Beiträge von Thorvald

Hmm, I tried to use open the .jpg picture of the drawing in Inkscape and save it as dxf. But it didn't seem to work.

Yes, ok that could be first step. Take my hand drawings (side view), convert them to dxf and - how do you extrude the 2D drawing??

Then you have the side view, then maybe make the rear / front view the same way, but make it as a "mold" and use intersecting volumes, to make the cuts that define the rear / front view??

The last and probably more difficult step would be to make the more or less rounded edges - especially the grip.

By the way, would you do it in wall design or solely in D-Cam? I think, I would suggest wall design.

Bolts and other "external" steel parts, are probably more or less made in the same way - perhaps in other positions and inserted on the bow. See also this webpage, where there are pictures of some of these details, like hinges and such: http://www.bowreports.com/comp…nster/phoenix/phoenix.htm

Interesting, absolutely. I will have a closer look at that.

Hi.

I have often been thinking about to try to make a 3D model of a bow in Dietrichs. But I am afraid that it is not possible to make satisfactory nice. Examples: Border Bows, White Wolf bows, my own bow: [/img] and a special type of compound bow: Monster Bows.

It is actually something like the latter type of bow I'd like to make a 3D model of - but with my own design made in wood. I am finished with making the drawings / sketches of the design by hand.

In the pure 3 dimensions, it is perhaps not so difficult. But the rounded shapes that makes a wooden bow so beautiful - just the grip as one example - would be very difficult to make in Dietrichs, I think.

What do you think?

Hi.

I was thinking if there is a way to convert a hand paper drawing to for example dwg, that can be converted to dxf and then inserted in D-Cad? I can scan the drawing in .PDF or .jpg for example - but then to convert from these formats? Is it possible?

Zitat von doug

I use an computer with Win 7 64 Bit and a quad-core processor, this is a very powerful machine, this works very good in every situation

What computer is that?

Zitat von Thomas Bredt

Hello Thorvald,

Dietrich's Version 7.03 should run without problems on W7/64, however, the CPU of the laptop you chose is a pretty weak, so You shouldn't expect it to be a performance monster. I'd rather recommend a Core i5-520M or faster for best performance. The video card and the RAM size are well conditioned

kind regards from Munich

Well, actually now, I am looking at to buy Toshiba Qosmio X500-11c, with i7 processor and Nvidia 360M graphic card, among other things. But I am not going to buy before August, maybe at that time I find a even better computer.

I am (again) dreaming of a new computer. But can version 7.03 run on 64 bit Windows 7??

How good is this processor and graphic card when we talk about Dietrichs:
CPU: Intel® Core™ i3-330M-processor | clockfrekvens : 2.13 GHz | Front Side Bus : 1,066 MHz | cache, andet niveau : 3 MB
Grafics: NVIDIA® | NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M med CUDA™-teknologi
The computer is with 4Gb ram, don't know if I can get it with more, if I order it.

I think it is working now, after having uninstalled Foxit Reader and installed the newest edition.

I have had the problem for some time, without doing anything about it. But I must say that I don't remember if I had the problem with the printer I had before (this Brother printer I got in January / February). I also think that it have worked on the new printer. Ok, a few tests:
- A4 PDF page, printed on A4. Done correct.
- A3 PDF page, printed on A4. Not correct.
- Same A4 drawing printed from Dietrichs, printed on A4. Done correct.
- Same A3 drawing printed from Dietrichs, printed on A4. Done correct.

Ok, this could indicate 2 things:
- Printing from Dietrichs to PDF has some (hidden error). Hidden because the PDF-file is correct.
- A problem with the PDF-viewer (Foxit Reader).

Trying to install / update Foxit Reader: Hmmm, no. Perhaps I need to restart computer to see result.

Oh - and opening descriptions in the main drawing aren't printed either...

On my drawings I have a info box, that I have made in a separate window, in order to keep it same size, no matter what scale the main drawing is in. When I make my PDF-prints, everything is there. When I print my PDF files on my printer (Brother MFC-6490CW) the lines in the infor box is there, but the text is not... I don't understand why?

No? Is it not possible somehow to make such columns?? I could of course make the shape as a mold, and use intersecting volumes. But isn't there a more direct and automated way?

Hi.

Are there some standard columns, that makes it possible to make columns such as shown on picture??

Hi.

I got below e-mail from Dietrichs. I don't understand it completely as it is in German. What is it about?

Hallo, Sehr geehrte Ausbilder,

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I have never changed the line weights for drawings. Only if I occasionally want a line to be very visible.

I usually use colors for prints (but I print mostly on PDF) - but also for paper prints. I use:
- Brown for wood and wooden items.
- Grey for concrete.
- Yellow for insulation.
- Blue for steel items.
- Grey for gypsum.
- Green for membranes, such as floor wool paper.
- Dark yellow for module axis lines.
- Black for dimensions.

- To mention some of the most common, I use.

Ahahahaha - excellent tip - I will remember that to the next time... I did it the hard way this time. And when I was more or less finished I realized something... :roll: The one house was a mirrored copy of the other house, yes. And when you mirror one house you get 2 houses.

But - :roll: In this case, the one house is also a exact copy of the other house - just rotated 90 degrees........ And I found out that when you rotate one house you get one house... So at the end I did in 1 hour what I spend 7-8 on. Just rotate the house -90 and then change wall names according to the house name. ooooouuuuucchhhhhh - so easy!!!!! :lol:

Hi.

Assume you have a building, that you mirror to create another building that is a mirrored copy of the first building.

Then I want to delete the one building from the position. Perhaps because the position with both buildings are so heavy, that the program becomes unstable. Do I reeally have to go through and delete every single wall and ceiling?? It takes a long time just to delete one wall. Is it not possible to select everything for that building, including ceiling ares and walls?? In D-cam I can select the objects (timber parts), but I still have to go to ceiling areas and delete every of the single areas and then go to ground plans and delete every single wall. Even though the construction objects have been deleted in D-cam, this still takes very long time.

Is there another way?

I have version 7, but I do not know what to look for. Doesn't you have your version 7 CD? Perhaps it's there?

To summarize, these points are just assisting geometry in the 3d workspace. They can be added and deleted without doing any damage to your model. To delete them, use 4-5 and either select them individually or use "x" on the keyboard and drag a window to select them all and delete.

Hehe, couldn't find it. I have version 7, so here it is under "delete" - 01-7 for example.