trying to make a golf club

[adamgreen]

Hello


I've just signed up to the site, only to see that i'm way out of my depth...everyone on here is outstanding at CAD!


I'm currently trying to design my own golf club with either pro/E or inventor, and basically I am looking for any tips that you think would help me in the process.


I've never really used CAD, so doing this alone could take weeks, so really any help would be amazing.


Here's a quick concept sketch I've done to show the aesthetics of the clubhead


[url]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/ghandez/project/scan 222.jpg[/url]


and other images of the club manufactured


[url]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/ghandez/project/lt2_ 0020_side.jpg[/url]


[url]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/ghandez/project/TM_R ACOS_Medium.jpg[/url]


[url]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t109/ghandez/project/953- big.jpg[/url]


please note that I have no intention of copying the current club directly, i am only using it to model a moveable- weights-system idea on.


Also, i appologise if this post is in the wrong section, i'm a newbie.


thank you for you help, Adam

 

[rmatija]

There is exemple


Feature are suppressed


regards


2009-02-14_000217_golf.prt.zip

 

[adamgreen]

really struggling with this guys, anyone got anymore tips of how to go about it?

 

[Jacoolo]

Adam

I suppose the model delivered by rmatija should suit good to the pics You introduced at the beggining.

Of course it is not the "only" way, there are variety of approaches to follow, but this is not looking really hard though, so VSS(Variable Section Sweep) + BB(boundary Blend) should handle it in 100%

I miss Jeff. He is "specialist" of 100% accuracy regarding such shapes

 

[tobbo]

I remeber seeing a model of a golfclub at PTC.s website somewhere.... I think it was undersome tutorial called "advance modelling" or something like that. if you got acces to ptc university you might find it there?


But anyway, like Jacek says....VSS and BB might be the way to go.

 

[tobbo]

i found it!


[url]http://www.ptc.com/go/wildfire/learn/advanced_geometry/index 14.htm[/url]


"five iron"

 

[[-Skint-]]

Yes I was going to suggest the PTC five iron, a good starting point.


What are your intentions for this model, are you actually planning on developing and producing your own golf club or is this just for modelling practice ?


Variable Section Sweep and Boundary Blend would create what you are after, but if you are fairly new to pro-e then both can be frustrating and inaccurate without a bit of playing around, if its just for fun though they will work for you.


Keep us posted of your progress, if you get stuck let us know and I am sure you will get a helping hand from someone

 

[adamgreen]

wow, cracking response and help guys, cheers


Its a uni project, and once the CAD model is generated I plan to get it prototyped and looking all pretty. It won't be made for use, just to show an adjustable weights system idea, which is the focus of my project.


I'll have a read up of the VSS and BB tools though, as before I thought the best way of doing it would be to start with a solid block and extrude material off...this wasn't easy! (well, not for me anyway).


thanks again guys

 

[adamgreen]

Hello again


just thought i'd keep you up to date with how i'm doing. I chose to adapt the model found on the ptc website with adjustable weights.


This will be done with a sliding weight on the back of the club

However, when i draw the slide shape and extrude it though, i can't get it to stop at the next surface it intersects (hope this is understood with the pics)

this is causing a major problem when i go to do FEA on the club, because it creates some "weird shapes"


As you can tell, i'm no expert with pro e, so i look forward to yet another helpful response


thanks, Adam

 

[Jacoolo]

regarding rxtrude problem - the very first cause of the problem is the size of extrude itself and the size of surface towards protrusion should be extruded.

From Your pics I see the target surface is to small and does not contain whole extrude profile.

I think You could copy this surface before it is trimmed and use this copy later when creating extrude....

...or simply decrease extrude profile size.

just a hint, here it is an example of another golf club type with patches layout

 

[adamgreen]

phew, got it sorted! and got my FEA looking good


I've got to say a big thank you to all the guys that helped me do this project, I could've been in serious trouble if i couldn't produce something for my folio, thanks guys


I'll hopefully post some pictures in here of the model prototyped up using an Eden 3D object printer, I had it made on friday but didn't take any pictures