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Lasy year I built JE Howell's Farm Boy engine. Since I was teaching myself Alibre, I figured Mr Howell's blueprints would make a good tutorial and help me understand how the engine all goes together.
Now, I'm teaching myself SolidWorks. Again, the Farm Boy came into play. I exported the Alibre design as SolidWorks, opened it up, assigned the surface finishes and appearances, and kicked off a render. Here's what I got:
I never got around to painting the real engine red, or making the name plates on the water hopper, but here's the real engine that I built. As you can see, I changed the fuel tank design since I made the 3D model:
Cheers,
John
Now, I'm teaching myself SolidWorks. Again, the Farm Boy came into play. I exported the Alibre design as SolidWorks, opened it up, assigned the surface finishes and appearances, and kicked off a render. Here's what I got:
I never got around to painting the real engine red, or making the name plates on the water hopper, but here's the real engine that I built. As you can see, I changed the fuel tank design since I made the 3D model:
Cheers,
John