Don9of11
-
Posts
718 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Reputation Activity
-
Don9of11 reacted to captainbob in Drafsight v's Autocad LY2002
As it turns out, Dassault Systèmes went to Auto Desk and bought the rights to an older version of AutoCad to release as DraftSight for free in the hope people would update to 3D Solid Works. So in reality you are comparing an old version of AutoCad with a new Version of AutoCad. DraftSight will never win that battle.
Bob
-
Don9of11 reacted to ppddry in HMS Pandora 1779 in 3D
2013-03-10&11: waist rails, sheer rails, drift rails, fife rails, plank sheers, cutting the external planking above the main wale into individual pieces
This is the progress up to now. Enjoy!
-
-
Don9of11 reacted to ppddry in HMS Pandora 1779 in 3D
2012-01-11: upper deck planking
2012-01-14: internal planking above the upper deck
2012-01-15: forecastle beams, quarterdeck beams, and knees
2012-01-17: the whole assembly
-
Don9of11 reacted to ppddry in HMS Pandora 1779 in 3D
2011-09-18: By this date, the lower deck was completed.
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from Krutzelpuntz in 6-pound & 4 pound cannon measurements
Thanks Krutzelpuntz a 3D printer would be sweet; I made the model to produce plans for the gun carriage. You'll find some instruction for the gun carriage in the Treatise of Artillery as well. Before you decide to make your own gun carriages do a little home work and determine what time period your ship was built in. Gun carriages are not all alike and many differences exist in there construction. This is especially true of English and French gun makers.
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from WackoWolf in 6-pound & 4 pound cannon measurements
I found that the work of John Muller's "A Treatise of Artillery" to be a very good source for the dimensions and caliber of ship guns as well as those on land. It's available for download through Google http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Treatise_of_Artillery.html?id=vylEAAAAYAAJ but be forewarned that Google is famous for bad scans. I ordered my copy through Amazon. Anyway, every detail is described such as the wall thickness, materials, and gun carriages; so I think you and others will find it a good reference. This is just a sample page. If anyone needs additional information I'd be happy to do some look ups.
I did a 3D model of a 6 lb cannon for my Enterprise model thought I would post it to.
-
Don9of11 reacted to Krutzelpuntz in 6-pound & 4 pound cannon measurements
Nice work on the 3D model, and thank you, you just gave me a book
Was the model for printing? I'd love to have a 3D printer, but on the other hand, the old way is so much more rewarding!
Edit: I see what you mean with googles quality issue. But the text seems fine, I should have all the information I need
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from Krutzelpuntz in 6-pound & 4 pound cannon measurements
I found that the work of John Muller's "A Treatise of Artillery" to be a very good source for the dimensions and caliber of ship guns as well as those on land. It's available for download through Google http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Treatise_of_Artillery.html?id=vylEAAAAYAAJ but be forewarned that Google is famous for bad scans. I ordered my copy through Amazon. Anyway, every detail is described such as the wall thickness, materials, and gun carriages; so I think you and others will find it a good reference. This is just a sample page. If anyone needs additional information I'd be happy to do some look ups.
I did a 3D model of a 6 lb cannon for my Enterprise model thought I would post it to.
-
Don9of11 reacted to WackoWolf in Starting Solidworks
I went to collage to learn AutoCAD and SoildWorks just for this reason. You do need a good amount of memory, I have 32 gig in my machine and can go up to 64 gig if needed. Yes it does use a lot of memory to do POF, the spline tool I use all the time also planes. I have to turn them off when I get to a certain part of the frame build or my eyes go nuts. Here is a pictures from last weeks work on the ship I am doing. The second pictures is showing some of the Planes that I am using, you will notice that is an older picture because of the amount of frames that are now done. Takes time. I am using 2010 version. I also learn after some time with working with the program how to crash it, I have done that more than once believe me. Once you know how it can me force to crash you really start to understand the program, it isn't as easy as one might think for this hobby but for other things that you might want to build it is easy to learn. Building ships is different in a lot of ways, but it can be done and I am so far doing it and learning more and more each time I make another frame. Just my option.
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from WackoWolf in Cad Programs
There are a couple free programs, one is Draftsight which is 2D only; the other is a product called FreeCad.
I have used Draftsight before - if all you want to do is trace over the original and fair things up it's great drafting program for free.
FreeCad is something I just recently came across and I haven't tried it yet.
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from WackoWolf in Starting Solidworks
I started learning Solidworks when it first came out back in 97 when I was a forging die designer and I found it to be very easy to learn and use. That said, I also had several years of board experience and several years of using a 2d CAD program called Anvil 1000. I still use SW 2004 and wish I could get a more recent version.
Lofting a ships hull is a rather "lofty" and ambitious goal for someone just starting out, but with perseverence and paitence I'm sure you'll succeed. However, you might want to take a step back and learn some basic concepts on how to use SW. I learned by taking out some of my old vocational drafting projects I did in high school and worked with it evey day until I got the basics under my belt. Within a couple to 3 weeks I was pretty much back to my previous produciton level using 2d CAD.
If you need any help just ask, I'm sure I can help you.
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from WackoWolf in Drafsight v's Autocad LY2002
WackoWolf,
I had prior CAD experience before learning SolidWorks. I was using Anvil 1000 which is like Draftsight except for the command line thingy, so my learning curve to get up to a production level wasn't very long. I think SW is the perfect tool for modeling. I'm between jobs at the moment and decided to learn Draftsight, figured it wouldn't hurt to have another CAD program on my resume.
-
Don9of11 reacted to WackoWolf in Drafsight v's Autocad LY2002
Don9of11,
I agree with you 100% about Norton, AVG and McAfee. I think they are a joke, been into computers to long not to know. I also use Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes for the last few years and have had no problems with Virus and malware
But this is just my option, everyone has there own choice and what works for them doesn't always mean it will work for you. As far as Soildworks, I love it, hard to learn but it is dam good. But that is also my option.
-
Don9of11 got a reaction from WackoWolf in Drafsight v's Autocad LY2002
I downloaded and started using DraftSight this week. It took me a few days to get up to a production level and still learning things as I go. I really don't care for the command line interface otherwise it seems very robust. What I haven't figured out is how to take something full size and print it out to a 1/4 scale or 1/8 scale. I'm also a SolidWorks 2004 user and I would like to have a newer version but darn if it isn't pricey.
As for AVG and Norton, I would dump them both and switch over to Microsoft Security Essentials. I used AVG, McAfee and Norton in the past and just got tired of having to pay for the darn things. With MSE, I have never had any problems with viruses or malware. You might want to check it out and it's free!
Our Emblem ®
