ReMark Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice. Now that you have had a taste of 3D you'll want to model everything. It's addictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thanks. That's what I am afraid of. I have a lot of other things to do but this is very relaxing to me. Like writing code. Soon, I'll be on my boat doing both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGAL Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Jimmy11 from a structural point of view there is actually a flaw in this concrete tank shape where the wall meets the floor there would be a chamfer or radius to reduce the shear stress possibly also in the wall corners, so trying to use two cubes plus other shapes to produce the reult would take a long time using a profile and a path took a couple of minutes. Tkall nice images might pinch we are doing a $1,000,000 pump station project at moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEANT Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 . . . . I am kind of amazed to find a forum so packed with real experts. Do any of you write computer code, C#, VB.net, Java???? You will find most of the programming/coding discussions in the customization sub-forums: http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?67-AutoCAD-Customization Also, for AutoCAD related programming, this cooperative site is very good: http://www.theswamp.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Damn, nicely done! Don't be afraid to experiment with the commands, time permitting, you are obviously a quick study, and yeah, I should think you are pretty well hooked after these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy111 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Jimmy11 from a structural point of view there is actually a flaw in this concrete tank shape where the wall meets the floor there would be a chamfer or radius to reduce the shear stress possibly also in the wall corners, so trying to use two cubes plus other shapes to produce the reult would take a long time using a profile and a path took a couple of minutes. Tkall nice images might pinch we are doing a $1,000,000 pump station project at moment. It only takes about 5 minutes to draw this tank.. Wait a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy111 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Ok that took about 10 minutes But quite fast. Took longer to calculate the draft angle than draw the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 That looks good Jimmy. And the walls are solid. My tank, which I made with the Loft command, has hollow walls. It looks ok, but it is not perfect. If you get the time I would like to know what you did. We use these tanks to build our treatment systems. I also would like to know how to create a hatch pattern from a photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy111 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Very simple. Like I said before. I drew a rectangle of the outside dimentions then extruded it with a 1.75 Degree taper. Then I drew a rectangle of the inside cavity and extruded it with a taper. The subtracted the inner from the outer. Then made the partition and joined the 2 solids. Then filleted the inside with a 1/2" radai. Took less than 10 minutes. I used to do a lot of work like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Jimmy: I tried it. Pretty slick. I just extruded both shapes, put the smaller one inside the larger and, like you said, subtracted the smaller from the larger. Thanks man. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 I see..this works with any type of solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 You should really spend a few minutes looking at the MODELING panel on the ribbon or TOOLBAR, there are really only a few basic concepts which will cover 90% of things you want to model. Once they start to make sense you should explore the SOLID EDITING toolbar or panel. UNION, SUBTRACT, INTERSECT, and INTERFERE are very important when modeling 3D SOLIDS. If you have your HOVER TIPS turned on, just hovering over those icons for a couple seconds will expand an instructional window, some have videos in them, to quickly describe what they do, and how they are used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 :roll:Ok...I'll spend a few minutes. Dadgad...I'm a newbie man. The learning curve for this is so steep, I need a harness and a pair of linemans boots, you know the ones with the spikes. I have been working every tutorial and when someone on this forum has a technique I explore it. So please, keep them coming. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this site. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Excellent, I feared that you had steered clear of the tutorials, on the buzz you got from modeling those submersible pumps. In light of your having done such a nice job on those, I was surprised by your reaction to the SUBTRACT functionality, which is really a cornerstone of the whole modeling mind and toolset. UNION is addition, SUBTRACT is subtraction, INTERSECT is all common volumes, and pretty much the same as INTERFERE, but INTERFERE gives you some interesting options when you discover CLASHES (solids in the same space, where you don't want them to be), such as deleting the interference object, or saving it, if you have need of it. They make some pretty nice guitars up in Bozeman these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 My wife and I each have a Bozeman made Gibson J-200 Super Jumbo. There is a lot to learn here and each time something new becomes clear to me , I get pretty excited about it. When I wrote my computer program I didn't know how to write code. I just had something I wanted to do in mind and started figuring it out. 800 pages of code, 2.5 years , and one patent attorney later, I have a patented computer program. I am loving this because for the first time I can put ideas into a form that others can understand. I have hired a lot of draftsmen in the past and I always wound up spending more time explaining and sketching then I figured it would take me to do myself. Thanks Dadgad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I sold a beautiful Koa Nick Lucas model from Bozeman about 17 years ago when I moved to the tropics, along with most of my guitar collection. I used to do Gibson warranty work around 1980 in L.A.. The Bozeman production blows Kalamazoo right out of the water. Glad you are having so much fun learning modeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Moved to the tropics? Now I'm interested. Do you care to elaborate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Wow. Bali? Wow. You must be living the dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKall Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 And...DADGAD...is that a guitar tuning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dadgad Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 (edited) It certainly is, a fantastic tuning at that. http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.com/group/dadgad?groupUrl=dadgad&id=2161554%3AGroup%3A183153&page=2#comments This is my personal favorite in DADGAD tuning, although there are lots of other nice ones. Edited January 21, 2013 by Dadgad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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