[TheForge] Auto-Cad

Tue Apr 30 09:17:01 2002

I don't mean to be a walking advertisement for TurboCAD, but these =
packages CAN do 3D rendering to whatever degree of reality you want.  See =
the following link for a very simple rendering of the Grasshopper Treadle =
Hammer.  This drawing is very jaggy because I reduced it's quality a LOT =
to post it on the Internet.  The package can do much better than this:

http://www.monmouth.com/~freeman/bmf/GHSE.jpg=20

You can do colors, surface effects (e.g., bricks), chrome, etc.  I don't =
recommend DOING these things because they take time.  But the potential is =
there if you need it.

Bruce
NJ

>>> Ray Miller <[email protected]> 04/30/02 07:52AM >>>
In my experience AutoCad or other line drawing tools are usefull for me=20
for layout purposes, but most clients aren't able to make the leap from=20
line drawing to image of what the piece is going to look like. If I=20
could get trained in something that I think would help me display my=20
ideas to my clients, like a 3D graphics imaging software package that's=20
what I would want.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

Dan Armstrong wrote:

>Are there many smiths out there using Auto-Cad to illustrate, plan,
>explore, etc.,  iron projects on a regular basis? If so, in what way
>most commonly? I'm wondering about its inclusion in a metalworking
>curriculum. Thanks.            Dan A.
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