Re: Instrument CAD templates wanted.

[Jerry Springer]

Can't help you with CAD files but have you tried this virtual panel builder?
http://epanelbuilder.com/

Jerry


Dave wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a few accurate CAD templates for basic instruments.
> I'm also looking for a CAD panel template for a RV7.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave
>
>
>

[Richard Lamb]

If you want cad templates, for pete sake, draw them up and save them
as templates.

If you want pretty pictures, scan magazine photos into a graphics file
and load the bitmap into your CAD program as an image.

Woiks fer me, anyway.

Don't forget to look "behind" the panel for obstructions and other
headaches that always ruin the perfect panel layout.


--
Richard Lamb

http://www.flash.net/~lamb01/

[B2431]

>From: Richard Lamb
>Date: 9/16/2003 1:50 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>If you want cad templates, for pete sake, draw them up and save them
>as templates.
>

I use MicroStation and have made cels of almost every instrument, switch etc I
have laid my hands on. It's a bit time consuming initially, but it makes life
so much easier in the long run.

I make the faces as detailed as possible so that I get a better feel for what
the panel will look like. The side and top views are not detailed since I only
use them for depth and interference problems.

It is also a good idea to make cels of the fittings and connectors used also
since they increase the overal depth behind the panel.

I also made placard and label cels since it is a lot eaier to move them than to
retype them.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired