2wd buggy CAD development
05-23-2012, 11:09 AM
#47
Watching you do this in inventor hurts.... I wouldn't touch any form of autocad with a 10ft stick accept the CNC I use needs it for vector construction 
Try solidworks (or Catia if your a real BA) - rent/student/buy/bootleg[not that I condone pirating, but the cost of a real CAD program puts the comman man in a bit of a catch 22],what ever, just know that being limited by CAD is going to kill your project very quickly. Pen and paper work best sometimes for a reason
Heck, I'm on my third complete car in solidworks! I couldent get past the front bulkheads in inventor, which I had first BTW
Try solidworks (or Catia if your a real BA) - rent/student/buy/bootleg[not that I condone pirating, but the cost of a real CAD program puts the comman man in a bit of a catch 22],what ever, just know that being limited by CAD is going to kill your project very quickly. Pen and paper work best sometimes for a reason
Heck, I'm on my third complete car in solidworks! I couldent get past the front bulkheads in inventor, which I had first BTW
05-23-2012, 11:13 AM
#48
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Watching you do this in inventor hurts.... I wouldn't touch any form of autocad with a 10ft stick accept the CNC I use needs it for vector construction
Try solidworks (or Catia if your a real BA) - rent/student/buy/bootleg[not that I condone pirating, but the cost of a real CAD program puts the comman man in a bit of a catch 22],what ever, just know that being limited by CAD is going to kill your project very quickly. Pen and paper work best sometimes for a reason
Heck, I'm on my third complete car in solidworks! I couldent get past the front bulkheads in inventor, which I had first BTW
Try solidworks (or Catia if your a real BA) - rent/student/buy/bootleg[not that I condone pirating, but the cost of a real CAD program puts the comman man in a bit of a catch 22],what ever, just know that being limited by CAD is going to kill your project very quickly. Pen and paper work best sometimes for a reason
Heck, I'm on my third complete car in solidworks! I couldent get past the front bulkheads in inventor, which I had first BTW
05-23-2012, 11:23 AM
#49
My point exactly - don't kid yourself, your in the "get your ideas on paper" stage, expect to create several revisions of the exact product, and rapid drawing aids that. You can by hyper-anal about your drawings in inventor on your final draft (although I doubt youll go back
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05-23-2012, 11:28 AM
#50
Since I use both Inventor and Solidworks I have no idea what the gripe is. They are extremely similar to each other and I don't find one to be any slower than the other. I like each one for different reasons but find neither to be limiting. If one of them is slow then it's a computer issue and not a software issue. I don't have any problems.
I tend to lay everything out in AutoCAD in 2D before hand. It is much easier to get the design done in 2D and then finalize it in 3D later.
I tend to lay everything out in AutoCAD in 2D before hand. It is much easier to get the design done in 2D and then finalize it in 3D later.
05-23-2012, 12:30 PM
#51
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I wouldn't know, I haven't been able to try the other one out.
05-24-2012, 07:53 AM
#53
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hopefully going to be able to get some time in today to work on it...
10-21-2013, 10:14 PM
#54
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10-22-2013, 09:22 AM
#55
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Ive essentially scrapped it. Now that I have the opportunites to directly work with Caster and develop the cars as a driver, and work with team drivers and people and the process of business as team manager, there is really no need for this. Especially since Caster is diving into other classes...
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