Had sometime to waste at work today.

[MHKflyer52]

Hello all,

Well I had sometime to waste at work today so I was doodling with my solidworks program and here is what my doodling wound up.

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/214838685_wheel and tire and fender for 7.jpg

 

http://www.usa7s.com/aspnetforum/upload/1124167828_tire and wheel and fender for 7.jpg

 

Boy my mind is not at work today.....gotta get my car back on the road.

[slngsht]

now that you have built your seven, you can design it

[DeanG]

Cool. Now what we need are solid models of the Lotus Seven S1, S2, S3, Caterham, Birkin and Lotus XI frames so we can compare them:lol:

[11Budlite]

:iagree:

 

Nice drawings Martin. I like your choice of color for the fender. :thumbs:

 

Bruce :7drive:

[MHKflyer52]

Cool. Now what we need are solid models of the Lotus Seven S1, S2, S3, Caterham, Birkin and Lotus XI frames so we can compare them:lol:

Don't laugh to hard or hold your breath but I have been working on modeling the Lotus frame when I have the time.

Maybe some of the other members that are SolidWorks designers would want to help model different parts of the frame for the forums use to repair or strengthen our cars when necessary.

If so send me an e-mail and we can start the process.

 

I also like the color as I am trying to decide if I should change the color of my car while I have it apart once again.

[Hyper]

If you're interested in creating a space frame using solidworks I would definitely recommend Weldments. You can actually export a cutlist which lists how long and what type of tubing for each part of the frame. If you set it up right you can even print up drawings for machine mitering. You can also use Cosmos or Ansys workbench and "test" the frame, though I worry about the accuracy of Cosmos.

 

I used to use a lot of Solidworks in college, but I haven't touched it in a year or two. I kind of miss it.

[Birkin42]

I modeled my Birkin frame as a solid part as opposed to a weldment, though I did this in a much older version of SW's were the weldment function didn't exist. At that time, the option between modeling individual parts and putting them together as an assembly or modeling as a single part made it quite easy to decide on a single part due to the complex joints in the frame. I did do a lot of Cosmo FEA on the frame and then did torsional tests on my actual frame for comparison and found the FEA results to be very accurate.