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2011-10-15T13:12:00.000-07:00

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2011-07-31T09:00:00.000-07:00

Have you got an Idea

2011-06-12T09:11:00.000-07:00

Ever had an idea and thought how do I transfer that idea into an image or model. ?
Well one of the most powerful aspects of any cad program is to be able to turn that idea into an image.
Product visualisation. Turbocad can turn out very accurate photo realistic print via the lightworks rendering engine. Spot lights and head lights can be turned on and even ambient lights.
There are also a vast array of render scene environments. Shadows and mirror effects are all true to life and colours can be altered through just about any spectrum you want.
Printers are now available that will print out your model in 3d.
The data in the image can be used to make the particular item via a cam program or from a magic eye which is our primary tool.
Obviously once you have your design you have it forever.
That is not the end of it though, You can scale your model in any direction you want so there is no need to redraw the item, Say you wanted one twice as big you would simply scale the item on all three axis.

Welcome to my Turbocad blog

2010-09-25T04:37:00.000-07:00

Just a quick introduction into the world of cad "computer aided design" I use cad in the design of mainly demolition equipment but it can also be used for 3d graphics 2d plotting and printing.
I do drop the odd graphics stuff in when I am just doodling to kill a bit of time or just to take me off some where else.
Turbocad is a very powerful piece of software, I do not sell it so don't panic just yet.
There are lots of cad programs out there so I can not compare it to anything else and as far as I know there is no formal qualification for cad as there are so many different types.
Grants are available in the uk to learn cad and if you are thinking of making any thing at all you should seriously consider learning some type.
We used to manufacture all the equipment that you will see on my blogs and it was a very tedious job indeed.
Why cad then ??.. Well once you have done it in cad you have it forever as long as you back your design up of course.
So I will leave it there for today as I am trialling some screen capture software which I hope to capture some screen shots from the user interface and will post them to one of my blog pages

Dimensions in turbocad

2009-09-19T09:01:00.001-07:00

wire frame dipper arm

2009-09-19T07:27:00.001-07:00

Hidden line dipper arm

2009-09-19T07:23:00.000-07:00

Dipper arm for twenty tonner

2009-09-19T07:15:00.000-07:00

Fillet fun

2009-09-19T07:06:00.000-07:00

Well i found this trick by accident but still very useful to illustrate to the shop floor where the welding areas are, It is achieved by altering the properties of each section of the construction parts i have not seen it covered by anyone before although it must of been done by someone anyway just a handy little tool to use, Ok it is obvious where the areas on this drawing are to be welded but still usefull for say little hidden areas can not seem to get it to work all the time but still useful, This example is a dipper arm for a twenty tonne komatsu on 80mm pins

wire frame shear

2009-09-18T04:36:00.000-07:00

hidden line shear

2009-09-18T04:35:00.000-07:00

First long reach cat in the uk

2009-09-18T04:25:00.000-07:00

We made quite a few of these and here comes a confession one of them was a complete disaster, It was fitted to the first long reach caterpillar excavator in the uk and we fitted the attachment on a job in Liverpool, Well the ram destroyed itself and the ram manufacturer said it was our fault that the unit we made was not strong enough well we say it was so never concluded where the fault lay but the ram manufacturer said that the unit was twisting and that had meant the internals on the ram had got scored and picked up. In conclusion all i can say is it was a first if it was down to us, Here it is in wire frame and hidden line mode this is not the original but pretty close

shear for sixty tonner

2009-09-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

new type shear

2009-09-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

hydraulic shear

2009-09-17T12:20:00.000-07:00

bit of sponsorship

2009-09-11T02:35:00.000-07:00

caterpillar tracks

2009-09-10T05:39:00.000-07:00

knocking stuff down

2009-09-10T05:37:00.000-07:00

demolition at height

2009-09-10T05:35:00.000-07:00

Next picture at this hieght and angle would be pushing a full wall over so you will have to use your imagination a bit and no i am not going to draw a full machine for you

front view

2009-09-10T05:27:00.000-07:00

clean sweep

2009-09-10T05:22:00.000-07:00

operation clean sweep

2009-09-08T12:05:00.000-07:00

Ok got email can you show me how you use the grab for cleaning up on the demolition sites ? Well john it is not a big deal but i have just added a girder to this grab picture just a matter of grabbing it and dragging all the waste to one area into a pile say drop the girder to one side and then load your waste with the grab, just a little bit of sweeping up to do

Bumping my gums

2009-09-08T01:15:00.000-07:00

Ok why am i telling you all this, Well the world has changed in a big way, Get smart or get on benefits it is that simple, Cad is so clever that at first looks it is not apparent that the features in a cad drawing can be selected as regions for machining in a cam program, i have been playing around with rhino cam in demo mode and it has opened my eyes up i can tell you, take a look at the wire frame drawings in this blog and then think about selecting one of the regions to perform a specific task, Now when i was involved in heavy engineering we had never even looked at a computer, We used to draw everything by hand and then pass the drawings on to the lads and lasses on the shop floor, no big deal is it ? Well yes it why ? Well we made a lot of stuff and a lot of money, But we spent a lot of money as well and always seemed to be chasing our tails well no surprise there then, Is it easy to learn all this ? no it is not i taught myself and took me years, So why bother well if you never read another word in your life read this computers are the way forward what i like about computers is the fact that you can sit there and just keep doing it and doing it again, Does not cost anything can do it in your own home and at your own leisure, when you have the time. keep you out of the pub, keep you away from chicks whatever reason you want, make an excuse to yourself if you want to but "learn it"there is a lot of cad stuff out there and some is very cheap i have never used anything but turbocad so i am not going to do like for like etc, i also have no affiliation with them they will not even put a link to my website, They would not appreciate why i am writing about turbocad ,I am repaying what i consider my dues to turbocad as it has given an old demolition contractor a different perspective and a way of expressing the many years on the road whilst it is true that i have been involved in one way or another with construction plant and equipment since birth really cad gave me a way of sharing that so that is what this blog is all about and as a sag way to the memory of the greatest friend and brilliant engineer it was ever a privilege to work with MIKE REYNOLDS sadly missed rip ok going to grab a coffee and do a bit of cad stuff. ps all the equipment in this blog we actually made apart from the breakers but we did make the mounting saddles for them

wire frame

2009-09-07T08:34:00.000-07:00

This is prior to rendering with lighworks

2009-09-07T08:27:00.000-07:00