CG, Mainly it helps with seeing if something will fit before you actually build it. Or possibly seeing how it will look in advance of building it. It may even change the direction of your original idea for the build. For example if you had clearance issues with suspension or you couldn't figure out a way to mount the stearing box because the hairpin gets in the way...you'd see that in the model in advance and you could possibly find another way to do it before you even cut your first piece of metal.
How did you get the curvature on the aft section of the rails? The wescotts drawing didn't seem to have enough dimensions....
Well they are'nt perfect, and I drew them pinched to fit a 28-29 body also. For the curved parts, I put in points at all the widths from the wescotts drawing, and used spline and eyeballing to connect the dots. I used the same technique on the side of the rails also,if you could call it that. They look close, I'm still trying to put the reveal in the side. here's a 37-41 split wishbone, that I layed holes out in to get the spacing and sizes I wanted. Not hot rod related, but this is our frame for our Formula SAE car drawn up from last year. here's rear suspension for the same FSAE car front and rear
Hey where did you go to school? I went to UM-Rolla (aka Missouri S&T). I used to trade work with the FSAE team at our school. I used to CNC parts for them and in return they would do FEA on some of my projects. LOL
51 Hemi J I have converted the file to a dxf, it opens ok in max but dont have autocad to test it you should be able to download the file here ... http://www.mediafire.com/?ux5sbwwgaxc1vhg the file is about 28Mb hope it works, All the best Paul. ps. changed the tyres on the 32
Haha, that's awesome. I'm actually still in School, in my Junior year at South Dakota State University in Brookings for Mechanical Engineering. Missouri S&T had one badass car last year at FSAE West in California.
That's what I heard- that they did really well out west. They had a bit of a catastrophe with their front spoiler in Detroit though. I wasn't on their team when I was in school though (B.S. '02). I did SAE Aero Heavy Lift and ASME Human Powered Vehicle Challenge. But we all help each other out on stuff.
Yeah, I had heard that they had a couple of issues in Detroit, we ended up not being able to make that and went to Cali instead. I wish we had a little more people interested in ASME and SAE stuff on campus, it seems like we're always a little short on manpower.
I'm a bit late to the party here- some great work! Thanks for the invite, Weaverville. I think these were posted in the Friday art show a while back, so they might be familiar to some. I did these models and renderings in Alias (Autodesk). These days I use Bunkspeed for rendering. Part by part, it took a lot of time- also because I was figuring out the design as I went along- never did finish the body-someday maybe I'll revisit it and call it done. Takes some time to give it that real world look. Nuts and bolts each have a slight and unique turn on them, hoses and cables need that organic quality. A little grit helps reduce the digital/soulless look.
We did these in solid works, and here are the pics, but not the files. These are two-piece heads for my Cadillac flathead.
Not strictly hot rod and I dunno if you guys have ssen this site before but I reckon its pretty cool.I actually used some to the car plan views to illustrate the new start line configuration for the Dry Lakes Racers, http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/cars/ eg. 1973 XB Ford Falcon GT Coupe
Hey I am a tool designer. I like building real cars. After seeing and reading this post in the forum I am wondering if we can set up a file sharing of most of the basic old school chassis and suspension parts. I use Solidworks quite a bit. I have also used Pro/E and AutoCAD. What do you guys think, if we all have a collaberation of parts that we can pull from it will make out next project that much easier. A huge library of Cad Car Parts. Currently I am looking for a Winters Quick Change Rear End, Model T front suspension, an old ford banjo rear end, an accurate Flathead and a 1600 duel port vw engine. Of course they all should be in a Cad format.
Try the search function, there ia a library already set up that people are contributing to. I think Polack recently did a frame or two, check his postings or search for 3D cad; i remember a an engine and other stuff, i contributed a magneto. The is another site HotRodCad. com or something and that guy sells chassis prints etc for building, he is willing to sell/share his library as long as it is private use. He too is here on the HAMB, don't know his name.
Dunno anything about CAD, is it possible to take 3-view blueprints like shown on the-blueprints.com and convert them into some format that would enable someone to make cross-section drawings? Specifically, for a Mercedes Gullwing I need to make a body buck for forming aluminum panels so I'd like to get cross sections about every 6" from front to back of the car.
Yes, it is possible. Time consuming to do but very possible to do. The software I use can do this, all anyone would need is the blue prints and the time and skill to enter the data. Could be pricey to pay someone to do this though.
This thread really makes me wish I had kept up with my CAD skills after college. I saw someone mentioned 3D printing in an earlier post. There's a company called TDR Innovations that specializes in scale model car parts and kits made on a rapid prototyping machine. They offer some pretty cool stuff like Radir & Halibrand wheels, a 392 Hemi with 6 twos, an Offy motor, and they keep adding to the list... Check them out here: www.tdrcatalog.com Sorry for the plug but I thought you guys could appreciate their work.
I have 10 years experience with Solidworks and I am in the process of modeling my entire frame for the 26 T Roadster I am building. I can model and detail all the custom parts, but I would like to fill in the design with the really tough stuff that would take forever to model. I am looking for a 32 Grill Shell, 26 roadster body, a 49-53 Flathead and a C4 transmission. Has anyone seen any of these parts modeled yet?
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