Tod From Denmark, joined Aug 2004, 1687 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (5 years 1 week 3 days ago) and read 2958 times:
Quoting MIAMIx707 (Thread starter): Anyone who uses CAD to make drawings and draw parts in repairs of commercial aircraft and if so, which program specifically?
When the repairs/parts are part of an ongoing mod it happens.
We use CATIA (good) and CADRA (sucky).
FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26 Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 2935 times:
Quoting MIAMIx707 (Reply 5):
oh I thought CATIA was mostly used by Boeing or Airbus when designing the airplane
Kinda makes sense to use the same CAD tool for initial design, redesigns, repairs, rebuilds and everything else though, doesn't it? FWIW we used CATIA when I was employed by an OEM, and it wasn't Airbus or Boeing...
I thought I was doing good trying to avoid those airport hotels... and look at me now.
RoseFlyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 8787 posts, RR: 52 Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 week 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 2932 times:
Quoting MIAMIx707 (Thread starter): Anyone who uses CAD to make drawings and draw parts in repairs of commercial aircraft and if so, which program specifically?
I use CATIA, but it's not for repair. It's for initial design.
oh I thought CATIA was mostly used by Boeing or Airbus when designing the airplane
Yes CATIA is used by Boeing, but V5 CATIA is also useful for much smaller applications. It's far more powerful than AutoCAD or Solid Edge (which I've used elsewhere), but can be used. In the end, drawings are drawings, and it is not important what their source is if they accomplish their job.
If you have never designed an airplane part before, let the real designers do the work!
SunriseValley From Canada, joined Jul 2004, 3998 posts, RR: 4 Reply 8, posted (5 years 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 2901 times:
Quoting RoseFlyer (Reply 7): In the end, drawings are drawings, and it is not important what their source is if they accomplish their job.
Is there any compatibility between any of these systems? I would have thought that if a part was designed on a particular system and it became necessary to modify it in the field it would be desirable to do it on the system on which it was originally designed.
Tdscanuck From Canada, joined Jan 2006, 12709 posts, RR: 80 Reply 9, posted (5 years 1 week 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 2893 times:
Quoting SunriseValley (Reply 8): Is there any compatibility between any of these systems? I would have thought that if a part was designed on a particular system and it became necessary to modify it in the field it would be desirable to do it on the system on which it was originally designed.
Converters exist to go between formats, and there are some "universal" formats, but there are hazards with all of them. All other things being equal, it's nice to work in the original system.
However, it would probably take an act of god to get an OEM to give up the full CATIA model for a part, so I doubt you're going to have the original file to work with anyway.
SunriseValley From Canada, joined Jul 2004, 3998 posts, RR: 4 Reply 11, posted (5 years 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 2887 times:
Quoting MIAMIx707 (Reply 10): Which releases of AutoCAD would work with 1GB RAM on my Vista laptop?
I use V14 , my files are pretty small and it works very well with a Celeron processor and a gig of RAM. I found a file on the internet that allows V14 to work under Vista.
MIAMIx707 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (5 years 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 2822 times:
Quoting SunriseValley (Reply 11): use V14 , my files are pretty small and it works very well with a Celeron processor and a gig of RAM. I found a file on the internet that allows V14 to work under Vista.
You know back then when I saw the R14 had changed the position of the buttons, etc I didn't really like it and kept using 13
Quoting Tod (Reply 12):
Alot of conversions require an interium step between using .dxf or .iges
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