Hi Ritch, you have my full regards to make a set of plans in cad form from the "design"? of mine, and market them to your advantage.
It probably takes more time to make the cad drawings than actually making the finished article.
I recently dabbled with Cadkey, a cad program I got in the 80's, and spent hours designing a quick change tool post for my lathe.
The end result ws that once the design was scaled in actual size it showed up as being inpractical so another design was finalised, good experience if you have the time.
In practical terms, it is better to make the thing, in other words a prototype, then draw it up once the design is proved, but that is if you are going to go into production.
Cad drawing is a time consuming process, and all my bits and pieces were arrived at on the back of an envelope in the traditional manner, ha ha!
However if you are intending sending the drawings out to get parts made, then a cad drawing is the only language spoken, sketches no matter how well detailed don't really make an impression.
BTW, can you save drawings in Autocad as a Jpeg, because the cad program I'm using requires that program to open the files that are cad drawn when you want to see them.
As a jpeg, anyone receiving them can open them with the usual windows program like a photo, whereas a cad file, saved as a cad file, requires the original cad program to see it.
I do a lot of sketching with a Wacom drawing tablet using Photoshop 7 as the graphics program, and save the sketches as a Jpeg file, then I can view them on my computer in My documents saved in a folder labeled Sketches Mechanical as a Jpeg.
This is "state of the art" back of an envelope designing when you have an idea that you want to work on.
Saved electronically, it saves lots of trees from the pulp mills, oh well a bit more environmentalism put into practice, and another step nearer the paperless office scenario.
Just reread your post, I see that you are going to scan them (after printing out) and send as jpeg.
Ian.  |