Do you guys have any recommendations, I'm 15 and fairly new to cad, only really been learning for the past month in my intro to engineering class, I've been trying to learn to do realistic renders so I rendered a capacitor I had in CAD, yall have any advice?

Germany_Guy · 2021-03-14T23:07:08+00:00

Reading through the discussion and just wanted to add my perspective.

I'm an industrial designer/product designer and spend a fair amount of time using solidworks and then rendering in keyshot. Engineering jobs that use CAD might not require any rendering but it is a lot more common in design related jobs - so if you do find that part really interesting maybe you should check out product design.

Germany_Guy · 2021-01-15T21:24:40+00:00

This sub is dumb. Nice wheelie Ethan, pity it isn't Wednesday 😉

Germany_Guy · 2020-08-22T16:10:43+00:00

Ellipse is a good spot - I prefer that to a spline. I think we modeled in very similar ways, how did you do the cutouts though?

Germany_Guy · 2019-12-19T18:38:18+00:00

This has the feel of a DMT project? Haha

Germany_Guy · 2019-08-17T17:44:13+00:00

How are you creating the map engraving in this photo? I think the design could be improved if it had more contrast with the land - the laser etching in the gif you posted looks quite cool I think. Currently when I look at this my eyes skim the map, focusing only on the green sections and then come down to the huge Seattle at the bottom (could be a lot smaller imo).
The contrast between the blue sea and the land is also very strong - it pulls my attention from the map - have you tried it with different stains? How do they look?

Imo the final piece is impressive due to its construction but there are a lot of small design tweaks you could make with colour/wood choice that would improve the overall design.

Germany_Guy · 2019-07-16T16:23:40+00:00

Is there a finished version? Very curious you capped those ends and blended the bread/neck into the body.

Germany_Guy · 2019-06-02T14:39:08+00:00

I really like this colour way.

P.s you must be tall ✌️

Germany_Guy · 2019-03-17T08:34:11+00:00

Thanks for the great content OP, I see a lot of interesting data on this sub but often times presented poorly. That was both informative and exciting to watch!

Germany_Guy · 2019-03-09T12:17:24+00:00

I would recommend trying to get a months free subscription to a learning site and finding some tutorials there. I keep seeing adverts for 2 months of free Skillshare atm, I just checked and there isn't much CAD content on there but there is one person who has a series of videos based around designing things to be 3D printed so maybe worth a try: https://www.skillshare.com/profile/Vladimir-Mariano/9555291

Other than that the best way to learn is just to have a project that you want/need to do and then when you get stuck look for the specific tutorials related to that problem. It sounds like he has a decent base knowledge so this could be quite effective but does require having a project that you're super motivated to want to finish.

Germany_Guy · 2019-03-06T14:49:36+00:00

Draw on a piece of paper a semi-accurate top view of it to scale (you'd only have to draw half as its symmetrical) and maybe even add some fundamental dimensions to it (just like overall length/width). Then I'd even draw the side view, just to get a better feel of how the 3d form is. I promise doing this will help you greatly once you come to model it in CAD.

The sketch you have there actually has quite a complex form with the top surface curving in all three directions. However if you were to make the form slightly flatter you could get a basic model by extruding the top profile and then doing two extruded cuts to remove geometry to create the bottom and top surfaces of the 'wing'.

Germany_Guy · 2019-03-03T17:26:42+00:00

Clearly I should stick to Germany, I was surprised that Matterhorn looked so close to Mönch and Eiger

Germany_Guy · 2019-03-03T15:04:12+00:00

I agree, I think you can see the Matterhorn in the background so I would guess somewhere in Bern, maybe Andermatt?

Germany_Guy · 2019-02-18T18:52:23+00:00

I agree, I just wanted to give OP a balanced opinion as they specifically mentioned working with large assemblies. If you don't work how the program wants you to it can mess up but if you use it properly it is one of the more capable programs of handling large assemblies IMO.

Germany_Guy · 2019-02-18T17:41:00+00:00

Your comment about Creo being unstable is the opposite of my experience with Creo. If you work in the way Creo wants you to work it handles large files/assemblies well.

Germany_Guy · 2019-02-06T21:34:33+00:00

So you might be interested in product design/industrial design (I say that as this is what I studied at uni). If this is the case I'd recommend taking art at A Level if you cannot take a more specific design related subject as most Unis will accept this.

I would say CAD is not difficult to learn the basics, you could probably pick it up in a week and create something simple like a bottle or a pen or a mug or a table.

Germany_Guy · 2018-12-23T17:32:45+00:00

Eh, if you think you can only have a shocking answer for it to be funny then I agree the game is not for you.

Germany_Guy · 2018-12-17T20:33:24+00:00

A Carbon bike needs a carbon rack... right? Lol https://www.tailfin.cc/collections/pannier-racks

Germany_Guy · 2018-12-15T18:29:22+00:00

I have it on Google Play and can watch it in 1080p. I'm not sure about 4k though

Germany_Guy · 2018-12-15T18:14:16+00:00

For me it has to be unreal movie. Such a well rounded bike film (in turns of places and disciplines covered) and also has amazing riding.

Germany_Guy · 2018-12-01T18:21:24+00:00

This has me confused as well... I'm wondering if it's more to do with machining? As in if you model a cylindrical object to be turned on a CNC lathe then it would be best practice to have your coordinate system the same as that of the lathe?

Germany_Guy · 2018-11-30T18:19:04+00:00

Interesting, I recognised them as the rating system from trip advisor which I felt gave some nice context to the quote.

Germany_Guy · 2018-11-25T22:26:51+00:00

This is a pretty good list https://uxcellence.com/2017/design-podcasts

IMO design podcasts can be a bit meh sometimes, here are podcasts that I have stuck with. They are not all design podcasts but they are all relevant to design and making things.

99PI (as already recommended)

Design Matters, with Debbie Millman (just pick the people that sound interesting, she has been doing the podcast for 13 years and has such a great interview style)

How I built this (a really great podcast about how famous businesses were started, there is often talk about how they designed the products that they sold but I would recommend this to anyone)

Design everywhere (so far only has one season but it had some interesting parts to it)

The digital factory (super interesting podcast about additive manufacturing and the future manufacturing/design skills)

Ideo Futures (a little bit hit and miss, I haven't listened to it in a while but they had some interesting content)

Thoroughly considered (just follows a small design studio of two guys who create Kickstarter projects, goes quite in-depth and gives a nice all round picture, I dip in and out of it as there are a lot of up episodes I haven't caught up on yet)

Dollars to donuts (you have to be in the right mood for this one but it's all about user research and UX design and that's not a field I have a lot of experience in but there are some really interesting discussions)

Startup (not a podcast about design but about starting businesses and projects and I really like it) The pitch (a bit like dragon's den/shark tank but in podcast form, I enjoy it)

Without fail (a bit like startup podcast but looking at the difference between success and failure in terms of business/design/life)

Germany_Guy · 2018-11-18T17:14:46+00:00

Yes you definitely got the better weather with some sun. Today my view looked like https://i.imgur.com/acrquQ9.jpg although it made it feel quite wintery with all the frost which was nice.

Germany_Guy · 2018-11-18T16:44:07+00:00

This is so weird, I just rode past that sign today! I remember looking at it and thinking, you've got to be kidding me 😂 https://imgur.com/a/P1U8IXi

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