Hi guys, a long shot but just a thought whether anyone would be able to show me the wiring or just really how to get started and make this model. Thanks guys any help is massively appreciated!
Do you have any more information to start from? How about dimensions? I’m sure people here could provide some tips but modeling anything useful beyond learning the technique would require more source information to go from.
What is it? Do you have any other images besides this annoying rotating thein? Maybe some elevation and plan views?
Thank you for your response. In total, it’s about 150mm wide and 100m in length. The middle bracket with the nut is about 30mm wide, hope this helps, let me know if there is any more information required
That’s a tiny image.
I see it may have come from this website: https://www.behance.net/gallery/42698045/Sprint-Kayak-Heel-Bar The product maker/seller could have some references to work from if you reach out.
I found the same thing Eric found. Have you asked the designer about this? Instead of reinventing the wheel, you might be able to get useful files from the him.
Yes, he’s retired and now away from the sport and very well respected and wouldn’t want to bother him basically. It’s a product he has disbanded and thought to make my own for myself, instead of trying to find a second hand one lying around
I guess I would figure out what the plan and elevation views look like and draw them as crossing solid volumes. Then use Intersection from the Solid Tools to create the basic shape. Since it’s symmetrical do just one half of it. I would had that center gusset, the hole through the upper part, and the channel on the bottom after getting the major part of the shape worked out. I guess if it’s for you, measure your feet to get the curves where your heels go sorted out.
Amazing thank you! Makes a lot of sense, ill get to it
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Hi guys, I’ve been at it for a while and am definitely struggling. If anyone has some time to give it a go, that would be a massive help. Thanks guys!
Not at home this weekend.
Pitty because this would have been a nice training model…
Are you going to 3D print it?
Yes that’s the aim
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I saw that you were modeling in meters.
I do that too when modeling for 3D printing. No tiny edge problems and no need to scale down before exporting to .STL because .STL is unitless…
Yeah definitely a lot easier. A few guys on here originally suggested it to me and said it would help my modelling in the future. Does work for sure, I just always choose quite complicated designs ha
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Yeah, complicated designs need to be broken down into simpler, smaller components. It’s always easier to make a simpler thing into a solid component. You end up with a lot of more components that need to be organized using tags and sometimes tag folders. Some use outliner to organize their components, too. I mainly use tags.
Heel Bar (1).skp (269.9 KB)
I have to go now. I started on this by importing your screenshot and working on the wing. I put a rectangle on the image and colored the rectangle translucent gray so that I could draw right on the image. I haven’t gotten to the point where I am ready to make components yet.