Hello,
I’m looking for some guidance regarding software for designing a product. I’ve never used AutoCAD before, so please forgive any faux pas’ in asking in this forum, as I’m not aware of the correct terms to use when searching.
As a small business with a design idea, I need to get a virtual prototype built that can then be used to attract investment and potential partners. So far I have used a somewhat rudimentary iOS application to define shapes, and this has been successful enough, but I need to be able to build “moving prototypes”, and these prototypes must move with realistic conditions, so that this can form part of a proof of concept.
If we can assume that the shapes can be imported from an external shape editor, then I need to know what software is best for taking the parts, and turning them into moving parts with rules to govern the real-time movement.
Thanks in advance, and apologies if this isn’t using the best language to describe my needs.
Kind regards,
Brian
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You can use AutoCAD but it doesn't support animations. Autodesk Inventor may be another option. Animations can be done in Inventor as well as 3DS Max.
you may want to look into Solidworks But make sure your shape exporting software creates a file that the software can read
Hard to say without knowing what is your "non-linear controlling variable". If it is a force (load) or a mechanic movement or similar Inventor (as suggested above) can do that (Dynamic Simulation), if it is e.g. a temperature then not. For other programs I'm not sure.
Jürgen Palme
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