Surfboard

[GCSurfer]

I haven't used cad in about 6 years and I just got cad04 on my pc. My question is: I've teamed up with a friend who shapes his own surfboards. I was wondering how hard would it be to draw up a 3d map of a surfboard for a total new beginner? I'm still not familiar with all the terminology, so if I don't make any sense let me know. Basically I would like to draw up a 3d surfboard using his exact dimensions. If posting an example of the dimensions would help let me know.

[hyposmurf]

As youve used CAD before and we have no idea of your abilities Id say youd be a better judge of whether or not you can create the surfboard.Youre off to a good start though as alot of the members will do their best to hlp you.

[GCSurfer]

Well honeslty it's been so long and cad has changed so much, I'm not sure where to start. I'm thinking I will go through the help menu and start from there. I was just wondering coming from someone with very little experience, if I'm over my head on this project.

[hyposmurf]

Well have you ever used the 3D side of CAD?My own 3D knowledge is limited,so I wouldnt promise a 3D model of surfboard to friend in a short space of time.As you said keep looking at the help files and as above come back and ask questions,there are alot of knowledgable members on here who enjoy helping other members

[GCSurfer]

Nope never have, and this is something we were just talking about and I thought it would be fun to give it a shot and see what we can do with it. But I'm going to start on it tonight and go from there, thanks for the help and I'm sure I'll be back.

[erona]

can you give us a snapshot? it would be better if it had dimensions. a simple sketch will do.

[GCSurfer]

Here's a rough draft, just an example.





Edit. And the length can be 9'.

[scj]

Make the contour-line from the Bottom-view (take the dimensioned anchor-points and draw a spline or a polyline and spline it).
Extrude this contur to, say, 20.
Draw the side-view in the same way (as shown in your sketch).
Extrude the side-view-contour to, say, 50.
Rotate (ROTATE3D) the side-view-solid around the x-axis by -90°.
Move the rotated side-view-solid so that it will interfere the bottom-side- solid (use side view and top-view for positioning).
Use the INTERFERE-command to get the interference-3DSOLID.
Use the FILLET-command to give a radius to the 3D edges.
Good luck
Jochen
www.black-cad.de



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[J-LYLE]

whats the thickness of the board?

[GCSurfer]

Thickness would be... 3".