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[JVN]

All,
For all your modeling needs.
We're happy to introduce www.vexcad.com as part of the VexLABS website.

More models and updates to come.

Enjoy!
-JV

Thanks to Pete Kieselbach for helping with model development.

[gdo]

now I can't afford a full version of auto cad, is there any other type of software I can use to use these parts in a cad environment. any help would be greatly appreciated

[ChrisH]

Originally Posted by gdo

now I can't afford a full version of auto cad, is there any other type of software I can use to use these parts in a cad environment. any help would be greatly appreciated

Just about any CAD system worth calling that will handle a STEP file just fine. It will probably b a "dumb" object that you can't edit but you didn't necessarily want to do that anyway.

ChrisH

[Kyle Love]

DARN! I have Inventor 8.

[Elgin Clock]

John,
when opening the Shaft_Collar part in stp format the following error is revealed.
edit: Also, the Vex_motor as well.. same error.

Imported1: Warning: During geometry integrity checking this feature is found to create invalid geometry.

They look ok though, (all surfaces are joined correctly as far as I can tell) but they just have that error.

I opened them in SolidWorks 2001 Plus btw.

[gdo]

thanks guys........I hope I can try these out to get into my cad again......gotta love it...anyone know if a turbocad would work?