3D CAD model of Serpent 710 4WD RC car |
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As a development engineer at a chip assembly plant in The Netherlands I did have the opportunity to learn to work with Autodesk Inventor (from the creators of AutoCAD). While AutoCAD is mainly a 2D design tool for creating mechanical drawings Inventor opens the possibilities to engineer directly in a 3D environment. With this software I've kind of reverse engineered my radio controlled model car, the Serpent 710 4WD 200mm gas powered car, into a realistic 3D cad model. Every part of the car was measured and put into Inventor. Finally an assembly was made were all parts are put together making the car to (virtually) work. With Inventor version 10 it is possible to render the model in photo realistic images and 3D animations. On this website you can see the results. For comments or suggestions (or just to let me know what you think of it) please use the Guestbook on this site. Hope you enjoy it. Bas Geurds |
Changes:
| 23-04-08 | Restored the web integrated 3D view of the model on the Downloads page, which was not shown anymore. (changed link) |
| 06-01-07 | Web integrated 3D view of the model (using Autodesk's FreeWheel technology) new on the Downloads page. |
| 31-08-06 | New RC Car Screensaver available on the Downloads page. |
| 21-08-06 | Music soundtrack added to the new version of the Serpent 710 model animation. (see the first movie on the "Movies" page). |
| 08-08-06 | New version of the Serpent 710 model animation is available. This movie has better framerates (25 instead of 15 fps of the previous version) and is coded with DivX giving better quality animation (see the first movie on the redesigned "Movies" page). |
| 16-06-06 | Updated the steering action movie with a high quality DivX 6 version with better framerates (see "Movies" page). |
| 02-02-06 | Added screensaver to the "Downloads" page. |
| 29-01-06 | Added new version of the 3D model to the "Downloads" page. Now with installed Throttle and Steering servo's. |
| 26-01-06 | Added new high definition "S710 spinner" presentation movie to the movies page. |