Gantry Crane 3D Model

[kwrightMTC]

Hi All,

I'm looking for a 3D Model of a Gantry Crane.

I'm building a conceptual model for a construction project and I have no details but need to show something.

Does anybody have anything that could do the job?

Something like this... http://www.gantrycranechina.com/imag...head-crane.jpg

[JPlanera]

Wouldn't it be more fun to draw it yourself??

http://www.turbosquid.com/ has some pretty good stuff... For a price...

[ReMark]

Not positive but you might try over at the CADforum in their CAD Blocks section.

[kwrightMTC]

Ha! Always more fun to draw it myself. But I have modelled precisely zero cranes before this and I didn't have any drawings to work from. My bosses favorite thing in the world is to tell me to model in something I've never seen or heard of before and when I ask for some drawings to work from he usually replies with "nothing confirmed yet, think conceptually"!

Fortunatley I have sorted it out now. I modelled the girder, unistrut arms for carrying the cabling and the crane hook and I found a model of a motor and drop down control panel. It looks good!

Thanks anyway!

[ReMark]

How about posting an image of your newest creation?

[JPlanera]

My bosses favorite thing in the world is to tell me to model in something I've never seen or heard of before and when I ask for some drawings to work from he usually replies with "nothing confirmed yet, think conceptually"!

HA! That is my favorite situation! I work at a forge plant and we have parts that we rarely make. Some of them Yokes for heavy machinery. We have no CAD files of these tools, only scanned blueprints... None of our vendors are willing to take on the job without a model, so I have been asked to draw them up! Never have I done anything like them before. Pretty time consuming.. Check it out.
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Congrats on getting it all figured out! Lets see it!!

[kwrightMTC]

Wow, nice work JPlanera. Must have taken some patience!

I don't deserve much credit for the crane. My input was a UB steel section, some stays and unistrut.

But anyway, here is a screen print from Navis http://i.imgur.com/iBr3C.jpg

Not a rendering. Model is nowhere near complete yet. Been working on it for a week and so far have all the steel frame and civils work modelled for the structure, started to put staircases in and now this gantry crane. Eventually it will be filled with Vessels, Access Platforms, Bunds etc etc. I also will need to route all the pipework using the P&ID's as a reference, but only when engineering have finished with material selections.

I have much more complete models from the day job at home. Done a lot of MEP Coordination. Used to use the forum a lot but neglected it in the last year. I'll post some more stuff over the weekend if I find the time.

[ReMark]

JPlanera: That must have been a bear! Very nice job.

kwrightMTC: I like your attention to detail. Are those numbers on the keypad? LoL Very nice. You're talking my language when you mention tanks, platforms, piping and alike. I work in a small specialty chemical company and that's all we got around here.

[JPlanera]

Thank you, Gentlemen.. It was a learning experience for sure!

Crane looks great!! Would like to see it all when you are done!

[kwrightMTC]

ReMark: Like I mentioned previously, I've spent the majority of my career in MEP Coordination. A couple of years ago I made the leap over to Water/Sewage Treatment Plants. That contract came to an end after a year but the experience helped me to make another leap into a Process Engineering office.

I've got many models of access platforms. I spent some time designing them in GRP (also, Pipe Bridges, Covers, Hatches etc). Had to be mm accurate as the models ultimatley got turned into fabrication cutting lists and assembelys. Yep, thats right... I had to include every god damn fixing hole and then detail every piece individually. Such fun.