F1 drawings/cad

djsurge · Post 04 Feb 2006, 04:44

Can anyone help me in finding cad or drawn images of F1 cars.
any help would be appreciated

manchild · Post 04 Feb 2006, 05:54

Tom · Post 05 Feb 2006, 23:33

I am attempting to recreate a basic F1 car using TurboCAD.
I have made the safety cage, but due to the program being increadably basic and my own incompitance it looks s/!#.
Can anyone tell me a cheap, easy to use program were you can make something vagely resembeling the car above. (the orange one, not the wooden one)

West · Post 06 Feb 2006, 00:04

Solidworks is often a good choice; although somewhat basic it should be enough for a basic F1 car

Guest · Post 06 Feb 2006, 18:14

Hi Everyone, 1st post...

Tom wrote: Can anyone tell me a cheap, easy to use program were you can make something vagely resembeling the car above. (the orange one, not the wooden one)

It was created in Maxon Computers' Cinema 4D

Regards
Mark

DarkSnape · Post 02 Mar 2006, 16:57

Solidworks it`s simplistic.. try CATIA V5 - sketcher, part design, drafting, assembly design, DMU Kinematics etc...

anna87 · Post 26 Mar 2006, 23:06

I HAVE TRIED CATIA V5 IT IS NOT VERY USER FRIENDLY

West · Post 27 Mar 2006, 07:21

I am considering buying CATIA V5 and taking a course due to the lack of success in finding a job.

Monstrobolaxa · Post 27 Mar 2006, 08:38

anna87 wrote:I HAVE TRIED CATIA V5 IT IS NOT VERY USER FRIENDLY

I work with CATIA on a daily basis as hobby and to me it's quite simple!

I took a 48 hour course and feel confortable enough in part design, assembly, surface design and drafting...the 4 most important modules in CATIA. I've been also playing with the ergonomics module of the program, which I've learned by myself.

West · Post 27 Mar 2006, 08:59

Somebody on the net is selling CATIA V5 (authorized) and a take-at-home course for 500 bucks. I'm decent with solidworks, will I be able to pick up CATIA as well?

Monstrobolaxa · Post 27 Mar 2006, 18:28

Can't help you on this one...I've never worked with solidworks...I'm planning to install it in the summer to import CATIA files and run them on floworks...

West · Post 27 Mar 2006, 21:21

Solidworks is reportedly one of the easiest CAD programs out there. I tried UG before it and sucked at it. That was nearly 5 years ago. My friend gave me a copy of Solidworks 2005 recently and I have had more success with it. There wasn't crap like "layers" to worry about. Overall, I found Solidworks much more manageable. I'm not good at it but I got a lot further than whatever was taught at school with UG.

Tom · Post 27 Mar 2006, 22:18

I have used AutoCAD and TurboCAD and found that as long as you keep using it one can be as easy as another.

Spencifer_Murphy · Post 27 Mar 2006, 23:20

I use Solidworks 2005 at university, and Solidworks 2004 at home. Still have a lot to learn on it, but I've been getting better.

Its very easy to get the hang of. And you can learn a lot by just fiddling around with things to see what happens.

hardhgear · Post 28 Mar 2006, 20:33

Solidworks is very easy to use .Catia is more advanced ,But when It comes to the choice actually it depends on what u want to model. Each software contains functions that will help u to get 3d models as faster and ease as possible but catia is more powerfull , you will find modules for automotive, airplane, & ship, also Ug Nx But It's a friendly software like SW or CATIA