ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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Zolko wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:00 pm
ⵎⴰⵙⵏⵙⴰⵏ wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:52 am What CAD system was used for the actual design of the ELT?
I don't know. And there might be more than one, because some parts are done by subcontractors.
if you open the STEP files with a text editor, you should be able to know the last STEP producer/exporter.
the header is something like this:

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ISO-10303-21;
HEADER;
FILE_DESCRIPTION (( 'STEP AP214' ), '1' );
FILE_NAME ('sphere.STEP','2016-09-25T16:33:48',( '' ),( '' ),'SwSTEP 2.0','SolidWorks 2014','' );
FILE_SCHEMA (( 'AUTOMOTIVE_DESIGN' ));
ENDSEC;
DATA;
In FC you get something like the following:

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ISO-10303-21;
HEADER;
FILE_DESCRIPTION(('FreeCAD Model'),'2;1');
FILE_NAME('example.step','2020-01-13T07:43:58',(
    ''),(''),'Open CASCADE STEP processor 7.3',
  'FreeCAD','Unknown');
FILE_SCHEMA(('AUTOMOTIVE_DESIGN { 1 0 10303 214 1 1 1 1 }'));
ENDSEC;
DATA;
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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easyw-fc wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:45 pm
Zolko wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 7:00 pm
ⵎⴰⵙⵏⵙⴰⵏ wrote: Sun Jan 26, 2020 11:52 am What CAD system was used for the actual design of the ELT?
I don't know. And there might be more than one, because some parts are done by subcontractors.
if you open the STEP files with a text editor, you should be able to know the last STEP producer/exporter.
SolidWorks 2009

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ISO-10303-21;
HEADER;
FILE_DESCRIPTION (( 'STEP AP214' ),
    '1' );
FILE_NAME ('E-ELT Instrumentation#10000001.STEP',
    '2009-07-19T07:54:10',
    ( 'kao' ),
    ( '' ),
    'SwSTEP 2.0',
    'SolidWorks 2009',
    '' );
FILE_SCHEMA (( 'AUTOMOTIVE_DESIGN' ));
ENDSEC;
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

Post by ⵎⴰⵙⵏⵙⴰⵏ »

I had no idea about that, thanks for the tip easyw-fc.
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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This model from MAORY has been chosen by Phoronix to illustrate the release of version 0.19 of FreeCAD:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page= ... eeCAD-0.19

That was an old model, we have updated it, and the new one is quite different, you can find more info on ESO's site and the consortium's site. We have recently released the PDR documents (Preliminary Design Review) and I have used FreeCAD to make the illustrations, and I'm happy to say that FreeCAD's assembly is both powerful and easy to use.

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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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IMPRESSIVE WORK! How long does it take to pickup the freecad API to create a custom workbench plugin? I am interested in creating a plugin for composites design.
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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Well i decided to dive into the API. Far so good i have some rudimentary surface peeling working in the python console. Eventually this will become a composite layup pattern and stress analysis tool.
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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Just out of curiosity: how much physical RAM (RES MEM on Linux) does this 120MB model consume?
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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Good question, Bump
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Re: ELT-MAORY with FreeCAD-Assembly4

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Bump again.....
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