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Some eye candy
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Post subject: Some eye candy  PostPosted: Jul 14, 2007 - 03:45 PM



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Some eye candy in CAD using the package Pro/Desktop (quite outdated now, but it still gets the job done).

The steam engine animates quite nicely.

Enjoy,

Anthony
ZA


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Post subject:   PostPosted: Jul 18, 2007 - 06:53 AM



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Thank you for the images, Anthony, the computer modelling is fabulous.

I did dabble with Ray Dream Studio 5.5 on my Macintosh a while ago, but never achieved your quality of work. I subsequently invested (invested is the right word) in Maxon Cinema 4D R8, but this pushed my old G3 Mac to the limit. Maxon then sent me a free upgrade to release 9, but it was OSX only, and I couldn’t use it with my old machine (running OS 9.1). The recent purchase of a new G4 portable (running OSX) has changed all that. Now all I need is eons of time!

Regards, Bryn.
 
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Post subject:   PostPosted: Jul 21, 2007 - 07:51 PM



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The parts are all available free (currently in Pro/Desktop format). Direct me to an ftp and I can upload them for whoever wants them.

Parts will eventually be available in Inventor, Pro Engineer, Solidworks format. But all this takes time. Phil Edwards has successfully converted many of the parts to Solidworks and is using them for his scale modelling.

95% of the potential in the rendered (rayrtraced) CAD method is illustration of small ideas. It can be used to illustrate model plans (see http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/dms/meccano/chipsbike/index.html)
but it is quite laborious and if you are a talented photographer, photographs may still be the best method. The motorbike is about the largest model you can create in Pro/Desktop before the package reaches it's limits of 2.5Gb swapfile during rendering. This is one of the main reasons I'm now converting parts. Pro/D is simply too old (some eight or nine years now).

Regards,
Anthony
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