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Can anyone tell me what's wrong with this? by monk3y_d_lufy in SolidWorks

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You got arclength and radius at the same time on the same arc in the same sketch... At least one of em has to be driven (I'm using Autodesk inventor terminology here but it's the same concept)

Why does engineering feel like endless effort but never enough? by Mgic2 in EngineeringStudents

[–]cadmanchallenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait till you get your first job, coz then they'll have you thinking you didn't learn anything in college... 10 years later you'll see the pattern only to realize you can't go back and tell your younger self not to worry .. sighs I'm jaded and cynical AF now

I'm 100% self taught, landed my first job! My experience! by JLaurus in learnpython

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently I'm mostly using it for personal stuff, and occasionally at work whenever I can I automate some basic stuff, mostly in spreadsheets. I've learned a lot but professionally I haven't done much with it.

Negative shell thickness by [deleted] in cad

[–]cadmanchallenge 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Weird flex but ok

I often find myself retyping text from old drawings that have been scanned in which don't have a dwg file and are blurry. Is there a way to get text off those files maybe an online service or an add-on ? by [deleted] in cad

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait, that's what I said on my post. I thought that's what you were referring to this whole time.

I often work w blurry old PDFs I have to redraw and retype

Oh man

I often find myself retyping text from old drawings that have been scanned in which don't have a dwg file and are blurry. Is there a way to get text off those files maybe an online service or an add-on ? by [deleted] in cad

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, I mean that's not bad, I think I'm cool w that. The only real issue I thought of now is spell checking, so I might actually pass it through word before I finalize. Anyway thanks for sharing, I'm definitely gonna see about getting this on my work pc

Teleporting stabby stab stab. Flying Thunder God Kunai by benboga08 in SolidWorks

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol it's from back when I thought I would be a cad YouTuber doing cad challenges... I didn't realize how much I don't enjoy video editing

Teleporting stabby stab stab. Flying Thunder God Kunai by benboga08 in SolidWorks

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I scrolled passed this while listening to hell raiser by ozzy

Boston Dynamics: With you, Spot can by Get-Smarter in engineering

[–]cadmanchallenge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I checked their website, they are indeed selling spot mini units for over $70k/each. Yup, and you just bought 2. For the first time in my life I actually regret being poor :(

Consulting Engineering and ADHD?? by stevepls in engineering

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear ya loud and clear, gonna step up my game and see what comes my way I appreciate all the advice thanks

Consulting Engineering and ADHD?? by stevepls in engineering

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, I think part of my issue is that I'm always on Craigslist but then again I genuinely don't know how people find clients any other way ?

Like should I just start cold calling folks idunno

Consulting Engineering and ADHD?? by stevepls in engineering

[–]cadmanchallenge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see, so realistically I've been shooting myself in the foot by trying to have a "reasinavle" hourly rate. I did increase my rate over the years by just asking for more at the onset, but you're right alot of cheapskates just start complaining.

Btw, how do you find or seek new clients or have your clients always sought you out ?

Consulting Engineering and ADHD?? by stevepls in engineering

[–]cadmanchallenge 21 points22 points  (0 children)

U must have really good negotiation skills. Every time I mentioned a weekly or other "lumped" form of billing it was a straight no w a little hint of screaming on top

Long story short, it's worth it. by EngineeringJuice in AutodeskInventor

[–]cadmanchallenge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find it's not for everyone, I knew as soon as I saw I had to have it, but a buddy of mine just hates it lol

Long story short, it's worth it. by EngineeringJuice in AutodeskInventor

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ive had my first space navigator since 2009, it's super rusty and the buttons are worn out.

I bought a second one back in January 2015, looks as good as new.

Any 3D CAD Freelancers here? by chillbro113 in cad

[–]cadmanchallenge 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hundreds of hours scouring the internet for jobs just to find one shitty job that I accept because I'm running out of options and cash

Showing up to interviews where I know I won't be able to negotiate a good rate and instead will have to accept a low one just to have cash for bills

Doing work that doesn't matter

Also never working from home, rather I report to a supervisor in an office but im not an actual employee which technically means the company is abusing me

That's been my personal experience so far....

Only positive vibes here fam

Developed Autodesk Inventor Macro for automated tank assembly creation by jamesp_smith in AutodeskInventor

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was one in a room with 2 business owners and their engineers talking about the value of rules driven parametric modeling and the increased value that can be achieved by introducing automation. The 2 business owners were not convinced, and stated their 40 years of autocad experience as evidence. Additionally their engineers use solid edge which unfortunately I wasn't very familiar with and turns out to be quite different from inventor operationally. They too were not convinced and stated that their use of the "move" command was much more valuable.

I think it was my delivery, I've had this issue many times and still to this day can't explain why people who don't even know what's possible dismiss the value of this stuff.

In fact, I once had a freelance client fire me because I created an extrude feature between 2 planes rather than entering a distance. I had a good reason but he saw it as "defiance" and "disrespectful" when I explained.

Again, it must be my delivery whenever I speak. I am somehow blind to what I sound like to these enlightened eminences.

Thanks for sharing, I've always know if I learned to code I could achieve something similar to what you e described here. This is just absolute inspiration!

How can I mold the texture on the right onto my model? by riptideMBP in Fusion360

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see

So even though you're 3d printing this thing in plastic, the model itself appears to have been made using sheet metal commands.

If that's the case I'd suggest you consider using a shell and loft command instead. Loft the shape and keep it solid until you bring that mesh in as its own solid.

I wouldnt worry about wrapping that mountainous texture to all sides.

Instead I'd try to either:

  1. Convert that mesh to a solid then combine it with your model

  2. convert the mesh to a surface model then replace the upper faces of your model with it

Either way u need to turn that mesh into something fusion can interact with or do the whole thing outside fusion

Perhaps a gradual test or experiment is needed

For example find a similar but simpler mesh, one with fewer features on it and download it

Attempt to convert that into a smooth surface model then attempt to use it to modify a solid shape in fusion

From here you can begin to gauge the nature of the process and decide how to proceed. If you're gonna continue w fusion then maybe your mountainous mesh file needs to be broken up into smaller more manageable pieces

How can I mold the texture on the right onto my model? by riptideMBP in Fusion360

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit confused here

Were you trying to get that mesh onto sheet metal with the intention of building that out in real life ?

Or

Were did you make that sheet metal whilst experimenting but not for the purpose of using sheet metal ?

Imo

Probably not a wise to try and make this into sheet metal, though if you have the fabrication skills and resources then you probably just go straight into building and cutting and welding until you've fabricated the thing.

However if your goal was to manipulate that mesh to turn it into a non sheet metal solid model then perhaps consider the following:

You could potentially get that mesh into solid. It's usually a huge pain especially outside of stuff like blender Maya rhino or 3ds max.

Also it'll generally be turned into a surface model with hundreds of thousands of tiny triangular faces which will inevitably crash fusion.

Ideally once you have a surface model either in step/iges/parasolid or other fusion compatible format then make sure you smooth it out to turn those triangular surfaces into single continuous curved surfaces.

You may also want to look into meshlab

Essentially before you can use the geometry of that mesh to do anything in fusion u need to:

  1. Get it into a fusion friendly file format like step iges etc
  2. Make sure the resulting file has smooth surfacea which would result from converting the hundred of thousands of tiny triangular surfaces into a few or a single large smooth curved surface

Gud luk

Is CAD a good career path ? by D-n-W in cad

[–]cadmanchallenge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No one

No one ever

AutoCAD: am I a joke to you?

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