F1 Fanatic

@fer-no65 Do you have a picture of that Astra? I’d love to see it :D

Although I said I’d work on the survival cell, I had a idea on how to do the front wheel and I simply couldn’t let that idea slip, so here it is. Now, I may be very biased, but I think that the complete wheel is looking amazing!

Complete wheel

Front wheel, outer edge

Front wheel, inner edge

It’s my first post here. As a mechanical designer my daily work is CAD design so I’d like to think I am quite proficient in CAD and especially in 3d modelling. Since I just recently received my master’s degree I have almost exclusively trained using 3d solid CAD systems.

I didn’t pay too much attention to this thread in the beginning, because modelling an F1 car in Autocad seemed as easy as brushing your teeth through your a**hole. It’s definately a good idea to switch to Inventor. I haven’t actually used Inventor, but I use Solidworks quite extensively and from what I’ve heard they are very similar. I have a couple of tips I would like to share (maybe you already figured them out by yourself or heard them from somewhere else):
-Always attach dimensions to all lines curves etc. so it would be easier to modify them later. What I mean is don’t just draw a line and insert the correct length, but always add a dimension to the line so you can easily change it later.
-Use as few dimensions to define a shape. If possible add relations to parts of sketches instead of duplicate dimensions. It will make later modifications a lot easier. Also use patterns instead of replicating the same element
-Figure out a logical structure of parts and sub-assemblies in advane. Figure out how much of a piece is useful to model as a single part and which parts are easier to mange as sub-assemblies.
-Mate parts in a way that makes later modifications easier. For example if two parts have holes that should line up you should use the “concentric” mate instead of other ways of positioning the parts. This will enable you to change the hole location on one part without having to modify mates in the assembly (the pieces will move according to the hole position)

Good luck, it’s a very interesting project and I’ll be keeping an eye on it. Feel free to ask if you have any questions and I’ll try to help.

Again, really good work.

Sorry it’s taken so long to remember this thread, but going back to my suggestion of using the finished model in a game (I’m thinking of Speed Dreams because that’s what I know most about, other games will vary), your move to Inventor is slightly unfortunate. The game needs either Blender or AC3D because they are supported on Windows, Mac and Linux. A quick Google search hasn’t revealed much, but the programs seem rather different, making importing rather tricky.

It’s not my area of expertise though, so I might be wrong.

@Guilherme this is absolutely amazing! Keep it up. Looks like a really cool project to try out but I would not have the skills or patience to even attempt it. Good luck!

Thanks @hoolyf1! :)

@snakebite thanks for the tip, I’ll check that database tomorrow! The bolts I designed didn’t took me more than 2 minutes to design though, they are very simple and I did them just to mess around with assembles as I have a lot more to learn on that front. Talking about updates, I’ll make a post right now :)

And here are the finished models:

Front wheel, outer face

Front wheel, inner face

Front upright/brake assembly

Wow thats a lot of progress since I last checked on this thread. Nice work.
Annoyingly I’m doing some extremely intensive training for work for the next few weeks, and so have no time to do anything for myself such as looking at this forum.
A couple tips though that I constantly have to drill into my students;

Firstly, dont worry about fastener libraries online. Inventor has a fairly robust content center in the assembly field and you can add pretty much any fastener from that where Inventor will auto size it to the hole and everything, and show it as a bolted connection (useful for later testing and drawings if you do them). When you’re in assemblies, where you click on place, just click the drop down arrow below it and you’ll see place from content center.
If you wanna get real complicated you can use the bolted connection command to create all sorts of fasteners. The coolest part about it is you can put in the force required for the connection and Inventor will help find the fastener which best meets your needs.

In response to exporting Inventor files, Inventor can export in a bunch of different formats, including .STLs which are used in a lot of stuff. you wont get the editability like you will with inventor files such as .ipt or .iam, but it still is a great way to export (especially if you have a 3D printer)

Lastly, when you place your holes for fasteners or shafts and such are you doing it by doing a cut extrude or are you using the hole command? If you’re doing the cut extrude, stop now. The hole command will make things a lot easier/faster, and make assemblies and drawings a bit easier since the software recognizes it as a hole feature.

If you need any help with anything, do please message me. I’ll be more than happy to help, but because of my crazy schedule right now it will be a bit hard for me to remember to check this forum regularly.