I am needing to make a frame for a machine as for demonstration purposes...as this is for presentation would you still recommend using the Frame Generator or would Solid Modelling tools be just as good
Thanks
Lou
Well, I usually say Frame Generator, but it does have a learning curve to it. How much time do you have? FG will give you much more accurate frames in terms of end conditions, coping and trimming etc. I would never go back to building frames with standard assembly methods.
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It would depend on what types of items are going to make up the frame. If the majority of the F-G can be done with CC items, then the F-G would be my first choice.
If I had to build a frame from built-up beams (vary in depth and width of each beam) then just use the solid modeling.
Years back the guys here built their frames from i-features. They had a library of steel profiles, and another for the notch cuts. What a pain. Fortunately I came in just as AD released the frame generator!
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Before that, Drafting machines, they didn't require: Saving, Updates, Hot-Fixes, Re-booting or Tech Support, or EE's.
Frame generator. It will take you about 10 minutes to learn to use it, and another lifetime to master :), but seriously, it's the only way to go, beats stick building hands down.
The basics: