Local Fire Company Engine

CADken

Here is a mock-up of a Fire Truck I'm working on... It's very rough right now and I'll most likely end up starting over with actual pictures of the engine to model from. I was going to model this in 3Ds Max, but after not using the program for a few months I honestly don't know where to start...

The nice things about SketchUp is the ease of operation, there's no hidden tricks and everything is pretty straightforward... and the best part, it's just like riding a bike, you never forget

Here's another shot of the rear.

I'm hoping to incorporate the steering limits to the model and we're going to try to use this for "pre-plan" to see if the trucks are going to have any issues entering some areas of the community.

Jim

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I usually get stuck when using square corners on something that should have been rounded corners (like the cab.) It'll be interesting to see how you get out of it, or if you need to "do-over" on some parts.

CADken

@jim said:

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I usually get stuck when using square corners on something that should have been rounded corners (like the cab.) It'll be interesting to see how you get out of it, or if you need to "do-over" on some parts.

i'm not sure... i might be able to create a circle and then use the "follow-me" tool to follow the edges and then subtract materials... if that's possible.

right now these are only just for mock-ups, there isn't going to be much detail on them... i might mess around with it and re-save it as something else and add details to it to see how much I can make it look like our own engine.

CADken

Here is a super short animation I did... nothing to any particular scale...

CADken

i've been slowly working on this project... i'm determined to do a complete model... I ended up starting from scratch and starting over...

i smoothed out the cab to where I think it looks about right...

I'll post more as I go along.

CADken

here's a few shots of the model, today I added windows, doors, and seats...

Here's the seats we use, they are open back like this to accommodate for the SCBA tank and holster... i might model those later on, but for now i'll leave it like this:

CADken

here we are with some mirrors and newly added doors!

CADken

here's a front view, I haven't added the windshield yet.

boofredlay

Ken, you are on fire (in more ways than one).
I love the chair.

CADken

let's open up the cab shall we?

CADken

@unknownuser said:

Ken, you are on fire (in more ways than one).
I love the chair.

Thanks! I've been keeping this alive on the CAD forum, but I'm happier to share it here Here's my final work for today... I need to let my laptop cool off for the day running constant rendering and such...

I have to round off the windshield to let it "flow" better around the face and sides of the cab better and I'm debating whether or not to tidy up the seating...

I'm going to be at the firehouse tonight, so I'll try to use my photographic memory to remember how we have the interiors of the apparatus.

CADken

another note to self, I have to increase the door jamb size from 1/16" to something more noticeable.

CADken

okay, so I figured I had 30mins to kill and my work has been caught up for the day... here is the final shot for today... i swear

I increased the jamb sizes, hopefully this will be noticeable.

CADken

alright, enough for today, my laptop is HOT!

CADken

Alright, so normally during the weekends I rarely have time to model anything, but this weekend I managed to take a few minutes today to model the rear of the engine...

I'm not 100% satisfied but it's a good shell to work from:

I have to take in a few areas (recess them) to make the controls for the pumps and what have you, but other than that I'm going to spend some time detailing the compartments and such.