CAD Wheel Resources and Discussion.

[GIR]

G'day all.
I am an engineering student and summer break starts very soon, and i decided i want a new project to do. I am a competent cad jockey and im interested in designing some wheels.

Ill post progress and host files for those that want them and feel free to contribute your own. if you have made something such as a barrel etc post it, my aim is to have a large library that people can pick, choose and modify in order to aide in custom wheels.

It would also be interesting to see what software people are using, suppliers of billet, dimensioning hits and tips.

Any one have a generic wheel assembly to get me started, unfortunately i do not have a split wheel to get dimensions from. i want to design a wheel center to fit a 16X8.5 and a 16X9 bbs rs for my e24.

[KarlSpackler]

Are you an engineer or a drafting tech who likes wheels?

[GIR]

my uni course is a degree in design and manfuacture engineering with the first two years exclusivly focused on automotive engineering.

[haikalenemy]

hey, this is really interesting..i made a couple of CAD wheels 3d design also a couple of weeks ago, just started using this software, Solid Edge

i'll post some snapshots of it when i have free time..

btw,GIR what programs r u using?? i might get lucky enough getting some tips and tricks from u..

[GIR]

:O i have been lusting after a copy of solid edge!

i used to make basic engine assemblies n stuff for uni but i wanted to make wheels in my spare time. holidays in 1 week can't wait to get started!

[TheNeek]

I'm a mechanical engineer / designer by trade. Personal projects I just mess around. Inventor 2010 Pro. See my avatar.

[dmyers151]

For our final project in the "capstone" course at my school we had to design a wheel. Then we had to draw it in CAD, transfer to CAM and select tools & tool paths, then cut it in a CNC mill.

Here's mine, I graduated in '07:




I used to spend a lot of my free time just modeling random stuff.
Here's a Starion/Conquest wheel face I did:

[- alex]

For our final project in the "capstone" course at my school we had to design a wheel. Then we had to draw it in CAD, transfer to CAM and select tools & tool paths, then cut it in a CNC mill.

Here's mine, I graduated in '07:
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I used to spend a lot of my free time just modeling random stuff.
Here's a Starion/Conquest wheel face I did:
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Good work! I'm an Engineering student and a professional CAD draughtsman using Solidworks 2011 (although unfortunately not within the automotive sector). Thinking about a summer project to design a replica engine for my car, see how that goes...

[haikalenemy]

For our final project in the "capstone" course at my school we had to design a wheel. Then we had to draw it in CAD, transfer to CAM and select tools & tool paths, then cut it in a CNC mill.

Here's mine, I graduated in '07:




I used to spend a lot of my free time just modeling random stuff.
Here's a Starion/Conquest wheel face I did:

wow..very nice man!!

and, so these are some wheels that im recently messing around with..
resemble famous wheels u might know already..
made it as stand alone parts then assemblied it together..u know..3pc wheels..










planning to draw another one next week..

[- alex]

Okay so maybe I'm dumb, and sorry to go off topic, but what are these three?

[haikalenemy]

Okay so maybe I'm dumb, and sorry to go off topic, but what are these three?

haha,,no you're not, the first one is ccw classic, 2nd one is..hmm..not resemble any, and the 3rd one looks like bbs rs without cap,well..i made the center in concave shape,but the mesh probably looks like it, or not...,

[dmyers151]

wow..very nice man!!

and, so these are some wheels that im recently messing around with..
resemble famous wheels u might know already..
made it as stand alone parts then assemblied it together..u know..3pc wheels..

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planning to draw another one next week..

That's some really great stuff there. I only ever really messed around with faces. Never tried doing an assembly. I think I did 4 or 5 different faces in a day, I was really into that project. Other guys in the class were taking 3 days to make one drawing, haha.

[GIR]

any one have a generic split rim assembly to work off?

[- alex]

any one have a generic split rim assembly to work off?

We can work on this tomorrow after presentations if you like? I'll send a few emails and try to get some dimensions.

Also, try http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/ if you're still using SolidWorks; There are tonnes of models on there, something may be useful...

[grannyek]

solidworks ftw