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Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/11/2009 9:05 AM

I am looking for software for designing mechanical elements i.e. shafts,gears, couplings, clutches etc. Recommendations, anyone?

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Re: softwares for mechanical designs

12/11/2009 9:41 AM

Enquire locally. It is not possible to see from this distance.

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/11/2009 5:57 PM

Solidworks, AutoCAD Inventor, ProE.

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/12/2009 8:03 AM

What do you want to do : define dimensions as function of loads? make drawings? For the 1st case try to get KISSOFT it is a package from a swiss transmission specialist For the second try ALIBRE which is fir time being the best value 3D soft on the market it offers almost same as Autodesk or others at 20% of usual price. For FEA the one I use since may years (mechanical design but has other modules as well) ALGOR or other some at VERY low cost but requiring more preparation work and having some limitations (LISA for instance only $50 !).

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/12/2009 8:41 AM

Fine answers above. But, remember, you still have to "design" the mechanisms to fit your particular situation. Software won't do that for you.

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/12/2009 10:23 AM

In my opinion, the best tool for mechanical design is SolidWorks. It also includes stress and flow analysis features that you may find useful in your design process. In other software, those features are not included or separate which means you have to pay extra to get those features included.

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/15/2009 11:12 AM

Hello,

Check this Software free and have lots of tutorials on the Web.

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Blender is a 3D graphics application released as free software under the GNU General Public License.

It can be used for modeling, UV unwrapping, texturing, rigging, water simulations, skinning, animating, rendering, particle, and other simulations, non-linear editing, compositing, and creating interactive 3D applications, including games.

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/15/2009 3:52 PM

Being very inetrested by 3D softwares for DESIGN I had a look at the suggested soft which is a perfect soft for movies and games I would highly appreciate how you have used it for for instance to design a piece of machine for manufacturing.

Thanks in advance

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Re: Software for Designing Mechanical Components

12/16/2009 7:43 AM

I personally use DoubleCad for Mechanical Parts it is like AutoCad LT sometime better it is Free!.

But check this image of a Blender master piece on www.blender.org

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