What software do you use to design blocks?

redleader · 01-20-2003, 03:39 PM

Well I finally have access to a nice mill and my roomate just got hired as a machinist, so I figure its time I start work on my own block

So anyway I see all these cool diagrams people are making and I'd like to try them myself. What should I look into?

g.l.amour · 01-20-2003, 04:20 PM

i use autocad. g'luck

Cathar · 01-20-2003, 05:13 PM

MS Paint

BrianW · 01-20-2003, 05:41 PM

I use 3dstudiomax.

Brian W

dima y · 01-20-2003, 06:14 PM

I use AutoCAD for pressision

chewyboy · 01-20-2003, 06:17 PM

for design i use autocad for producing gcode i use mastercam and gibbscam

bigben2k · 01-20-2003, 06:30 PM

I'll chime in, for Utabintarbo:

SolidWorks 2003.

jaydee · 01-20-2003, 08:43 PM

Coerel Draw 9, ACAD2000, and now SolidWorks 2003. Still have no clue how to do anything in SolidWorks though.

Other two are pretty easy though.

-J- · 01-20-2003, 09:58 PM

3dstudio max R4.2 here.

LiquidRulez · 01-21-2003, 03:11 AM

Solidworks, Mastercam,and Surfcam 2dFree and anything else I can get for free

hara · 01-21-2003, 08:48 AM

Autocad 2k2 which can be *cough* purchased *cough*

Neomoses · 01-21-2003, 03:02 PM

AutoCAD 2000 right now, but I may have to look into solidworks. It looks pretty nice.

Mikey Boo · 01-21-2003, 05:38 PM

i got cad r14 and 3dmax for a great deal... *cough cough hack hack*

Tyfoid · 01-21-2003, 06:39 PM

First I draw them with good ole' fashion pencil and paper. This is because I am ussually bored and trapped at work. I then come back and use Autocad...

LiquidRulez · 01-22-2003, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Neomoses
AutoCAD 2000 right now, but I may have to look into solidworks. It looks pretty nice.

I couldnt imagine using anything else other than Solidworks. And its photoworks add-in is very comparable to 3dMax in rendering quality. I got 3Dmax too, but I like to do it all in one program before converting it to Gcode.

ChrioN · 01-24-2003, 04:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bigben2k
I'll chime in, for Utabintarbo:

SolidWorks 2003.

How could you make it look that good? Solidwork cant make those things?

bigben2k · 01-24-2003, 11:56 AM

I haven't installed it yet, but I have the file to prove it.

Utabintarbo is quite busy at the moment, and may be so for the next few months, so unfortunately, I can't answer your question.

Which part do you doubt? The clear top?

ChrioN · 01-24-2003, 01:02 PM

yeah, for example. and the nice colorshifts

bigben2k · 01-24-2003, 05:44 PM

If you're referring to the shading, it must be from a "lightsource" kind of option. Otherwise, there's no color shift or gradient: all the individual parts are the same color.

jaydee · 01-24-2003, 08:47 PM

There are 2 parts to solidworks. One is the drawing part and one is called PhotoWorks. PhotoWorks does all the 3D rendering like what bigben posted. My design engineer buddy is coming over tomorrow and showing me how to use SolidWorks2003. He uses it 8hrs a day every day for his job.

ChrioN · 01-26-2003, 06:09 AM

I cant find any photoworks...I use solidworks 2001.

Maybe a bad *cough* rip *cough*

jaydee · 01-26-2003, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ChrioN
I cant find any photoworks...I use solidworks 2001.

Maybe a bad *cough* rip *cough*

It should have been an option when you installed it, and then after you start up solid works you have to add it in. After that you can render with it. Had a good lesson on it yesterday.

01-20-2003, 03:39 PM	#1
redleader Thermophile Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The deserts of Tucson, Az Posts: 1,264	What software do you use to design blocks? Well I finally have access to a nice mill and my roomate just got hired as a machinist, so I figure its time I start work on my own block So anyway I see all these cool diagrams people are making and I'd like to try them myself. What should I look into?

01-20-2003, 04:20 PM	#2
g.l.amour Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: on da case Posts: 933	i use autocad. g'luck __________________ yo soy un tiburón

01-20-2003, 05:41 PM	#4
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01-21-2003, 05:38 PM	#13
Mikey Boo Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 78	i got cad r14 and 3dmax for a great deal... cough cough hack hack __________________ Watercoolin + a leak = a wet floor

01-24-2003, 11:56 AM	#17
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	I haven't installed it yet, but I have the file to prove it. Utabintarbo is quite busy at the moment, and may be so for the next few months, so unfortunately, I can't answer your question. Which part do you doubt? The clear top? __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-20-2003, 05:13 PM	#3
Cathar Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 2,538	MS Paint

01-20-2003, 06:14 PM	#5
dima y Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: palo alto, CA Posts: 164	I use AutoCAD for pressision

01-20-2003, 06:17 PM	#6
chewyboy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: us Posts: 75	for design i use autocad for producing gcode i use mastercam and gibbscam

01-20-2003, 08:43 PM	#8
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	Coerel Draw 9, ACAD2000, and now SolidWorks 2003. Still have no clue how to do anything in SolidWorks though. Other two are pretty easy though.

01-21-2003, 03:11 AM	#10
LiquidRulez Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: In Hell Posts: 322	Solidworks, Mastercam,and Surfcam 2dFree and anything else I can get for free

01-21-2003, 08:48 AM	#11
hara Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Malta, Mediterranean Posts: 662	Autocad 2k2 which can be cough purchased cough

01-21-2003, 03:02 PM	#12
Neomoses Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Rolla, MO Posts: 51	AutoCAD 2000 right now, but I may have to look into solidworks. It looks pretty nice.

01-21-2003, 06:39 PM	#14
Tyfoid Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Fort Riley, KS Posts: 6	First I draw them with good ole' fashion pencil and paper. This is because I am ussually bored and trapped at work. I then come back and use Autocad...

01-24-2003, 01:02 PM	#18
ChrioN Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 318	yeah, for example. and the nice colorshifts

01-24-2003, 05:44 PM	#19
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	If you're referring to the shading, it must be from a "lightsource" kind of option. Otherwise, there's no color shift or gradient: all the individual parts are the same color. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

01-24-2003, 08:47 PM	#20
jaydee Put up or Shut Up Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 6,506	There are 2 parts to solidworks. One is the drawing part and one is called PhotoWorks. PhotoWorks does all the 3D rendering like what bigben posted. My design engineer buddy is coming over tomorrow and showing me how to use SolidWorks2003. He uses it 8hrs a day every day for his job.

01-26-2003, 06:09 AM	#21
ChrioN Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 318	I cant find any photoworks...I use solidworks 2001. Maybe a bad cough rip cough

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