WJ front bar mounting points CAD drawings

[bodgie]

This one is free and possibly better suited to this task:

http://www.3ds.com/products-services...free-download/

[indiedog]

Originally Posted by Straubz

sketchup is not a very good modelling program, its mostly for house design and layout from what i have seen, and any models you find on the warehouse aren't very accurate to begin with as they are often only designed for games, basically they have a very low poly count compared to programs like CAD.

Actually it's a great program. Obviously not as detailed as many of the top end programs but for straight line stuff and moderately curved stuff it's awesome. I've got a number of very detailed models done in it and I know guys who use it for documentation. Accuracy is down to whatever you want it to be and I'm sure it would be fine for documenting something as straightforward as a bumper. No problem at all with laying things out accurately and then dimensioning it up. The professional version certainly has more to it than the free basic version.

Of course the models in the 3D Warehouse will be as accurate as the author made them. Same for .dwg drawings, same for anything. Really depends on what you want them for. If you want accuracy, build the model yourself.

[JK_Renegade]

Originally Posted by indiedog

Which was the only WJ bumper you liked? And is SketchUp your only CAD option? I can use Revit but doubt it would be any good for a project like this. I'm also a pretty good SketchUp user. Make sure you group all the individual elements and put them on different layers.

Thanks for the tips. I'll share my drawings with u once I'm done so u can check them out.

The only bumper I've seen for the WJ that I like (actually love this thing), is the HK off-road front bar, it's a work of fine art in my opinion.


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[JK_Renegade]

Originally Posted by bodgie

This one is free and possibly better suited to this task:



http://www.3ds.com/products-services...free-download/

Thanks mate, I'll check it out.


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[JK_Renegade]

Originally Posted by indiedog

Actually it's a great program. Obviously not as detailed as many of the top end programs but for straight line stuff and moderately curved stuff it's awesome. I've got a number of very detailed models done in it and I know guys who use it for documentation. Accuracy is down to whatever you want it to be and I'm sure it would be fine for documenting something as straightforward as a bumper. No problem at all with laying things out accurately and then dimensioning it up. The professional version certainly has more to it than the free basic version.



Of course the models in the 3D Warehouse will be as accurate as the author made them. Same for .dwg drawings, same for anything. Really depends on what you want them for. If you want accuracy, build the model yourself.

Ye, I'll be using the flatland drawings, so they will be pretty spot on as a starting point.


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