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[sherly]

While you're waiting for it to download sit in your car with some cardboard, chicken wire, plasticene and/or polystyrene foam and make yourself a more useful mock up in a fraction of the time

Amen to that - much more worth your while actually making something on the fly (especially if you've got a good idea on what you want it to look like)

At most do some sketches of how you think they'll look. Thats how most great designs start out anyway, waaay before the CAD men get involved......

At the end of the day in the time spent learning the CAD software and then modelling it up you could make yourself some really great speaker enclosures!

Edited by sherly, 26 March 2008 - 09:28 PM.

[millsminis]

For a free 3D Modelling CAD package try....Delcam Powershape Came across it today at work.....

[JetBLICK]

While you're waiting for it to download sit in your car with some cardboard, chicken wire, plasticene and/or polystyrene foam and make yourself a more useful mock up in a fraction of the time

Amen to that - much more worth your while actually making something on the fly (especially if you've got a good idea on what you want it to look like)

At most do some sketches of how you think they'll look. Thats how most great designs start out anyway, waaay before the CAD men get involved......

At the end of the day in the time spent learning the CAD software and then modelling it up you could make yourself some really great speaker enclosures!

... plus the fact its pretty damn hard to model stuff straight into CAD. You usually need a good package drawing behind your back side and top views to give you a good starting point.

[frankiebateman]

Just had a go at it installed and stuff and heres what ive done so far, i know its a bit square but going to do the rest tommorow



I know its not the best but i think ive done well and im proud of what ive done lol oh and the reason im doing it on here is because i dont want to do it just yet im just getting ideas up for when its ready to be done

Edited by frankiebateman, 26 March 2008 - 09:54 PM.

[alexcrosse]

pro engineer is scum of the earth! and prodrive agree with me on that one. I like solidworks personally, although i have to be able to use them all.

[TheRestorer]

I would suggest Pro Desktop if you want to use CAD



you like that? crafted by my fair hand no less

Edited by TheRestorer, 26 March 2008 - 10:23 PM.

[alexcrosse]

prodesktops good for learning i must admit.

but solidworks is about as good as it gets atm

crafter by my fair hand dunno what the black bits all about at the bottom, lmao.

Edited by alexcrosse, 26 March 2008 - 10:25 PM.

[roofless]

is all this 3d modelling shenanigans for creating illustrations or engineering prototypes?

your first dive into 3ds is pretty good - your finding the commands and basic modellers already !

[nurseholliday]

prodesktops good for learning i must admit.

but solidworks is about as good as it gets atm

crafter by my fair hand dunno what the black bits all about at the bottom, lmao.

So you'll say Pro Desktop is good despite it being a more basic version of Pro Engineer...

[alexcrosse]

incorrect i said its good for learning... because its so simple, nicely layed out piece of software, whereas pro e is the least user friendly CAD software i no of, like gambit in the CFD world.

[frankiebateman]

Theyre all good i think ill stick with this one for the moment see how i get on with it just need to figure how to rounds stuff of

Edited by frankiebateman, 26 March 2008 - 10:59 PM.

[nurseholliday]

incorrect i said its good for learning... because its so simple, nicely layed out piece of software, whereas pro e is the least user friendly CAD software i no of, like gambit in the CFD world.

User friendly, shmuser friendly, it's functionality is top notch.

I agree with you about GAMBIT though. One word. W-A-N-K

[alexcrosse]

incorrect i said its good for learning... because its so simple, nicely layed out piece of software, whereas pro e is the least user friendly CAD software i no of, like gambit in the CFD world.

User friendly, shmuser friendly, it's functionality is top notch.

I agree with you about GAMBIT though. One word. W-A-N-K

true, but if solidworks had the same functionality but nicer to use then i dont see the advantage of pro e. Solidworks you can do anything on, its just alot nicer, all mates, simulations, revolves etc etc list is endless (as you no). And i have to use em all so its literally just my equally judged oppinion. think my and oppinion are the key words! lol, each to their own ey lad.

[nurseholliday]

True. I guess it must be because I've always used Pro Engineer that I find it the best. And you're not the 1st person to tell me they don't like it. Not by a long shot... hehe.

[v8mini]

there are various packages and all good in there own right, purely depends what you are using it for.

i personally find unigraphics very user friendly, and due to this i dont get on too well with Auto cad.
plus what we us UG for a work is like cracking a nut with a sledge hammer, that package is capable of so much more, i know a few of the F1 teams use it.