to-scale vector drawings or 3D models of Busse blades?

[DowntownDM]

I'm not a knifemaker nor do I play one on TV, so please don't think I have nefarious intentions in asking - I just want to doodle around with some mod ideas for my .32 ASH1 and am, um, retentive enough to want to do it to-scale; so... has anyone ever made (or gotten an official) to-scale vector drawing (like for Illustrator or the like) or 3D model of an ASH1, or any other Busse blades for that matter?

Thanks.

 

[mhawg]

AutoCad will insert a .jpg as a Raster Image. If you take a picture at high resolution from 10 feet or so, centered on the knife, then you can scale it in the x and y directions to be actual size with little distortion. Once you have that you can trace the outline or any other feature and have a line/vector drawing you can work with.

 

[orrey45]

You can do the same with Solidworks. An easy way to do this is insert the picture as a plane/reference geometry then make a sketch over the top of it. basically like tracing a knife on a light board but on the computer.