.

Back in those days i used to do the renders in photoshop - because autocad looked too computer generated - that isn't the case now.

**aff-man** · 8th September 2005, 23:20

and dennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

**zadok** · 8th September 2005, 23:28

I think 'SP' might be into this sort of stuff.

**Big Dave** · 8th September 2005, 23:57

Spokes are too straight and rightangular - curve them like the swingarm

**Brian d marge** · 9th September 2005, 02:28

I love cad ...Eric kindly sent me a file of solid works ,,but I cant get it to work ..to complicted for a simpleton like me !
Anyway designing mo bike stuff is what I do in the mornings over here in Japan ,,( read thats where the money goes out) and I teach engrish in the evenings ( read money in ) ( money in -money out = beer money )

So I use cad and have a set of original R14 acad on 5 inch floppy if any one needs it !!!
but I like cad ( I use 2004 ) and its GREAT for working drawings ,,,I draw in 3d then do a solid view in a different layer ,,Vala ,,instant 2d drawing

The thing I dont like about it is ,,,,, it cant handle helixes very well ,,aka springs ,,,I have a plug in ,,but threads come out clunky ,,,so I leave them off the 3d

So Mo bike bit design ....... I can help if you need ,,,but ask eric the quality of my answers if I try to answer them whilst drinking

One thing I also thought of ..does any one remember when finite analysis came out ..I also have those on 5 inch floppy ,,,

theres a lot of things that are 5 inches and floppy you know ,,I have one me self

anyway I must go back to drinking ,,and stop all this typing stuff ..using up valuable digits and time

kind regards Stephen

**avgas** · 9th September 2005, 05:53

yeh i was working on CAD about 12 years ago, and even then it was considered old. CAD 3d studio was ok......but quite tacky. Solidworks is great when you can figure out how to use the heat algorithms, but i never had time or the ability to do so (1st year engineering was the last time i used it as well).
............right now i want to stick a knife in my computer thanks to PROTEL Design Explorer though........

**aff-man** · 9th September 2005, 10:24

Originally Posted by avgas

yeh i was working on CAD about 12 years ago, and even then it was considered old. CAD 3d studio was ok......but quite tacky. Solidworks is great when you can figure out how to use the heat algorithms, but i never had time or the ability to do so (1st year engineering was the last time i used it as well).
............right now i want to stick a knife in my computer thanks to PROTEL Design Explorer though........

Hahahahahaha protel will crash any computer. I am considering putting it on this computer but the amount of times it crashed on me at tech.....

Dave: Changed the rear wheel is that better?