Good day all,
From a recent post it got me to thinking about how everyone gets files of standard parts (and some not) from various sites. I thought a thread with everyones input would be good to compile a listing of such sites.... I will get the ball rolling with these;
http://autodesk.partcommunity.com/portal/auth/portal/autodesk/CAD+models
http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/
Have a great day!
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RDyson,
Interestingly enough, that happened to me yesterday. I grabbed a motor model from Baldor (off their site!) for the exact motor we bought. When fitting into my assembly I had a hydraulic pump that by all rights shouldnt stick out when coupled with the motor...but did. Turns out the model is 3" longer than the drawing and the actual motor. Stupid thing. They extended the center body too much when making the motor, otherwise it was dimensionally perfect.
As said, double checking the important details of a downloaded model, very important.
Niels van der Veer
Inventor professional user & 3DS Max enthusiast
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