rendering 3D models in autocad mechanical 2009

[kenickie]

so, i have autocad mechanical 2009 and am a custom chopper designer. i am having issues putting the various parts together for 3D view. any help is much appreciated. thank you all in advance for your advice.

[Cad64]

Can you explain the issues you are having? We can't help if we don't know what the problem is.

[kenickie]

Pretty much, I designed my new bike on a 2d surface. In order to present this bike to my future investors, I would need to make the bike into 3d. From what I understand, I need to re-do all of the drawings in 3d. My problem though, is that I cannot create 3d objects. How can I create this bike in 3d, and, is there any way to get engines, and/or frame designs off the internet?

[Cad64]

You could buy models from sites like Turbosquid, and then take them apart and use the components. But if you want to create your own models, you would probably be better of with a program like Inventor or Solidworks, or even Rhino. Designing cars and bikes is not really something that can be done easily in Autocad.

[kenickie]

thank you very much.