Been watching Stanceworks on his F40 build. He mentioned Fusion360 for 3D cad drawings. Not anything I've done. I did have a drafting class in middle school. Just after the dinosaurs died so it's been awhile.
Checked out the site and seems a bit more than I really need or learn at this time. Wondering if anyone has actually dimensioned drawing and sent them to S.C.S or does it need to be converted to a 3D file?
Then again it might help if I even looked at the S.C.S site.
I'd contact SCS to see if they have specs, but what is it you're looking for?
Post a picture of your drawing or shoot me a message. I can help turn it into 3D, SCS works best with DXF or STEP files.
Actually looking to have some stock exhaust flanges reproduced for a Subaru EJ2.5. Plus in the future some brackets for my 69 124 Coupe project.
Will reach out to racetruckron with some measurements in a bit.
Thanks for the help.
This is something up my alley, or at least is interesting to me. I've recently started working with 3D scanning in addition to 3D modeling; my hope is that I can take some oddball parts (e.g. NLA pieces), turn them into actionable CAD files, and allow people to reproduce parts that would otherwise decommission a greater component.
SCS has some standard brackets and flanges on their site, you can just dial in the dimensions on-the-fly (no need to run your own CAD). I'd see if any of those align.
Otherwise, my suggestion for exhaust flange, is get a reference dimension, and toss it on a flatbed document scanner. Send that to someone here and they can turn it into 2D cad very accurately, very easily.
3D simple brackets you can do on the fly on SCS site, but if you need help, a simple sketch is more than enough for someone here to knock it out.
Shameless self-promotion: I wrote all about this a few issues ago:
https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/technical-drawing-universal-language-making-stuff/
SCS is a perfect example of the point I was making in that thread. You really don't need a drawing.
In reply to TravisTheHuman :
Yep, 1000% agreed for any direct to manufacturing stuff. And in that story, I'm mostly talking about CAD in general and less about drawings. Me and my manual machines still need them, though....
Fusion 360 is powerful, but it can be overkill if you're just dipping your toes into CAD. If you're looking to send something to a company like S.C.S., you’ll want to check their file requirements. Some shops accept 2D dimensioned drawings in PDFs or DXFs, while others need 3D models in formats like STEP, IGES, or STL.
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