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Re: I need a machine simulator too,.
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Posted by: RandyKimball ® 01/28/2004, 20:28:41 Author Profile Mail author Edit

If there were an more affordable software or freeware like that I'd be using it to make my living. I design machines for a living. It takes a good current CAD program and several very expensive add-ons to do all those things. Also kick in a big system. Inventor, Solid Works and possibly others will allow you to constrain motion of gears, cranks, rods, slides, and such as working assemblies in animation. They also will help work with sheet metal bending and flat-outs. Expect to lay out about $5000 to start, then add on even larger sums to continue towards your goal to figure friction, centrifical force, momentum, gravity and vectors. If you find one, PLEASE let me know, I'd love to have it, too!!!. -randy- The worst suggestion of you lifetime may be the catalyst to the grandest idea of the century, never let suggestions go unsaid nor fail to listen to them.

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Re: I need a machine simulator too,.
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Posted by: sq7 ® 01/29/2004, 06:53:47 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I expected as much. Thanks for the reply though... I actually hoped I would not have to build a prototype. My machine is not complicated at all. But seeing as I am not a welder, fitter & turner, etc. all rolled into one, the quality of the whole thing is going to be adversely affected. Still... It should be sufficient to prove my point. Thanx again for the reply man.

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I need a machine simulator too
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Posted by: RandyKimball ® 01/29/2004, 19:23:57 Author Profile Mail author Edit

One thing you may consider if you are going to do a prototype, make it out of HDPE, not real cheap, except the prototyping process becomes Soooooo easy. You can get HDPE from most any quality plastics supply house. It comes in most shapes and can be drilled, sawed, milled, lathed, and glued with the right glues. The strength will not be steel, but the proof of any action and shapes interacting will be there. -randy- The worst suggestion of you lifetime may be the catalyst to the grandest idea of the century, never let suggestions go unsaid nor fail to listen to them.

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Posted by: sq7 ® 01/30/2004, 02:01:04 Author Profile Mail author Edit

Now that sounds like an idea I must seriously consider. Thanx man!

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Re: I found a machine simulator.
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Posted by: sq7 ® 02/18/2004, 02:22:09 Author Profile Mail author Edit

I found something. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the simulation, but Euler 6 is a software package that seems to be able to simulate a mechanism and give a lot of feedback. It's not free, but I'm impressed with it. I must admit however that it can get quite involved... You have to define a joints orientation as a vector in relation to the object it is attaced to, etc. Not exactly difficult, but not fun at all. I want to be sure about my idea anyway so I'm just gonna build a darn propotype... < Who knows, maybe you'll like it. Just search for: Euler Mech Simulator on the internet. I can't remember the site, but I think it was in the russian domain. There is a demo available for download.

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