Fungus
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May 29, 2010 20:35:23 GMT
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Hi everyone, thought id share what ive been doing on sketchup. I just realised i actualy had the program, so ive just been messing around with it, its not really that great for chassis to be honest  the red bits are where the wishbones would attach;   This is the front, where the cage would join on, its where the bulkhead would be if you get me    I know it might not be all that strong of a design, but now that i understand the chassis stuff i thought id just have a go/mess around ;D Anyone else got anything ( bit of a long shot ) or any ideas of better software? cheers |
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May 29, 2010 20:43:35 GMT
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I have used sketchup in the past and have found it fine for illustrating stuff but as a design tool I think its a bit limited because of the modelling and basic dimensioning.
Personally I like Autodesk Inventor but that's a whole different ball game to learn. Very rewarding if you can use it though. Creating drawings from 3D models once you've mastered it is very easy.
AutoCAD is good too but I'd tend to stick to 2D with it as I found the 3D to be a bit cumbersome. A better design tool than Sketchup though and very easy to use/pick up once you know the basics.
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'03 Porsche 996 C2 3.6 - Sort of Retro
'84 Porsche 924 - Definitely Retro!
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RobinJI
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"Driven by the irony that only being shackled to the road could ever I be free"
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May 29, 2010 20:49:04 GMT
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Anyone else got anything ( bit of a long shot ) or any ideas of better software? cheers Looks really good mate. Certainly a good start. This is my solidworks drawing of my mini, the outside's nothing spectacular, just a rough idea, I did it more to see how everything was going to fit together really.     |
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Last Edit: May 29, 2010 20:55:41 GMT by RobinJI
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Fungus
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May 29, 2010 20:55:44 GMT
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stevecrx- My brother has autocad, so i'll see if i can nick it  I'll have to give Auto desk a go too  RobinJI-Thats fantastic!! is carbon actually going to happen on the build? ;D Definatrly upload some more ;D ;D |
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Fungus
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May 29, 2010 20:56:46 GMT
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 wow. How long have you been using that software? |
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RobinJI
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May 29, 2010 21:02:22 GMT
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Yeah, with any luck it'll get a few shiny carbon bits. I've had the software since about Christmas, it's solidworks student 2009 licensed through my college. Although I've used other programs in the past. My personal favourite was solid edge, might be worth a look, but this kind of software's not cheep (unless you were to be very naughty and use a copied version of course). Quick one if it with the body out of the way:  |
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Last Edit: May 29, 2010 21:10:27 GMT by RobinJI
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Fungus
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May 29, 2010 21:11:07 GMT
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haha, tempting to use copied, but rather not I'll see if my brother can get it through college ;D With the design i ded i was litterally making it up as i went along, i might do another as that one looks a bit dodgey to me  |
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Sketchup is an amazing tool when you consider the price of it...
I've only had it for a week or so, going to start drawing my car on there and see how accurate I can get it. Though I might need to download it on something other than my netbook...
That's a good effort by the way! Keep going!
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kee
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May 30, 2010 10:53:22 GMT
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Robin, I'd triangulate the rear over the engine with a removable cross bar if i was you  i use pro/e and will shortly be starting some sort of race car design, not sure if single seater or spaceframe something yet though. heres my front end spaceframe for my final year university project, got a 2:1 for it ;D   its a pretty curse word design, but trying to fit conventional double wishbone suspension into a fwd layout proved pretty difficult. |
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kee
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May 30, 2010 11:07:54 GMT
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RobinJI
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May 30, 2010 19:04:46 GMT
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Cheers, I have actually deliberately left out that diagonal, the theory being that there's about 1" clearance between the front of the engine and the bulkhead, so if I get rear ended by some tailgating tit, or I spin it into some armco backwards, I'd rather the rear end twisted sideways than the engine rammed into the bulkhead.
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kee
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May 30, 2010 21:07:30 GMT
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in which case you'd be better off building in weaker points around the bulkhead to take the forces. to shove an engine into the back of you, when in a spaceframed car, the car behind would have to be going very fast. if your chassis is stiff enough its likely that any road car would crumple around it anyway. if it isnt stiff enough then it needs a better design |
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I'll have to give Auto desk a go too 
wow. How long have you been using that software?
