JPZ66 Posted March 14, 2014 Share #1 Posted March 14, 2014 Hi All, Not being a CAD person, I am looking for someone to turn builders drawings into proper CAD files, possibly for use in laser cutting or other CNC type work. This is all preliminary right now, but I would like to discuss it and get an idea of the associated cost for such work. If you are experienced with this type of thing and available for hire, please PM me if you are interested. The subject in question is pacific northwest style fishing trawler built in the 1920's. Joe Quote Joe Zappa Member, Nautical Research Guild & Puget Sound Ship Modelers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPZ66 Posted March 15, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted March 15, 2014 Hmmm....no CAD folks out there interested in a paid project ? I was really hoping to be able to work with someone who understands ship / boat hulls...... Joe Quote Joe Zappa Member, Nautical Research Guild & Puget Sound Ship Modelers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyUK Posted March 16, 2014 Share #3 Posted March 16, 2014 Hi Joe. Yes there are a lot of CAD people on the forum.. But we all have our own builds and work to do. Well that's my excuse.... Have a go with Adobie Illustrator . I have version 10 that is ideal for cad if you have existing drawings. I import the scanned image onto another layer then trace with the pen for curves and line for the straight lines . Took me approx 1 Mounth to be able to draw most things. And the nice thing is its all vector drawings.( can be scaled to any size ) Lots of videos out there on how to do most tasks. Regards Antony. Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trussben Posted March 24, 2014 Share #4 Posted March 24, 2014 Hi Joe, I could recommend a friend of mine in Canada, he runs his own business and may be able to offer what you need, he is a master modeler and makes all his own cad plans. His name is John Andela and his web page through which you can contact him is www.ageofsail.net Ben Quote Current builds: HMS Pegasus TFFM. HMS Winchelsea. Completed builds: ECHO cross section.18th C Longboat.QA Barge. Medway Longboat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPZ66 Posted March 28, 2014 Author Share #5 Posted March 28, 2014 Thanks Ben I am waiting to hear from my museum client about the project...... Joe Quote Joe Zappa Member, Nautical Research Guild & Puget Sound Ship Modelers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rshousha Posted October 30, 2014 Share #6 Posted October 30, 2014 Joe, My company does this now. It's taken a while to get going but we're ready. We use Solidworks, Inventor, and Autocad and have two laser cutters and a CNC router for big stuff. Best Regards, Rick Shousha Montreal 514-973-7741 Quote Rick Shousha Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPZ66 Posted November 15, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted November 15, 2014 Joe, My company does this now. It's taken a while to get going but we're ready. We use Solidworks, Inventor, and Autocad and have two laser cutters and a CNC router for big stuff. Best Regards, Rick Shousha Montreal 514-973-7741 Rick, Thanks for the info. Now that I've pretty well finished with doctors and all of that, I am completing my move to Gig Harbor, WA. As soon as I am settled in, I will get back into this and be in touch with you ! Joe Quote Joe Zappa Member, Nautical Research Guild & Puget Sound Ship Modelers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rshousha Posted November 16, 2014 Share #8 Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) Hi Joe, Thanks. I'm looking forward to it. Whenever you're ready, please let me know and we'll build something amazing for you. Best Regards, Rick Edited November 16, 2014 by rshousha Quote Rick Shousha Montreal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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