Faouweb Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hi, I like old ironworks, and i want to learn how to draw complex shapes in AutoCAD, as you can see on the pictures, with good dimension. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 What program will you be using (you posted in the AutoCAD section, but your profile says Inventor)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faouweb Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 I use Inventor and AutoCAD, and I want to do it In AutoCAD. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzframpton Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I know this takes away from your inquiry to draw it yourself, but just thought I'd share that King Architectural Metal's has a digital download category of all their products in DWG format, if you're interested: http://www.kingmetals.com/Home.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cad64 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 King Architectural Metal's has a digital download category of all their products in DWG format Bookmarked! I sometimes have to build models of fences, gates, etc. and this could really save me some time. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulmcz Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 I used to do this a lot a long time ago, so I wrote a lisp to do it faster. Experiment with it a bit and you might find it useful when you get the feel for it. spiral.lsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faouweb Posted April 12, 2014 Author Share Posted April 12, 2014 Thank you very much for your help I'll visit the website and try the LISP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 I know this takes away from your inquiry to draw it yourself, but just thought I'd share that King Architectural Metal's has a digital download category of all their products in DWG format, if you're interested: http://www.kingmetals.com/Home.aspx Nice resource Tannar, thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faouweb Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Ok guys, I have tried something I have found an old book that explain how to draw special shape by hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobDraw Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Why do it "by hand" when you've got such wonderful tools available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLW210 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 You can do a lot with Illustrator/Inkscape on those images once you learn to use the program, much better than doing it all by hand. Unless it was critical for accuracy, I would find something close and use that. Then again, you did ask for information on how to draw them in AutoCAD, would be nice to reference the old book you found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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