Lotus Seven assembly in Autodesk Inventor 11 (1021 parts)

[devilalex001]

Hello (sorry, I write with a translator) a great job

I wanted to know if you still have the designs and if you can give them to me.  you can contact me here:

alex-military"@"alice.it (without quotes)

thanks in advance and again a great job

[DasIstEmpy]

Hi, I'm modelling one myself. I use inventor as well and I love it. It's just I can't find any drawings for the engine, differential or steering rack. Maybe you would like to share some? Thanks

Oh, by the way. Do you have a blog or something about the making of this car?

[kostucha22]

@DasIstEmpy check out PM

[farinherofdp]

explosion ? fusion ?

[rocknroll980]

hey is inventor good for making models for games? I use blender and though I like blender I want variety, and maya and max dont appeal to me but I used this once and was very comfortable with it.

[dragonstery]

@rocknroll980 i tried to use inventor once... but it didnt work so well... but maybe i did it wrong :P

[BaghdadY80]

beautiful..but is this Fusion? or Inventor itself? coz i use inventor in my studies but dont know how to make like this animation version?

[Darbytime]

nice

[boredoutofhismind1]

You havent designed it youve got a caterham and changed it a little

[halfmumi]

Flawless...How long it took to complete?

[dimitrakiz]

can i have an link to download that file please the old one doesnt work

[lotuselanplus2s]

Thanks for the update,i'm thinking of building something like it but using a modded 2500cc Triumph 6.

[user100ja]

Di je mašina?

[adamrgarage]

widać sporo pracy, nad autodeskiem siedziałeś po budowie lotka czy przed ?

[actionmethod]

Designed by you? Get a dictionary and look up the word.

[mihungl0]

OMG! We are in the 21st century! All that custom work for a restrictive live axle!! Everything is really cool, except for the rear setup.

[TheLucaster]

I cannot locate these files, are they still in existance, can you re-post their location. It look like lots of fun modelling. Thanks in advance.

[adimeshort]

very nice

[chuyrorcks14]

Dam it toke me 2 weeks to do a plane well a jet type of plane.....

[mohandis2]

perfect

[woosle007]

Nice one. Trying to do a similar thing in solidworks, it ain't easy.

[jonyrock]

hurrah, a little light car with no engine, maybe you can push it to the finish line.... seriously do, wat kinda engine did u put in it? left me curious :P

[tonedizzle6289]

I'm trying to do something like this on a motorcycle that I am building, did you do this in Inventor Studio or Presentation? I can get things to assemble in both, I just can't figure out how you made them change visibility. Any help would be great.

[kostucha22]

I missed your comment, sorry about that.

I did it in Inventor Studio,

"how you made them change visibility"

Sorry but I don't remember now, that was about 2 years ago, I don't use Inventor anymore, but it was simple. I don't remember any problems with that, Sorry but I can't help you morre, I don't even have Inventor student version on my PC anymore.

[egarriazu]

Thanks for the info and advice. Really helpfull.

Cheers from Argentina

[egarriazu]

Hi,

I've been watching your videos and I'm amazed. I'm a mechanical designer so I really enjoy stuff like yours. I'm not product but jig designer

I'm looking forward building a seven or/and a 23 from scratch, and its really hard to find anything related here in Argentina.

You did build a seven from your plans? Can you tell me how can I get a copy of your plans, or where can I find 7 or 23 chassis plans?

Thanks in advance for your advice!!!

Emiliano

Buenos Aires, Argentina

[kostucha22]

I built my car from my own plans, but I can't send them. Nowadays there is no problem with plans/blueprints, I just found in the google 2 free sets, no problem. Try here georgecushing(dot)net/Lotus7(d­ot)html You might also want to buy these two books "Tiger Avon sports car for road" and " Build your own sports car for as little as" I bought these books after I built my car. Good luck with your project.

[happymerc]

I am just curious, but why can't you send them? Thanks,

HappyMerc

[kostucha22]

Thanks for comments. I can't send them for at least 3 reasons.

I think that there are enough chassis blueprints available for builders, for example a few days ago I found drawings for a new Westfield chassis (with only a few dimensions, but with 3D Cad software it's not a problem)

Because virtual version isn't in 100% exact with my real car, (I didn't check geometry, etc for the virtual version.)

I don't need more problems than I have already, I've heard so many strange stories.

[happymerc]

strange stories?

[happymerc]

aright it's cool. i guess i missed them the first time around. now i am finding tons of them. great looking car 5/5

[HierNameneingeben]

Where are those drawings? Please answer.

[kostucha22]

@HierNameneingeben

roadster(dot)se/EU4.pdf

[HierNameneingeben]

Not working :(

[kostucha22]

it works but you have to replace (dot) with .

, and add 3 x w before it, sorry but youtube won't let me to give you direct link

[HierNameneingeben]

Googe Chrome does it! THANK YOU!

[trinicaleb]

@kostucha2 puta the drecta links ina the-tags-..in description

[kostucha22]

@trinicaleb sry, but it seems that the link is dead

[gattopoldo]

Well Done! What version are you using?

[narachikavitz]

Beautifully done. I have been using pro/e to develop animations for the past few months and I am curious; how long did this take you to create (animation only)?

[kostucha22]

Don't remember exactly, something like 3-4 days, at the beginning it was very easy, but at the end of the animation with all these parts, it was like 2-3 h of rendering for every 10sec of animation. I was rendering at 800x600.

[happymerc]

lol ya we had a problem with that. we designed a tractor in autocad, which isn't primarily for 3d objects. very time the screen movied just slightly it had a 20 minute buffer. nice man, im hopin to build one for myself someday. dream car. 5*

[italmrci11]

in autodesk inventor how to I add tabs to a round tube frame for things like suspension components?

[seebe]

the name of the song? really epic song

[andyhutton7yahoo]

i think it's called clubbed to death by rob dougan

[Norbbb]

Where is the engine?

[nilsvids]

wow... awesome ...

[natanos81]

Hej- jaki samochód posłużył jako dawca? też myślę nad zrobieniem lotusa i myślę jakie auto wykorzystać.pozdr.

[mentalfreak95]

HEHE u forgot the engine, but overall 5/5

Good Work!

[HilariousShortFilms]

absolutely amazing! i wish i was this good.

[SpunkyRabbit]

oh my god! insane job! I spent 4 hours on 15 parts assemble.. how much time did it take to design everything?

[kostucha22]

Sorry for delay, it took me about 3 weeks, sometimes 6 hours sometimes 1 hours per day

[Pookie250]

did u buy the program? i have it at college but would really like it at home, wondered if you knew where to get it for free?

[artofwheels]

great work 5 star

[conradglowa]

One more thing...

How do you draw tread on the tire?

I managed to do it, but i don't think its the right way. I sketched on an extruded plane the grip design, cut, then bent the part 360.

It worked but there is a line where it joins.

I'am sure you know so many tricks.

I've only been using it for 3months and can unreal things.

[conradglowa]

Also have you played with Showcase studio?

[conradglowa]

Wow, I'am just getting started with Inventor. I love it!

I have a project that I need to build, I'll worry about the animation latter.

Thanks for showing us a real video of what is possible.

[DIABLAconcept]

Also, add some support tubes at the back of the 2 roll bars behind the seats. The current ones are too weak and will break or flex in case of accident.

[DIABLAconcept]

Very nice build up video! Will be even better if you add simple text comments (the names of the added parts) at each step. Give you 5 stars for the video presentation. The chassis design is good, needs only few modifications in the rear, in order to improve the rear crash protection.

[maku1989]

wow, good job! how long time did it take?

[siriussr]

nice work in autodesk though

[siriussr]

technically this particular year is a caterham 7

[00Mass00]

awesome pease of work! at the moment im realy trying to learn how to sweep a pipe but i just cant get it done (with solidworks that is)

[ecstaticasom]

Was everything modeled by yourself, for example the suspension and calipers. I just wanted an idea of the learning curve.

I've never used Inventor, but I do have a reasonable knowledge of Lightwave 3D and 3DMax. I've also used AutoCad many yonks ago.

[kostucha22]

"Was everything modeled by yourself" yes I did every single part (even bolts and nuts lol).

"I just wanted an idea of the learning curve" I usually use radius tool sometimes u can play with surface tool or sweep up to you.

"I've never used Inventor, but I do have a reasonable knowledge of Lightwave 3D and 3DMax. I've also used AutoCad"

So u should be fine Inventor is very very easy to learn.

[streetraceaddict]

Dear god.. i can't wait until im that good with inventor. 1st year using it w/ my school. my friend at the school is building a locost. dont know what model. seems like a sweet car though, i wish i had the patients to build one.. i'd probly just get a Caterham..

Oh, Whats the name of the song?

[streetraceaddict]

Never mind on the song part, found it in the older comments ;)

[humperfier]

lol u forgot the engine (it really doesn't matter) but anyway u rock!!!!

[cherrybomb1493]

sweet man! i've always wanted to design/build my own locost. and i just learned autodesk inventor 11 in school. hust some basic basic stuff, but its still cool. im sure that i'll never get to design and build my own locost, but i might buy a kit one when im older. maybe a westfeild. but im only 14 so ive got time :) good job man!

[vex123]

That's amazing.

Keep up the good work.

[zitzanier]

just... GREAT. who cares if it's not 100% lotus.

[funnyguyjake]

Hey do you think you could make a link to your project? I am just starting autodesk and a finished downloadable model would really help.

[WhatTheFproductions]

is there a trial version for this program?

[kostucha22]

Yes u can get 30-day trial version, write in the google Autodesk Inventor trial.

[xicoze54]

great film, great animation & also great choice of sound track to the purpose.

though that is not a Lotus in rigour, but more like one of the thousends of sevenesques arround the world.

great job :)

[kostucha22]

"that is not a Lotus in rigour" of course I agree with you but I didnt write it's an Original Lotus Seven. Basically all Sevens are very similar and I'm not a big fan of the original version. I really like Donkevoorts.

Thanks for comment.

[baldguy88]

Brilliant. If my ZX1100 locost would only go together as quickly! Bravo.

[hesborati]

That's very good work, I'm still amateur in inventor.

By the way, what is the name of this song played during presentation?

[kostucha22]

Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Mix) - Rob D

[DanielSpinello]

No probs. although it would look crazy with the engine and gearbox, and all the pipe work. These cars are amazing tho, little power but having the advantage of a light "shell" gives it crazy acceleration and handling. 0-100 in 3.6secs i think? Do you own one? and also, is Autodesk inventor anything like Autodesk 3ds max? I'm studying at Atari and we use 3ds max, so if there anything alike then i might get in2 it. Cheers!

[DanielSpinello]

Nice work bro! thats a crazy car man.. the engine is missing o_0 lol

[kostucha22]

Thanks

But it wasn't my intention to design engine or geabox. My intention was to design complete rolling chassis, but finally I decided to add body parts as well.(to show what a complete car looks like). But u can find some engines animation on youtube as well. if u like them.