AutoCad and Inventor

[Fibertron]

Is it possible to use these programs to draw a boat and rendor the image, I am currently using cadkey and cant get drawings to rendor... I have all 3 programs availble at school, Also any tips, advice and examples.. Thanks

Bryan

[skidoo29]

just curious what you mean by rendor

warren

[Fibertron]

um, by rendor i mean to make the 3d wireframe become a shaded solid.... in cadkey v21.5 when i go to make an oject with like the shape of a boat shaded it becomes flat... yet when i rotate the 3d wireframe image it looks normal... i hope this can explain it a little better

[1BadAction]

its render... and you can draw and render anything you want if you have the skill. I'll see if i can dig something up.

jim

[Fibertron]

ohhh render, 1 badstream that would be good if you could find something, or give me a few tips....... why wont my drawings in cadkey render properly, extruded solids render fine, but not curves???

[skidoo29]

thats what I thought you meant, never had a problem before, I will play around a bit and see what I can find

warren

[1BadAction]

if cadkey is designed as a 2D program, it is never going to act right with 3d stuff. use solidworks or inventor or PRO-E...

here is a micro water pump about 10 times bigger than it actually is... i designed and machined it for my RC boat... the bolt holes in this are 2-56 threaded

[skidoo29]

1badstream has a point, cadkey v21.5 is a very bad solids program, it only got better when it became key creator. I use key creator now and it is as good as solidworks, but cadkey for solids wasn't very good.

[Fibertron]

thanks

the only reason i would use cadkey is because i have the most experience with it.... how would i start to draw a boat with inventore, i can draw simple shapes and extrude them but i am totally lost when it comes to creating curves and making them solids.

[10.5' Tunnel]

Have you tried 3d Studio Max? I find inventor is too limiting if your trying to make anything like a boat, car, etc. I'm making a 69' Yenko right now and I've only been using the program for 2 years. That reminds me, I gotta get on that jackplate

[1BadAction]

im not limited by inventor, you just gotta know what buttons to jack off.

[Fibertron]

10.5... i drew up a jackplate in cadkey, i took the dimensions off my vector, minus the setback.... how far are the hole centers on your motor, it was to dark to measure mine last night...

Bryan

[10.5' Tunnel]

Don't get me wrong badstream, I used inventor for all the detail components (engine, suspension). But for making the actually body, max works better for me.

[Paul Vaillancourt]

Autocad with the mechanical desktop is a very good 3d solid program if you have acess to that. You can do it with "regular" autocad 3d shapes, its just a little harder. No matter what you are gonna have to figure it out what the best/easiest method to get your desired results. I'd start at the transom and try extruding that along a path.

[10.5' Tunnel]

Holes eh, I'll go check. Mine will be weird though, damn force