|
|
I am proficient in Solidworks 3-dimensional modeling and enjoy doing it in my spare time. If you are wanting to design something, and have a use for real 3-D renderings and/or 2-dimensional technical drawings, please don't hesitate to ask! For now, I'm willing to do this for free, just to solve my boredom problem.I can produce:2-d drawings (.pdf)3-d renderings (.jpg)solidworks parts (.sldprt)solidworks assemblies (.sldasm)Contact me at [email protected] would help if you could provide some type of sketch, a photo of something similar, or at least a detailed description of what the project is going to be used for with critical dimensions included. Attached are some examples of things i've done.[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][IMG][/IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]
Reply:Last edited by jpontius; 05-24-2007 at 10:52 AM.
Reply:wow... seeing ur works make me like a real amatuer... mind conducting some 3d rendering tutorial here ;-)
Reply:i'd be more than happy to in person if you feel like coming on over to Indiana. I don't claim to be any kind of expert... i'm self-taught and only have about 6 months of experience w/ the program (i was orinigally trained in IRONCAD and CATIA). But solidworks is by far the most powerful and versatile package out there in my mind. Can't be touched by Inventor or IRONCAD. Pro-E is nice, but not quite as versatile.
Reply:Originally Posted by jpontiusi'd be more than happy to in person if you feel like coming on over to Indiana. I don't claim to be any kind of expert... i'm self-taught and only have about 6 months of experience w/ the program (i was orinigally trained in IRONCAD and CATIA). But solidworks is by far the most powerful and versatile package out there in my mind. Can't be touched by Inventor or IRONCAD. Pro-E is nice, but not quite as versatile.
Reply:AutoCAD is a two-dimensional design program, which is sufficient for designing and printing technical drawings. It is still used a lot in manufacturing, because it has been "good enough" for so long. But now with 3-D modeling, you can model the entire part and constrain it's geometry using dimensions. Soliworks allows you to do infinite things with the model, from that point. At the most basic level, you can create a model and EXTRACT the drawings (with automatic dimensioning). You don't ever have to draw a single part line. If the part is a welded assembly, you can insert weldment symbols at the joints to create welding instructions very easliy. At a more advanced level, you can select mold injection points (if you're dealing with a molded part), and solidworks, along with an add-in called Cosmos, will give you an extremely extensive mold-flow analysis, including material strength properties throughout the part. If the part is not molded, you can assign a material to the part, and using a library of hundreds of material properties, Solidworks is able to spit out mass, total volume, strength, and visual properties.For the models I've shown you above, I've attach a visual material to the surface of the parts and used the Photoworks add-in to get the realistic-looking rendering of the parts in their future material form.Solidworks animator can be used in addition to photoworks to create high-quality video animation samples of a moving assembly with proper material appearance. For example, you can animate the assembly of a product (from an exploded orientation, to a fully-constrained orientation. Or you could animate the internal motion of an engine using a section view of the engine assembly.These are the features I'm referring to when I say that Solidworks is very POWERFUL.
Reply:Holy crap! Ive been wanting solidworks and have been kindof slacking off in getting it... but wow I think I'm going to order it now, heh. Great work, BTW!
Reply:Get it for sure! it's an amazing package by an amazing company w/ great support. The built in help options (internet independent!!!) include tutorials for most of the basic operations and lots of the complicated ones.Here's a screenshot of SW 2007:Last edited by jpontius; 05-24-2007 at 12:23 PM.
Reply:All the mentioned features above can be done in Inventor (extrusions, sectional cut-aways, animations...ect. not sure about the injection molding though). What would you say warrants the biggest advantage of switching over to Solid works? I've been trained on AutoCAD since I started my undergrad in 95. AutoCAD is not very intuitive at times, is Solid works any better?Are you and engineer btw? Thanks for your generous offer as well!This truly is one place where people of all different talents come to meet.Last edited by yellow; 05-24-2007 at 12:47 PM.
Reply:Very cool, I'm gonna be using the same program for my job (design engineer). I've already had about a year and a half of courses in SW as well as COSMOSWorks through school, great program!
Reply:Yellow, what do you mean by AutoCAD not being intuitive? I use Autocad almost every day, if you need help with something let me know. Autocad is also 3D, not just 2D. I like Autocad because it uses regular old english commands. Want to draw a circle? Type circle. No hunting for buttons. jpontius, does SW do Civil stuff? Your renderings look great, btw. Thanks,Steve
Reply:I have autodesks inventor 9 on my computer. I have used this program many of time before , and i can make almost anything with it. You can draw in 3d and 2d. You can put things together , even make things move (like testing out you new suspension idea) I haven't used solidworks yet, but I'm very happy with the program i have now. I would show you some of the things i have built in inventor but i don't have them on this computer. I'll try and built some more cool things to show you guys.
Reply:I made regular old vanilla AutoCAD do animation once using a lisp program I wrote. It was cheesy but got a chuckle out of my autolisp teacher.
Reply:I prefer solidworks to other programs because of it's user-friendliness. It's very visual-based (note the number of icons, toolbars, and the design tree). To me, it is very intuitive. Catia tends to be more picky and technical. For instance, there is one button in solidworks called "dimension". Depending on what features you select, this can create constraints for length, offset, diameter, angle, etc. It is very intelligent in how it selects contraint order, as well. In Catia, there is one button for each type of constraint, and you have to create them in the correct order so as not to over-define the model. Picky...Steve - Yes Solidworks Office 2007 comes with a civil-related add-in, but I have NO experience with it. As far as how it compares to Inventor - Both modeling platforms are very well designed, but Solidworks office (which consists of Solidworks, eDrawings, Solidworks Explorer, Solidworks toolbox (all of the add-ins), and DWGeditor) is basically Inventor, Autocad, and Cosmos all put together. It comes with 14 add-in programs free, which all cost something for any other package. It also has a conversion add-in, which can import, export, and convert models between Catia, Pro-E, Inventor, Autocad, Ironcad, and Solidedge. This is HANDY.
Reply:Been looking at all the design apps out there. I've used autocad only and was looking to upgrade to something else. After looking at your work, I think I'm sold on sollidworks. Nice work jpontius!!
Reply:IronCAD screenshot:
Reply:Hmm.. I am proficient in AutoCAD. I have been using it for years. I always get Inventor along with the new version of AutoCAD, but I never install it. Maybe I should start using it. Your drawings are great Jpontius!Lincoln AC/DC 225/125 Stick Linde HDA-300 MillerMatic DVI MIG Miller Dynasty 200DX Hypertherm Powermax 1000
Reply:Looking good. I will try this weekend if i have time on some cool designs. I have them all at school , so i can't show you but now i just got the program here at home. When i finish i will show you what you can do in inventor , basically the same thing you can do in solidworks.
Reply:so, i've just spent the past few hours looking at videos on the SolidWorks site. thanks a lot, guys. heh. how much do these programs cost? i don't feel like calling a salesman to ask.with full intent and better sense to recognize what is false and part with it.
Reply:The heading states available free, so how do we get it free?
Reply:zobman - read my initial post. I'm offering to model people's designs for them in my spare time because it's a hobby of mine. Professional 3-D modelers generally charge $75-$100/hr to do this. Granted, I'm not claiming to be a professional, but I can put out some professional-level renderings with enough time.
Reply:there are tons of comparison sites out there to compare solidworks to any other package. check 'em out. But here is some data to compare the popularity and industry-use of these packages. The positions represent job opening w/ training in that particular package. Note the solidworks take-over.Monster.comFebruary 2002 Solidworks 179 positionsSolidEdge 5Pro-E 266Catia 233Unigraphics 125Mechanical Desktop 81AutoCAD 1655Inventor 8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~June 2004 Solidworks 585 positionsInventor 99 (14.5%) (between IV & SWX only)Pro-E 436Mechanical Desktop 134~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~April 2005 Solidworks 550 positionsInventor 138 (20%)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~March 2006Solidworks 769 positionsInventor 252 (25%)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~August 2006Solidworks 767 positionsSolid works 222Inventor 243 (20%)Pro-E 577ProE 207Mechanical Desktop 50
Reply:Yikes! Those numbers are pretty scary. I wonder why most academic programs haven't made the switch yet from AutoCAD/Inventor. I know here at Virginia Tech we are still using AutoCAD. In fact we use pretty much all of Autodesks products. Perhaps a big change is in store.
Reply:Here are some cool things i found when i was going through the design projects in inventor. I didn't make these so I'm not giving these my credit.I'm working on a small project , i will post it when i get it finished.
Reply:So while we are all on the topic I guess a partial thread hijack would not be too much out of the way. We’ve established that there are many ways of making beautiful and detailed 3D drawing but what comes of all this talent? I’m a mechanical engineer and have just started a research/fabrication company of my own. Like most engineers I’ve been trained in AutoCAD/Inventor and can produce/conceptualize many great parts but the real hurdle comes when I need the actual part produced. From my past experience anything I had to take to a local (Blacksburg, VA) machine shop to be produced; they just looked at me in total confusion. I’ve either had to explain to them in very very basic instructions what needed to be done and modify on my own afterwards or just have them do partial machining that was beyond my capabilities. NONE of my drawings mean squat. It’s like pulling a teeth when trying to convey what I need done. When I have tried to search for more competent shops (usually run by young engineers with a bit of money in tools and think they know all) I have found that the price quotes are far too exorbitant. It’s almost like you were asking them to put together a flux capacitor for you. They treat their work like it was some type of specialized procedure, you’re the idiot for asking and they therefore demand a premium price. From my limited time on this forum reading and observing most of the member’s work on here I can honestly say that you guys should have your resume sent out to NASA/DARPA and any of the other agencies of the like. No one here fits the “typical” machinist/welder personality I have encountered. My big question is what good are all these 3D drawings when at the end of the day you have to deal with people that have no clue? Who and where can you take these drawings to and actually have a part produced (2D or even 3D)? I have resorted to investing lots of time and money in doing things myself merely for the fact that I can’t get anything priced remotely reasonable these days. No “machine” shop here has any idea what .dwg means. Anything that isn’t on lead and paper doesn’t mean jack to them. What, where, and how do you guys that need outsourced parts get by?wow thats just too cool looking.;d i gotta get soem thing like that. about what dose it run $ wise. would be great fun for playing around when i cant get out to the shop. summer is here, plant a tree for mother earth. if you dont have time or space, sponcer some one else to plant one for you.feel free to shoot me a PM or e-mail me at [email][email protected] i got lots of time.
Reply:Solidworks 2007 costs about $4500, annual maintenance is $1295. Extra modules cost $$$. You can buy a house in Northern Ontario, Canada for less money.A man who can't weld is as poorly educated as a woman who can't sew
Reply:WOW!!! ok how a bout a decent option in the free to $50is range ???us old broken, broke guys need an option too ya know. summer is here, plant a tree for mother earth. if you dont have time or space, sponcer some one else to plant one for you.feel free to shoot me a PM or e-mail me at [email][email protected] i got lots of time.
Reply:work for a company that has a large license and come up w/ some obscure reason that you need a copy and license to work at home. FREE!!!
Reply:Originally Posted by yellowYikes! Those numbers are pretty scary. I wonder why most academic programs haven't made the switch yet from AutoCAD/Inventor. I know here at Virginia Tech we are still using AutoCAD. In fact we use pretty much all of Autodesks products. Perhaps a big change is in store.
Reply:Is hello: you a good sign program that free?metal is my future
Reply:Is hello: you a good sign program that free? |
|
发表于 2021-9-1 00:31:25