2D Drawing to 3D Model Conversion
Legacy 2D drawings converted into fully-featured parametric 3D models — with the ambiguities in the original drawings resolved rather than guessed at.
Machine Building
Structural Guide Design
Guide and support structure for machine motion, detailed so alignment holds along the full length of travel rather than only where it was set up.
Alignment over the whole travel
A guide is only as good as its worst point. Setting alignment perfectly at one end is straightforward; holding it across the full stroke is the actual engineering problem, and it depends on how the rail is supported along its length.
Supporting the rail
Support spacing was set so deflection between supports stays within the accuracy the machine needs, and the mounting surface detailed as a continuous machined face rather than a series of independent pads — a rail is only as straight as what it is bolted to.
Adjustment and adjustment limits
Enough adjustment was designed in to take up manufacturing variation, but deliberately not so much that the assembly can be set up badly. Shimming provision and adjustment slots were sized to the expected tolerance stack rather than left generously open.
What was delivered
A 3D guide and support assembly, fabrication drawings for the support structure, machining drawings for the mounting faces, and an alignment procedure for setup.
Project at a glance
- Industry: Machine Building
- Service: Modelling & Drafting
- Software: SolidWorks
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