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   I have a client who is looking to have a model of his drawn up in CAD to
 be displayed as a technical drawing for his website. There are a few 
that need doing, and most are fairly easy to draw.

BUT, there is one that I am finding a bit of a challenge (see attached). 

Can
 anyone give me some ideas as to the best way to draw this up? It is 
very intricate and I'm not really sure what the best route would be.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks

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pizzle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27.May.2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 93	Topic: Model drawing advice needed Posted: 26.Jun.2013 at 13:24
	I have a client who is looking to have a model of his drawn up in CAD to be displayed as a technical drawing for his website. There are a few that need doing, and most are fairly easy to draw. BUT, there is one that I am finding a bit of a challenge (see attached). Can anyone give me some ideas as to the best way to draw this up? It is very intricate and I'm not really sure what the best route would be. Any help appreciated. Thanks

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 26.Jun.2013 at 18:11
	I wouldn't bother trying to draw that up, from scratch, using plain AutoCAD. I'd take a slew of digital pictures and use a piece of software that can turn around and give you a point cloud that can be brought into AutoCAD and a 3D solid constructed. From there you can use any of several different ways to extract 2D views. Edited by John Connor - 26.Jun.2013 at 18:12
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pizzle Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 27.May.2008 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 93	Posted: 27.Jun.2013 at 00:09
	Thanks John, I'll do some research into the best software to use.

jfreakofkorn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28.Jun.2010 Location: Hungary Using: AutoCAD2004 Status: Offline Points: 8	Posted: 27.Jun.2013 at 00:21
	just pull as my photo(s) on the item as possible ... i had to rough out a few business logo(s) out by scratch .... measurements are always good tho ....

John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 27.Jun.2013 at 12:02
	Just how does one take measurements on the object shown? I can only think of one way at the moment. Please share your knowledge with us.
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John Connor Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01.Feb.2011 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7175	Posted: 27.Jun.2013 at 13:36
	This might be one option. It's called AutoDesk 123D Make. Capable of generating 2D plans of 3D objects. http://www.123dapp.com/make
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