Autocad rules!

My bastard ferrule drawing.
Good thing about drawing it first is it actually shows how many threads you get from your specs.
That is a 3/4 long ferrule, with a 3/16 shoulder at the bottom.
3/8 16 threads, .500 long and .125 no thread area on top.
 

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You can cut threads by using the coil function it gives a more realistic look. And if you want nicer renderings go into the studio portion of the program. Applications/inventor studio. I hope you don't mind my two cents.
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Canadian cue said:
You can cut threads by using the coil function it gives a more realistic look. And if you want nicer renderings go into the studio portion of the program. Applications/inventor studio. I hope you don't mind my two cents.
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WOW!
I like that.
Thanks.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
Am slowly learnin' it so I can draw my jigs, garage, cabinets , etc.
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Hi Joey, it matters not which cad system you use. The end results is all that counts, some guys use auto-cad, some bob-cad, some gibbs cam [the one I used], all of us, don't use it to it's fullest. We all only use a small percentage of the cad's systems for cues.. All cad's rule in this spot, my friend....

Blud
 
blud said:
Hi Joey, it matters not which cad system you use. The end results is all that counts, some guys use auto-cad, some bob-cad, some gibbs cam [the one I used], all of us, don't use it to it's fullest. We all only use a small percentage of the cad's systems for cues.. All cad's rule in this spot, my friend....

Blud
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True.
And who says we only learn it for cuemaking purposes?
The possibility is almost endless.
 
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JoeyInCali said:
True.
And who says we only learn it for cuemaking purposes?
The possibility is almost endless.
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Joey, isn't that why your taking the course, for CUEMAKING?
blud
 
Here's some small stuff I made the other day in OneCNC which I guess is recognized by some :)
 

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Autocad

I taught Autocad for 5 years. At that time it was the premium cad package. There was third party packages for every engineering discipline under the sun. The 3-d has always been weak compared to other packages. Pro-E was the ultimate tool for a while.

I still use autocad to lay out cues and do inlay design. If you aren't into the 3-d, you can get autocad lite it does everything but the 3-d. (Heck I don't even know if its still available)

JV
 
By looking at the purple lines, I can tell you have an unconsumed sketch or a visible shared sketch. You should turn it off or delete it. Just being picky ;)
 
I'll give you another tip that's simple, but saves work in the long run: When creating your initial sketch (typically a square or other simple geometry) project the axes (YZ & XZ if your sketching on the XY plane) and "center" it by making the midpoints of each line coincident with those projected lines. Then you can use these planes to mirror symmetrical features, such as the rectangular extrusions on each side of your square. You can also extrude your sketch evenly in each direction and your part will be symmetrical about the XY, at least initially. Having these planes in a consistant location will be valuable when constraining individual parts to each other in assemblies. Trust me, get into this habit as soon as possible.

Eric
 
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