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Offline oj

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #15 on: September 11, 2016, 08:37:46 AM »
I use AutoDesk Inventor, for a single drawing with 1 person doing it you are better off getting a piece of butcher block paper big enough for a 1:1 lifesize drawing.  Tanks aren't all that big.  That way you can lay the part on the paper you want to use and trace it or reverse trace it as a pattern to cut out a blank.  After you go thru a mess of work to create a 3D rendering you can't help but wonder if it was worth all the effort, you could have actually built the damn thing and be looking at it.  Now if you have moving parts or doing a structural analysis that is different, 3D rendering is worth the effort. 
But a garage floor & a kiel or big paper & pencil is very hard to beat.

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2016, 10:37:23 AM »
I use AutoDesk Inventor, for a single drawing with 1 person doing it you are better off getting a piece of butcher block paper big enough for a 1:1 lifesize drawing.  Tanks aren't all that big.  That way you can lay the part on the paper you want to use and trace it or reverse trace it as a pattern to cut out a blank.  After you go thru a mess of work to create a 3D rendering you can't help but wonder if it was worth all the effort, you could have actually built the Dodge thing and be looking at it.  Now if you have moving parts or doing a structural analysis that is different, 3D rendering is worth the effort. 
But a garage floor & a kiel or big paper & pencil is very hard to beat.

That is the main reason why guys like Al Bauerle used to "chalk out" frames on a concrete floor.   Not sayin' it's the best method, just sayin' that lots of successful stuff still gets built that way . . . . .

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2016, 04:49:08 AM »


I'll bet the Reverend has it in CAD somewhere.

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There's probably a photo of the chalk drawing, wire model and all the other things we did before cutting steel
including a number of scale models.....
And it still didn't all fit
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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2016, 06:12:21 AM »


I'll bet the Reverend has it in CAD somewhere.

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Fordboy

There's probably a photo of the chalk drawing, wire model and all the other things we did before cutting steel
including a number of scale models.....
And it still didn't all fit
G

Upsizing the frame, if possible, or, downsizing everything inside the frame can be helpful.    It's about the "wool bag" being "three bags full".    I know the midget changed out the Foster's overflow can (16 oz) for a PBR can (12 oz).    Every little bit helps!!

Although, downsizing the cans does not help on the consumption side . . . . .   :-D

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #19 on: September 12, 2016, 06:29:57 AM »
There is a CAD side view on Page 2 of the Australian Belly Tank Build Diary.

http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,862.msg8683.html#msg8683

I am going to presume there are some other views, etc, as well, posted on other pages.     Happy Hunting.

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2016, 08:55:22 AM »
While chalk on the floor has worked in many instances, CAD can be a useful, indeed, valuable tool for planning out a complex construction.  It largely depends on one’s facility for using the CAD program.  I doubt if the Carbonite guys are ready to go back to the chalk method...

http://www.landracing.com/forum/index.php/topic,8665.0.html

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #21 on: September 12, 2016, 11:37:47 AM »
oj, don't mess around. Start doing stuff.
The longer you wait, the longer it will take.
Get your hands dirty man. :cheers:

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Re: Solidworks Belly Tank frame plan
« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2016, 03:01:37 PM »
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