AutoCAD for Folder Design

[Garrett]

Does anyone use AutoCAD for designing knives. We just got AutoCAD 14 at the office. I have been working with a book called No Experience Reqiured Working with AutoCAD 14. So far I have got oe knife on disk, a Mini Auto. Don't know if it will work. I'll report anymore progress I have with AutoCAD.

Garrett

[This message has been edited by Darrel Ralph (edited 11-13-98).]

 

[Mike Turber]

I have auto cad 14 and Darrel will in a few days. Make a gif or jpg image of your knife when done and post it here.

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[Larry Chew]

I started with AutoCAD r12 a few years ago and am currently using r14. I love it even though it does have some quirks. I have designed many knives with it. I would be happy to try to answer any questions you may have. As far as books go I like the Que Special Edition for r14.

 

[JBKnives]

Garrett
The basic design of Stealth Cheyenne was done in acad 14 then exported to ProE to make the model. back to acad for final design
then exported to cad/cam for manufacturing.

That is what makes acad so nice it is the standard of the cad world you can't go wronge learning the program.

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James Brother Knives
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[Garrett]

Well my first design didn't work out. I redesign it today. So tomorrow I can try it out. The scales are a little bit harder for me to work out. This is because I really have no experience with Auto knives. Magazines articles have been my only resource. But I think I can work through this.

JBKnives I started with Data Cad, but no one uses it. So I switched, that should read I was forced to switch

Auto Cad is better and easier to use, though.

Garrett

 

[Darrel Ralph]

After 27 years of working with programming and cad for as long as its been out..it dosent matter if its autocad, bobcad,
sufcam, youcad or mecad . There are design parameters . If you follow them it will work grasshopper.
Cad is cad ... Its all what your use to ..
Doing the layers and rotating the blade in the handle in 2 d will tell you if it works .
If you have any questions Ill be glad to help .. Just email me in private..

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[JerryO]

I've been using AutoCAD since version 2.X that's quite a few years, believe me. I'm the AutoCAD Guru in my office (that's 250 people) and I know what a great tool it can be. Just remember that it is a tool, nothing more. the same results can be reached using paper and pencil. Think about what your doing more than thinking about the program. If you need knife advice talk to the pro's, the knifemakers. If you need AutoCAD advice...If I can I'll answer your questions. If you've got a good news browser you can also go to Autodesk's website (www.autodesk.com) and go to discussion groups and post your question, you'll get an answer fairly quickly.

Hiya Darrel! When you getting R14, so I can send you .DWG's and not IGS files

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JerryO

 

[Darrel Ralph]

SOON!!!

I like what I have .. Like you said its just a tool. I just import igs and dxf.. good enought for me . Most folks have dxf..
After the apt programming system,compact 2 and encode.. I decided to find something simple. I have been useing Bobcad for 6 years and heck its like all the rest. I think autocad has many more features BUT the version 10 I had a few years back was not as good for designing with out parameters so I looked for something more freelance design
friendly in my mind. But im sure 14 will be fun and alot of the little things that made me crazy in the older versions will be taken care of. I used to program on a flex writter.
We had to figure all the radius and angles by hand then add tool nose radius comp to them by hand .. WOWOW that was fun.. I got to where I could do trig in my head hehehe. Then the invention of graphic controllers was a great break through. It figured the comp and tool path for you.. The thing about the cad
systems we had then was that they assumed you had a dimentional drawing to input into the lines point ect. Well designing knives is a whole other ball game. I dont know what radius or angle im putting into the drawing . Its the ones that look good to my eye. This has been a great struggle but I have got pretty good with the bobcad . It has enough
free hand options to get the job done. Well nothing like a new adventure to mess up my deliver schedule........ :}

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Darrel Ralph / Bladesmith
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