Re: [MV] M35 CAD Diagram

From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Thu Sep 26 2002 - 21:07:08 PDT


As a plaything, a fully rendered 3D cad model on the PC or UNIX box would not be a bad thing. Imagine getting bored at work, putting in the CD, and just zooming in and taking a walk through the
undercarriage.. yes a VR deuce would be a fun toy. Not the real thing, but a fun toy nonetheless.

Glen Bedel wrote:
>
> ....OUCH!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron [mailto:rojoha@attbi.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:57 AM
> To: mil-veh@mil-veh.org
> Subject: Re: [MV] M35 CAD Diagram
>
> HUH????
> Damn...does the Mark 1 computer require CAD for thinking up a conversion??
> Converting it to what? Accuracy??? Heard of a rule?
> I think the CAD for the M35A2 is on the shelf next to the CADs for the
> Model T, B52 and M47, along with other obsolete equipment.
> Boy are we lucky they had CAD in the 40's and 50's or we wouldn't now
> have the fine vehicles they built back then. Oh, yeah CAD stood for Capable
> Automotive Designer back then. Used things like rules, both slide and steel
> and could conceptualize a design using their minds and paper and pencils.
> Best find another truck to take around the world, cause you're gonna be
> screwed when you run out of extension cords and your sat link and plotter
> stop working just as you get a flat or blow a u joint...
> The M35 was designed using old fashioned know how, utilizing off the
> shelf technology modified to fit the requirements of the Military.
> I gotta go work on my deuce now, and I don't use CAD, but use the
> Force. Not Obi Wan type, but greasy hands type.
> Maybe you could just go around the world using virtual reality?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Goodden" <mgmv@auroragroup.co.uk>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 9:41 AM
> Subject: [MV] M35 CAD Diagram
>
> > Hi everyone
> >
> > Does anyone know of anybody who has ever created a full CAD diagram for
> > a conversion of an M35A2? I'm converting one to take around the world
> > and need to do a full CAD design of it first to ensure accuracy, but
> > need to find a basic truck in CAD (or 3D mesh) to adapt as it will take
> > ages to create accurately. .... or if anyone knows any brilliant CAD
> > designers out there that could knock one out quickly that would be
> > useful!!!
> >
> > Many thanks
> > Mike
> > ___________________
> > Michael Goodden
> > The Global Tipi Adventure
> > http://www.thetipi.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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