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by hds
Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:29 am
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: FEM - Caliper Adapter
Replies: 2
Views: 2558

FEM - Caliper Adapter

Hi, this project is intended to calculate a caliper adapter CalAdapterImg1.jpg for braking systems. The example is for a motor bike. Theory and example file (23MB, can that be uploaded to the forum ?) can be downloaded here: http://www.iup.uni-bremen.de/~schroete/?Bremssatteladapter CaliperAdapter1....
by hds
Wed Jan 24, 2018 4:44 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: call for screenshots - By Yorik
Replies: 381
Views: 673357

Re: call for screenshots - By Yorik

Puh, what a delicate question here. The DRAFTing tool is too limited for me CADding and the SKETCHER is too complex when entering coordinate i.e. lines, points constraints. Update: Redone the 120 frames with splines so that "ruled surfaces" (all in all a few hundreds) can be used as the hu...
by hds
Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:19 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: call for screenshots - By Yorik
Replies: 381
Views: 673357

Re: call for screenshots - By Yorik

Yep. The overall length is approx. 150cm, width 14cm. Scale approx 1:45. When the drawing has been done, cutting and glueing is just pure fun. Like a kit ...
by hds
Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:11 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: call for screenshots - By Yorik
Replies: 381
Views: 673357

Re: call for screenshots - By Yorik

I don't know if it is ok to send another view. If not than pls delete it.
by hds
Mon Jan 22, 2018 3:08 pm
Forum: Users Showcase
Topic: call for screenshots - By Yorik
Replies: 381
Views: 673357

Re: call for screenshots - By Yorik

Just a short post to show a VIIC design case. The body work is designed to be cut with a laser cutter. The aft section upto the frame seperator has already been build. Material is plasticized finnpaper in various thicknesses, mainly 2mm. Overall 145 frames are drawn plus Stringers. The glued framewo...
by hds
Wed Feb 15, 2017 9:55 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Intersection of plane/sketch or mass rotation of pads
Replies: 3
Views: 1265

Re: Intersection of plane/sketch or mass rotation of pads

Found a workaround (I wouldn't call it a solution ...) 1) Select all the top view little faces of the cutout for the stringer on the body frames. 2) Create a Facebinder Object from this selection. 3) Select WP on XY. Rotate the Facebinder Object to XZ Plane. 4) Select WP on YZ. Rotate the Facebinder...
by hds
Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:38 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Intersection of plane/sketch or mass rotation of pads
Replies: 3
Views: 1265

Intersection of plane/sketch or mass rotation of pads

Hello, newbie question about intersection of face(plane) and wires. OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.16.6707 (Git) Build type: None Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16 Hash: 5465bc47c95db45e0be85dc0e2872419efadce0f Python version: 2.7.12 Qt version: 4....