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[ministar]

You have an email though

[miniman24]

Slap me twice and call me a fool Cheers mate!

[ministar]

Haha.. I'll be ok! ;)

[tom130691]

cant get it to open in 3d on solidwork 2012

Edited by tom130691, 30 November 2012 - 09:49 AM.

[konyo]

cant get it to open in 3d on solidwork 2012

I can't open it in AutoDesk 3D Studio Max neither

[Alex_B]

Opened fine for me on autocad 2012

awesome file I must say!

[miniman24]

Yeah, opened fine for me too - Ill do a few screenshots of how I opened it on Solid works:

When you open the file, this should show up: Select "import to a new part as 3D curves or model"



Next is this screen: simply click "finish"



Then, when its loading the file, this box should pop up: click "no"



Then get ready for a long wait! Took around 20 mins to assemble on my laptop, after which you get this:



My advise is to immediately save it as its own assembly, so the computer dosent have to assemble it from all the parts every time you open it - only takes around 30 seconds to open on my laptop after doing this.

Edit: And yeah, it is a brilliant file, already spent quite a few hours messing round with it, especially the subframe file :)

Edited by miniman24, 30 November 2012 - 01:44 PM.

[ministar]

I seem to remember it wasn't easy to open. It is a dxf file, so perhaps import is the way to do it? It does open on solid works 2012 as I've done it. As miniman says save it it as a proper file and it's far better to open! :) hth

[evansisgreat]

PM me email addresses

pm'd again.

[tom130691]

yeah thats exactly how i opened the file but it crashes after it converts the files and tries to process the assembly.

tried catia and few other programs too but failed didnt try auto cad though


any chance some body could email me just the front suspension system



ill download autocad student version in a bit as it free and try opening it on my laptop. doubt it will open it if the uni computers in the engineering building failed :/

[gtmminicox]

I have drawn a Mini Subframe in Google Sketchup. The dimensions are measured off my subframe.

It can be downloaded from the link below. Take a look on the blog page

http://www.minigtm.co.uk/

[M J W J]

YoungUn

That diagram of the mini sub frame is wrong. I used it an found it out to my cost. The model of my micra sub frame based on that diagram did not fit the model of my engine bay. I spent ages trying to find out what I had done wrong and it turned out to be that diagram. It isn't out by just a little bit, its out by quite a lot.

Its either that diagram is wrong or my mini is seriously wrong. If my mini is seriously wrong then my sub frame must be as well.

I think the problem is that the plan view is not perpendicular to the side view. I think its out by about 8 degrees or something. In the end in my MSc work I dismantled my mini's sub frame and measured it.

[YoungUn]

I only searched on google for that image - not modelled it (dont have solidworks anymore)

But thanks for the heads up MJWJ


Charlie

[tom130691]

got it working in autocad, just cant use the software, catia wont even try to open it yet, still messing with solidworks to try get it open

[dasupersprint]

It worked in Pro Engineer 5.0!

What a file! Thanks!