Nick@TE-Direct Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 Hey guys I am looking to do a 3d rendering of wire with ss braid. I was wondering if there is anything in Autocad that will give me that braided look. I have Autocad 2002 mechanical which may be limited with the renders. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Quote
David Bethel Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 I can do a small section via AutoLisp. ( Limited to 255 Vertices in length ). I don't think AutoCAD has a braided twist built into it yet. I maybe wrong. -David Quote
smorales02 Posted September 18, 2008 Posted September 18, 2008 You did that with just Lisp or just the rendering of the braid with Lisp? Quote
itsdoug Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 Very sweet! So what autolisp routine did you use? I was hoping to do a helix along the path of a helix or 3dpoly last week for a shop vac hose, but couldn't quite get it. Maybe a couple more years when autodesk can get a non uniform scale of a solid to stay a solid they might get this going as well! Its just never enough, always wanting more. I'm also looking for the electrodes that I can hook to my brain so I can draw faster too. Maybe radio shack has them? Quote
shift1313 Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 without the autolisp you wont be able to do this in 02. you could draw your wire profile and sweep along a path. what kind of wire rope are we talking about here. simple 1x7 or are you getting into like 19x7 and up Quote
David Bethel Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 The mesh was produced using an AutoLisp routine I wrote in 2001. It takes a given profile and extrudes it along a 3D Polyline path. Because it is a mesh, it is limited 255 vertices in either m or n directions. If I remember, it was originally made for modeling a telephone cord on another forum. I don't remember what the rendering was done in. -David Quote
David Bethel Posted September 19, 2008 Posted September 19, 2008 I tried making a vacuum hose. It came out more like a dryer vent hose. Oh well. -David Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted September 23, 2008 Author Posted September 23, 2008 I am looking for stainless steel hose like this: Quote
Pocket Posted September 24, 2008 Posted September 24, 2008 Thats much simpler Extrude a circle the path of the hose then render the hose with a pic of the braided pattern Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 I tried to insert the image into the materials library through a bitmap and I can not get it to look right, it keeps on coming out distorted Quote
Nick@TE-Direct Posted September 24, 2008 Author Posted September 24, 2008 Basically it is difficult for me to scale the bitmap image on the surface of the cylinder I have. Is there any easy fix for this? Quote
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