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Can someone do a simple CAD drawing for me?

GoodRevrnd

GoodRevrnd

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I need an outline done to scale to use for a glass tracing for a glazer for my table top. Can anyone help me out?

I obviously don't expect it to be exact, but you should be able to derive a pretty good approximation based on the pictures and dimensions I provided. I realize the drawing is pretty off, but the important point is the measurements measured directly from one point to the other.

Thanks!

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I'm not really sure what you want ultimately, a shape that embodies the one shown above? I could do it in about 5 minutes with solidworks if you clarify.

I'm not sure why you wouldn't just do it by hand, it'd take the same amount of time honestly if you just scale it with a ruler.
 
FleshLight said:
You're going to have to give us radii and circumferences of all the semi circles
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This. Besides that, we're not sure exactly where those points you dimensioned are on the table.

If you need a 1:1 trace of it, do literally that. Get a big piece of piece of paper, wrap it around one of the ends and tape it to the bottom so you can pull it taught across the top of the table, then rub the edge of the table with a pencil.
 
I'm sure he is just trying to replicate it, because the original is so expensive.

We could make some generalizations to get close though.
Like the right hand diameter is about the width of the 21.5" side.
The radii could all be approximated.
 
That's the kind of shape I kept coming up with, that's why I didn't post it.
It looks nothing like the picture.
His dimensions are of the stand points. The glass overlap isn't the same all the way around and the stand points are not concentric to the radii centers.

Still, I couldn't make it look like the picture.

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Hmmmm... interesting. Maybe I should just use some layers in Photoshop and free form cut away at it?

I actually have no access to the original whatsoever or this wouldn't be a problem. I lost the original auction for this table but ended up finding a really beat up version of the base quickly afterward for super cheap I was able to restore. Unfortunately, the original seller had shipped off before I was able to bribe them for a tracing of the glass and I couldn't get a response from the buyer. =/
 
edro said:
But none of the camera angles are normal to the face (top view).
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Yeah I know. I'm thinking of laying down a triangle like you had and just erasing away at a bunch of strategically placed circles until it looks about right. I keep staring at everyone's drawings trying to wrap my head around what went wrong. There might have been greater success tilting the triangle clockwise 30 degrees or so, but it doesn't seem like enough. I quadruple checked the measurements and something just seems off.

Edit: Wait a sec, maybe I just need to go find a protractor. I didn't give anyone angle measurements.
 
you could get close, probably close enough, using projected textures and tracing with a bezier curve.

But if the design is famous/ expensive I'm sure the specs are cataloged somewhere. Got a name? Looks familiar but I can't place it. Not a Noguchi...
 
Jeebus. This isn't that difficult folks. Here's what I get using a projected/aligned texture and tracing. Probably accurate to +/- 1" or so, but with some guesswork on the nose/ toe curves. I assumed dimensions were to center of support. Took all of 6 minutes.

http://www.filejumbo.com/Download/F2F841625AD7175C


edit: op, you should be able to take this to any repographics shop and have them print it at 100% on a 36" wide roll. It'll be cheaper if they can throw it on a B/W laser machine, printing something this big on an ink plotter will be pretty pricey.
 
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Dubb said:
Jeebus. This isn't that difficult folks. Here's what I get using a projected/aligned texture and tracing. Probably accurate to +/- 1" or so, but with some guesswork on the nose/ toe curves. I assumed dimensions were to center of support. Took all of 6 minutes.

http://www.filejumbo.com/Download/F2F841625AD7175C


edit: op, you should be able to take this to any repographics shop and have them print it at 100% on a 36" wide roll. It'll be cheaper if they can throw it on a B/W laser machine, printing something this big on an ink plotter will be pretty pricey.
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Fantastic. I think you and PottedMeat/Goroebi got the closest. Can you bring the bottom semi circle in about 2 inches and widen the right one a bit while bringing the indentation in? One thing to note is the bottom right long indentation can actually come very close tangentially to the triangle since there actually isn't any base there. I see the file opens in AI, but I tried monkeying around briefly with it and found I had no idea what I was doing. I can only trudge my way through PS and ID--zero AI experience. =/

ROUGH:
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