pkrankow Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Grant, How long is the finished shank on your hardies after upsetting? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 The shank it about 2-1/2 and the hardy is about 4 inches above the anvil face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Here's where having the drawings done starts paying off. I have a picture of the Nimba anvil and I have a hardy. With a few clicks, I can put them together and do explanatory illustrations. It'll be a virtual blacksmith shop when I get done. Yeah, I know, I need to make some virtual tongs, don't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 That is sweet! Yes, that will make virtual classroom work very clear. You have been an excellent presenter so far, this will only make your ideas more clearly presented. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 You know nakedanvil, that idea might really catch on, the drawings on some of the blueprints are "sketchy" I use sketchup alot (because I don't know any better) and if it is where you are starting at it is a blast to use when you have no CAD training. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) Playing with trying to get some color in my pictures. Might be better to export them and then use a paint program. Edited December 4, 2009 by nakedanvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Been playing with RinoCAD. After learning Sketchup it was much easier to figure out rino. Been having trouble with the "fillet" function (see picture). Keeps leaving little artifacts. It is sure nice to have a full set of boolean operators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 1 that's funny looking 2 I still do that all the time Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewman Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Try Surface-fillet surface, then pick all 4 corners and enter. I think the command you were using was for inside corners. If you use the command I was using and pick the corners and apply them one at a time you end up with funny corners but you do end up with a solid as opposed to the solid with impossible surfaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewman Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Now I want to know how you printed a jpeg from Rhino. I had to save them as a pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewman Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Can you generate toolpaths from the dxf files you can produce in sketchup Pro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNewman Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 After thinking about it a little more I think you problem was you were fileting surfaces when you had a solid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) Thanks John, I'll play around with it some more. Yeah, Sketchup seems to do a rock solid DWG or DXF. But it's a real pain not having boolean functions. Well, I just use a screen capture program from:!Quick Screen Capture - the best screen capture software - Free Download. I've got it set to "Alt+F12" and then I can define a capture window and save it. Use it with all my "trial" software. PowerShape even allows me to save, it's just export that you have to pay a toll for, and just has a mickey mouse "print" function. Edited December 5, 2009 by nakedanvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 (edited) Oh yeah, you can also export from Sketchup to Rino or PowerShape with DWG or 3DS. Oops, I guess you can't do that with the free version. But you can open Google SKP files with DoubleCad and then save them as DWG. Workaround. Such is life when you try to get by on the cheap. Edited December 5, 2009 by nakedanvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 Thanks John. That did it. So when should I be working with solid and when should I be working with surface? I am starting to enjoy RinoCad, might have to buy that one. At $995.00 it seems a pretty good value, although I imagine Solidworks has a few more bells & whistles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 (edited) Boy, there is just too much cool stuff out there. Hexagon 2 looks cool:DAZ 3D - Free 3D Software and 3D Model Providers And ViaCAD: ViaCAD 2D/3D Design Software The ViaCAD video demonstration is impressive: http://www.punchcad.com/video/viacaddemo.html I guess you just gotta settle on something that does the job for you and climb the learning curve. Edited December 12, 2009 by nakedanvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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