Rhino V 7 Sub D tools introduction and designing with pushing and pulling geometry.

[Dave Weidkamp]

If you have grown tired of teaching CAD and the students roll their eyes at the concept of drawing another widget.

Try adding some creativity . Simple rules - many answers.   This project utilizes the Sub D tools in Rhino V7.

 

Starting with some hard points (points that are given and don't change) design a bike frame.

The only rules are :  You must use the four locations :  Front and rear wheel hub centers, The location of the head tube. and location of the seat post.  How these are connected with a frame is entirely up to the students.  Creative designs are encouraged.

A difficult part drawing a bike design has always been the connection of the  frame components. Sub D tools make this a viable project for even the novice student.

I have a couple of video post on using Sub D tools. There will be more coming soon.

Sub D branch -- an introduction to building the connection points on a tube.

https://vimeo.com/500675358

Rhino Sub D CF bike frame - a tutorial on how I built a Carbon Fiber bike frame.

https://vimeo.com/506307724

If you have any questions  and or comments please contact me.

Thanks

Dave

[Bob Koll]

The links in the post are not correct.  These work.  I'll get Dave to edit the post.  bk

SubD CF bike frame on YouTube  

Sub D branch on YouTube