Mechanical Assembly

watkins

Dear All,

For the mechanical engineers, a simple assembly.

Click on 'Display Section Cut' to see section through leveller. Some work needs to be done on the thread textures, but it is quite a good representation of the assembly.

Regards,
Bob

BASE SUPPORT AND LEVELLER.skp

BASE SUPPORT AND LEVELLER.jpg

boofredlay

That is quite good. Thanks for sharing.

watkins

Dear Eric,

Thanks for that. I know that the offering is unusual in that it does not address architecture, furniture or landscaping, but I wanted to show how Sketchup might be used in the mechanical design process.

Kind regards,
Bob

MALAISE

Thanks watkins

It gives always new ideas sharing our drawings

MALAISE

Teezer

Very nice bit of work. I love mechanical drawings...

watkins

Dear Malaise and Teezer,

Thank you for your kind comments. The thread textures (which could be improved) make a difference to the 'readability' of the 3D model, but what Sketchup could do with is a good (low poly) library of mechanical parts, like nuts and bolts. I'm surprised that no one has written a ruby to generate metric fasteners. For example, one could imagine clicking on the icon of a bolt and then a window opening. The window would ask:

Size (M1 to M40 say)
Type (Hexhead, CapHead, Countersunk etc)
Overall length
Thread length

Data are readily available. For example:
http://www.engineersedge.com/iso_hex_head_screw.htm

The ruby would then generate the fastener. Ideally, the ruby would also apply the thread texture too.

Kind regards,
Bob