So I'm a mechanical engineering student and I've been messing around in Solidworks lately trying to refine a simple single pivot bike design I would love to build some day (sadly my welding skills are nowhere near that required).
I wanted to know what the engineering monkeys have to say about using Solidworks for this application since its the only modeling program I have any experience with at the moment.
I have been using the weldment feature to create tubing from a 2-D sketch however my student edition of Solidworks seems to have a very limited selection of square and round steel tubing. I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a data file containing some standard tubing sizes and wall thicknesses to upload into my copy of Solidworks. I know you can create custom tubing profiles and such but if that is what I have to do one by one I'll probably save the task for a rainy day.
I think having a variety of real tubing for me to draw from would be immensely beneficial. That way Solidworks can provide at least a rough idea of frame weight and what not during the design phase!
Also any general wisdom or tips would be greatly appreciated.
I wanted to know what the engineering monkeys have to say about using Solidworks for this application since its the only modeling program I have any experience with at the moment.
I have been using the weldment feature to create tubing from a 2-D sketch however my student edition of Solidworks seems to have a very limited selection of square and round steel tubing. I was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a data file containing some standard tubing sizes and wall thicknesses to upload into my copy of Solidworks. I know you can create custom tubing profiles and such but if that is what I have to do one by one I'll probably save the task for a rainy day.
I think having a variety of real tubing for me to draw from would be immensely beneficial. That way Solidworks can provide at least a rough idea of frame weight and what not during the design phase!
Also any general wisdom or tips would be greatly appreciated.
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