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It's because of things like that, I took the plunge and forked out for MoI. It runs on just about anything, stores files locally, doesn't have any 'trick' agreements and doesn't crash. Every three or four years an update is released, which is $100 currently. The author starts work straight away on the next update and releases new betas to paid-up users as work progesses.

Martin.

For Jason and others, I just wanted to clear the confusion that in MoI you have to access a box to enter values. This isn't usually the case, as I show in this updated video. It's also not necessary to "...do radial lines to get an intersection to a tangental line to define the point to trim the excess...", so I show another way in this video of a five bearing, fully filleted and chamfered crankshaft - all in less than 7 minutes.

Please forgive the faffing about, where I'm drawing the first main bearing near the beginning of the video.

Martin.

Nigel.

Why not download MoI and give it a go (Free for 3 Months)? It will cost you nothing but the effort.

Martin.

That bloke Eddie Walker (don't ask), was actually me. I made the video to try and help you get into 3D modelling in an easy way.

I suggest you watch the video at full size (click the 4-arrow icon next to the V in the lower right corner) and pausing playback might help too.

With regard to the tangential sides of the web. If you look carefully you'll see small visual hints appear onscreen, such as Tan, Perp and Int etc. Whenever these are visible, they indicate how the line you are drawing will be attached - so if you're drawing a line roughly tangential from one circle to another, Tan will be displayed at the intersection of both ends of the line and a perfect tangent will be made. This is how I attached the angled sides of the crank web to the small trimmed circle - look for Tan & Int while I'm drawing these angled lines.

You will also see small crosses (x), which are snap points, appear on parts of the model as the mouse pointer nears them. You can attach lines, curves and solids to these points just by placing the mouse pointer over them and clicking - you can drag items to them as well.It's simple and powerful.

Also, clicking the onscreen Help button takes you directly to the reference of whichever tool or function you have selected. Very handy.

There's an easy to use (90day) download here. if you are interested.

Martin.

Edited By blowlamp on 14/04/2023 00:46:35

That's completely amazing.

Nigel.

I've put together a little video of one way you could make a simple crankshaft in MoI. I used a few of the tools in MoI to give an idea of its ease of use. To Copy the crank web I pressed CTRL whilst holding & dragging the left mouse button and to rotate the 3D view I held the right mouse button.

I can't see how 3D modelling could be much easier than this, especially for the way you say you want to work.

MoI is $295 and is yours forever - no cloud storage and no mandatory updates. New versions seem to be released every 3 to 4 years and currently cost $100 for the update

Martin.

Hi Ady1.

The links you have posted about MoI do make it look like an application that might be used mainly by artists, but as a user of MoI, I can say that it is more than capable of accurately modeling anything I've seen here. I use it to produce 2d & 3d engineering output, with or without dimensions and it's mathematical precision is just like that of AutoCad etc. So it's not to be confused with something like Sketchup.

MoI doesn't do 'assemblies', but it is very good for making any sort of mechanical part, quickly and quite easily, with a little practice.

Martin.

Not exactly about the original poster's question, but I enjoyed this related video which appeared in my suggested viewing list.

Are we sure that this isn't an issue of material building up on the cutting tool and then breaking off in a repetitive cycle?

Does increasing the feedrate or applying coolant alter the pattern?

Martin.

Did you read the document? There is nothing specific in it - it's a word salad of generalisations and fanciful notions with no evidence that they are achievable.

That document pushes Heat Pumps for home heating, so presumably you can show some proof they can be manufactured, installed and maintained without the use of fossil fuels and will be powered with electricity that isn't generated with fossil fuels.

What's your practical alternative to using fossil fuels for the steel industry, plastics industry and any other industry that relies on them exclusively?

Martin.

The world will consume 8,000,000,000 tonnes of coal in 2023, which is the highest ever figure.

The 'green', Net Zero agenda is a con and those promoting it, know it, or are hugely naive.

I only had to read this document to see it as the work of fantasy that it really is.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1033990/net-zero-strategy-beis.pdf

Martin.

That it's now 2023 and you've missed your chance?

Edited By blowlamp on 23/01/2023 11:00:49

All of this soon gets much more complicated if you factor in survival rate & death rate alongside the birth rate.

I would have thought a modern day person with lowered living standards would be less likely to reproduce, less likely to survive the hardship and therefore more likely to die before their time.

Where did I say that I wanted population reduction?

I just stated the obvious: Smaller population = less energy consumption.

The population of the planet is currently at its highest ever level, so are you saying that living standards must be at an all time low?

Do you want to have another go?

Accelerated 'natural wastage' due to a decline in living standards might move things on a bit..

The easiest and most predictable way to reduce energy comsumption would be to reduce the population.

Discussing safety of the public is 'junk'