ExtremeShot Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Does anyone have an Autocad or Microstation drawing of a to-scale S_I slide (i.e., Open gun slide)? ...I'm wanting to play around with different slide lightening cuts to see what looks the best, fits the best, etc. Thanks, Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 1911 slide here ? http://www.cncgunsmithing.com/downloads.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeShot Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Dang, I don't have Solidworks which is the program he uses. That is pretty sweet though. I see he has a STI frame modeled. I guess the 1911 slide he modeled would be similar enough. ...I still don't have Solidworks though. Thanks for the cool link. Darren 1911 slide here ?http://www.cncgunsmithing.com/downloads.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I just pulled in the .iges file for the slide and at first glance it looks pretty good. The good thing is it comes in all surfaced...the bad thing is all the arcs are NURBS so that will have to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeShot Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 You must be using Autocad. I have Microstation, which will open dwg files, but I didn't have any luck with the igs files. Do you know if the igs file can be saved as a dwg? Darren I just pulled in the .iges file for the slide and at first glance it looks pretty good. The good thing is it comes in all surfaced...the bad thing is all the arcs are NURBS so that will have to be changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 (edited) Nope...Mastercam 9, X and Solid Works. X only reads the trimmed surfaces but Solid Works will spit it back out with a wireframe underneath. I can save it off as anything you want. Edited February 1, 2007 by BrianH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory_k Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 What version of Acad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeShot Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 If it's not too much trouble for you, a Microstation drawing (dgn) would be great. My Microstation V8 can also open autocad files (no idea what version), so a dwg would be fine also. I appreciate the help, Darren Nope...Mastercam 9, X and Solid Works. X only reads the trimmed surfaces but Solid Works will spit it back out with a wireframe underneath.I can save it off as anything you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianH Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 ....except Microstation! The iges is a 3-d model so autocad is a no-go. Can you read in anything else? STEP, SAT, ProE, Catia, Unigraphics? Solid Works and Solid Designer will save most of the common formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeShot Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Nope. I guess I need to buy some software. I haven't looked yet but I'm guessing solid works costs a thousand bucks or more. Thanks for trying. Darren ....except Microstation! The iges is a 3-d model so autocad is a no-go. Can you read in anything else? STEP, SAT, ProE, Catia, Unigraphics? Solid Works and Solid Designer will save most of the common formats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You might contact that site owner...he may be able to help out ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory_k Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 You can purchase an iges trans for acad. At one time (r12 I think) it was included. I've got the dumb soild into acad mech desktop. I will pull the surface info off and save it in a lower version of acad if I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpmwfo Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=42997 I was looking to do the same thing. I used to do a lot of solid model work in a previous life. At Xmas time, I figured I could find an inexpensive/free 3D CAD package to validate some slide cuts. After trying a bunch of free software, I found Alibre Xpress. Great functionality for a free solid modeler. Models similar to Pro/E. It can import IGES files. I modeled the slide above in Alibre after measuring up my slide. Then I found the CNC gunsmithing slide and imported it to compare it to the one that modeled up. Pretty close dimensionally. It is a "dumb" model though. I did assemble his frame to my slide to see how it looked. I would give Alibre Xpress a shot. I came away pretty impressed with it. Capable of doing the relatively simple stuff(by modeling standards) that I wanted to do. Might be a way of getting around working with microstation or autocad(never was a fan of 2D CAD). http://www.alibre.com/xpress/ Found the link. Cheaper than a seat of Pro/E, UG, or Solidworks. Depends on what you want or need. Price is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterLefty Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 (edited) Darren, Here is an Acad2000 version of the slide (from the site mentioned above). I imported the iges file into solidworks. Created a part drawing and then exported it out through DXF. It is zipped, since the forum will not allow .dwg files. slide.zip Have fun, Kenny Edited February 2, 2007 by MasterLefty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtremeShot Posted February 2, 2007 Author Share Posted February 2, 2007 Kenny, Thanks. I got it to open. I appreciate it. Darren Darren,Here is an Acad2000 version of the slide (from the site mentioned above). I imported the iges file into solidworks. Created a part drawing and then exported it out through DXF. It is zipped, since the forum will not allow .dwg files. slide.zip Have fun, Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now