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[jeebz]

I'm coming to the end of my degree now, this year I've had a 1275 engine sat in my bedroom, as you do in Uni.

 

Anyway gradually I started modelling it up on the computer. This is what I've got so far/

 

 

 

I know its not finished, and there are a few things I haven't modelled yet so please take that into consideration. 

There are a couple area's which haven't been finished on the detailing yet as well. 

 

Anyway, thoughts?

 (ignore inlet and exhaust manifolds, the inlet was only modelled like it is, so you can see the carb, and the exhaust was only to show the placement on the head. They were only done quickly and not based on anything really.)

Edited by jeebz, 09 May 2013 - 01:28 PM.

[Deathrow]

Awesome!

How accurate have you made it?

[jeebz]

Its pretty accurate, the least accurate areas are the silly little radius's on the block and the head. The valves, springs camshaft and rocker assembly are pretty good. Ill see if i can get some pictures of them

[RedRallyMini]

Wow, nice! What program did you use?

[jeebz]

It was all done on SolidWorks. Had to use excel to get co-ordinates to get the correct camshaft profiles. 

[jeebz]

Rocker Assembly 

 

Piston Assembly

 

 

Cylinder Head 

 

 

 

 

Cam

 

[RedRallyMini]

It was all done on SolidWorks. Had to use excel to get co-ordinates to get the correct camshaft profiles. 

Looks very nice, I've only used SolidEdge and Inventor and now that I'm studying for architectural draftsman I've learned to draw with Sketchup, Autocad, Revit and rendering with 3DSMAX, to keep it short: I love CAD

[jeebz]

Ive found its not to hard to swap between different programmes. They all do pretty much the same thing, its just finding the buttons or commands which do  the same thing. Hardest bit for me is getting used to the mouse movements and commands. 

[jackmason]

That's very impressive, ive played with Prodesktop in the past and Google Sketchup but i wouldn't know where to start with something this complicated!

[Old Bob]

That's pretty impressive stuff - well done.

 

Bob

[RedRallyMini]

Ive found its not to hard to swap between different programmes. They all do pretty much the same thing, its just finding the buttons or commands which do  the same thing. Hardest bit for me is getting used to the mouse movements and commands. 

No, it isn't, like you say they're all basicly the same + my teacher says the best draftsmen are the ones who can switch between programs without having any problems with it  . I'm now learning to use 3DSMAX and that's the hardest program I've ever used , it's not really a CAD program but it's used to make CAD drawings look like a picture (to sell houses,...) and also for making video games.

[sherly]

It's the wrong colour! (little design-industry joke there)

 

Top effort - have you developed Soildworks tourettes yet? I find using it on a day to day basis makes you swear a lot......

 

What are you planning to do with the CAD when it's finished - or is it modelling practice? Could render that up quite nicely with some proper textures to make some cool images.........

 

........or animate it?

Edited by sherly, 09 May 2013 - 04:14 PM.

[Alex_B]

Very impressive! I've just started a degree in motorsport engineering so only started playing around with cad but that's stonkingly detailed

[mike.]

Thats awesome!

[jeebz]

 

Ive found its not to hard to swap between different programmes. They all do pretty much the same thing, its just finding the buttons or commands which do  the same thing. Hardest bit for me is getting used to the mouse movements and commands. 

No, it isn't, like you say they're all basicly the same + my teacher says the best draftsmen are the ones who can switch between programs without having any problems with it  . I'm now learning to use 3DSMAX and that's the hardest program I've ever used , it's not really a CAD program but it's used to make CAD drawings look like a picture (to sell houses,...) and also for making video games.

 

I haven't used 3DSMAX, I was going to have a go on it but found out i don't really have the time. 

 

It's the wrong colour! (little design-industry joke there)

 

Top effort - have you developed Soildworks tourettes yet? I find using it on a day to day basis makes you swear a lot......

 

What are you planning to do with the CAD when it's finished - or is it modelling practice? Could render that up quite nicely with some proper textures to make some cool images.........

 

........or animate it?

Ive had SoildWorks tourettes for a while now. How wrong something has gone is now determined by the loudness of the swearing instead of the words. I don't really have any plans for it now. I suppose I could try and make a small portfolio and try and apply for a job, I've had a few interviews but nothing has come through yet. Hopefully being armed with a small porfolio would help that. 

I haven't tried rendering it yet, but I did get it to animate. However using a 4 year old laptop doesn't really help with the speed. If i had a faster computer I definately would. I could even run some FEA on it, determine crankshaft deflection for example. But can't afford it right now. 

 

Very impressive! I've just started a degree in motorsport engineering so only started playing around with cad but that's stonkingly detailed

Where are you doing your degree? Im just finishing a Motorsports Engineering degree.