Hi Guys,
I am using Frame Generator to make this airframe for a Pietenpol Air Camper. I am having a bit of a problem when i comes to the bottom bow and cannot square up the bottom piece of wood (1" x 15/16").
This also promts me to ask another question.. why can I not use a 1 x 1 piece of wood in Frame Generator? It it the ANSI standard that limits it?
What am I missing?
Thanks again!
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@JavaLodge wrote:
Once you place your vertical member on the left most line, you can use the Trim/Extend tool to square off that face to the next member.
As for the 1x1 wood, I'm guessing there's just not a lot of common wood shapes in the frame generator. I tried making a 2x4 frame the other day and had to end up using 2x4 rectangular tubing with a wood texture. It looked pretty silly, but I don't know how to add my own shapes to the frame generator. I know that it's possible, and it shouldn't take much searching to find a tutorial for that. Good luck, I hope this helps.
Don't forget that Dimensional lumber is undersized. 2x4s are 1 1/2" x 3 1/2". This may affect your member lengths. See the dimensional lumber section of this wikipedia page:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber#Dimensional_lumber
As for making your own frame generator profiles try:
http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2014/ENU/?guid=GUID-D78D9AEB-0DE4-471C-ADBC-543669BEDB71
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOwR89pA_e8
I have never made a custom profile, so I can't say if these two links will help much...
Steve Walton
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