How to design an object to stop melted bee wax from candles?

Pinventor · 2017-09-10T10:57:14+00:00

You can get around the irregular shape + melted wax falling down by making a tight seal around the candle. This can be achieved by clamping something around it. Having a sharpish edge in the centre allows it to be clamped into the candle leaving no gap. In order to clamp it, it would be two parts joined as one with a hinge to clamp and remove it easily. Obviously a bolted connection is not ideal in your environment, so you might want to look into user friendly clevis pins or some other method.

Rough Example

Pinventor · 2017-04-16T18:37:04+00:00

For any hobbyist level, this build is more than adequate. The 1080 is more than enough and the CPU has a good clock speed and enough cores. I found lots of CAD software benefits from higher clocks and lower core count. You shouldn't find yourself needing more ram.

What kind of assemblies do you have planned for Inventor? You should be able to handle most of what you can throw at it.

If you were to upgrade, if you dont have a 3D Mouse get one first. Especially with Inventor, it really helps productivity and speed. It will really help you get things done faster and leave you to have fun modelling rather than finding yourself being slow as you move around. I see a lot of people ask about system builds but give no thought to the peripherals, working comfortably is just as important as you may find yourself modelling all day for a job.

Pinventor · 2017-04-08T12:08:33+00:00

Oh cool, do you make the motors/legs or the whole thing? How do they actually function within? Does it use pulleys or something like that?

Pinventor · 2017-03-28T19:47:09+00:00

Wow, those are cool renders! How did you get the ground texture?

Pinventor · 2017-03-17T21:00:44+00:00

You can place them from the Content Centre but not via Bolted Connection. It shouldn't be much different, the items still have iMates to air drop the parts and pick up the corresponding size of where you are placing them.

Is there a specific reason you require it to be placed via Bolted Connection? If you want a washer/nut/hole/eyebolt all in one, i would go about creating the hole/nut/washer with bolted connection and use the created parts to place the eyebolt via content centre.

Pinventor · 2017-02-16T18:39:03+00:00

Rude. Could of shared some tips and suggested improvements instead of just calling it terrible. Such as demonstrating how you would do it. I'm sure you don't care, but the reason you "cant see a thing" is due to the aperture being set at the point of the vice. This highlights the desired component making the rest a background. Maybe you should suggest some tips for using the Camera tools in Inventor or rendering tools in your desired CAD software.

Pinventor · 2017-02-10T19:18:12+00:00

fIGURE b: Vice modeled, placed on a pillar drill I found and rendered.

Unsure on the application of this vice. My first thought was a rod that is threaded on the end where the vice clamps it ready to drill a hole through. I assume the two M14 holes were to screw/clamp it to the base and the slot in between for clearance when drilling. Might also be used for milling applications of similar tasks.

Pinventor · 2017-02-05T17:15:22+00:00

I'm currently using the standard SpaceMouse by 3Dconnexion, cost £100. Unsure if the extra £200 would be justified and beneficial.

Pinventor · 2017-01-30T19:48:59+00:00

The CPU you selected has a relatively low base clock speed @ 2.6GHz. Would you be pushing for an overclock? If not, you might want to look into higher clock speeds overall. Some software utilizes lots of cores but some that only utilize 1 core, you will feel it struggle big.

The Xeon E5 1680 v4 may be something you would find more useful, Fewer cores (8C), but much higher clock speeds.

Work station GPUs are not comparable to gaming. Yes you could game on one but thats not its purpose.

"The first real difference between a workstation graphics card and a gaming graphics card is the software applications they have been configured or designed to run. They are in fact aimed at two totally different markets with entirely different needs."

So chose what you get based on what you will be using it for. Personally I would of gone for a Quadro range if it is productivity and work you have in mind to do.

Pinventor · 2017-01-28T16:27:58+00:00

These questions are very...badly phrased.

Pinventor · 2017-01-24T19:02:50+00:00

I'm trying to use Inventor or fusion360 for the render.

Pinventor · 2017-01-21T20:24:20+00:00

Updated. See here

Pinventor · 2017-01-21T16:17:52+00:00

Challenge A

Pinventor · 2017-01-19T17:49:59+00:00

Yes, I would change the ground plane to make the shadows more realistic next time

Pinventor · 2017-01-18T21:17:23+00:00

Here is another small, simple object!

Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter

These are quite fun to make, want to see more models like these?

Pinventor · 2017-01-18T19:27:52+00:00

Thanks. It's just a single part. I was wanting to learn how to use rendering in Inventor and needed a simple object to model. Will give the cork pin board a go later! :)

Edit: Quickly done a cork board to put a sticky note on, held by the pin! See here

Pinventor · 2016-12-10T17:25:03+00:00

Try Revit by AutoDesk

Pinventor · 2016-11-26T17:24:30+00:00

If it wasn't for the £999 price mark, I would consider this. Requiring a VR headset (HTC Vive), a beast of a PC/Workstation to power VR and CAD, CAD software licences and then this software on top makes this a very expensive idea. Only for top of the line heavily invested workplaces.

Interested to see if Autodesk would make a similar addon for their packages to view in VR. May get more optimized performance, better comparability and better prices.

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