"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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Rot! CAD: Computor Aided Design; the operative word here being design.
Some design is pure science, some is pure art, most is a bit of both.

It's a misnomer..... vector based and you provide the coordinates for it
to
plot.. 2D or 3D. Yes you can design from scratch.... but try and import
a
rastar based graphic to incorporate and your **** out of luck. It's
utilzed
in engineering.. not graphics.

Usually. :-) I've done artwork masters for a guy that makes things in wax -
I start by importing a raster image (scans of hand-drawn stuff) and tracing
polylines around all the important bits to establish a base before working
up the final thing. (The masters are then photographed as negatives,
reduced, and used to make etched metal bucks, from which rubber moulds are
cast...)

does the cdi mentioned mean "capacitive discharge ignition" OR "common-rail
direct injection"?
is there such a thing as a diesel with spark ignition?
Scout

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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I understand they don't have them in the USA... is this true??

http://www.germancarfans.com/news.cf...1/smart/1.html

"Wally" wrote in message
Usually. :-) I've done artwork masters for a guy that makes things in
wax -
I start by importing a raster image (scans of hand-drawn stuff) and
tracing
polylines around all the important bits to establish a base before working
up the final thing. (The masters are then photographed as negatives,
reduced, and used to make etched metal bucks, from which rubber moulds are
cast...)

Excellent! Yeah like I said... you input coordinates and AutoCAD will
render it... it's just to meticulous and specific a program to be utilized
for general graphics applications. I do a lot of digitizing of hand drawn
work myself..... the most intense was a drawing in which I had to digitize
individual hairs on a Muskox. It was about 40 hours of work to complete.

CM

"Wally" wrote in message
The operative term is 'Computer Aided'. The 'D' properly stands for
'Drafting'. CAD is an electronic drawing board - it doesn't contain
'design'
tools, it contains 'drafting' tools.

I concur!

Good design is about finding solutions to address specific problems. Good
drafting is about expressing or describing those solutions with sufficent
competence for them to be implemented.

Yes!

There are plenty of good designs that are badly drawn - because there are
good designers that can't drive CAD (or draw) to save themselves.

Exactly!

Marty... listen to Wally... he knows what he's talking about!

CM

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Nope. The problem is that the pitman arm was designed and built entirely
wrong.
There is no permanent fix, and you can't "adjust it out". They fail after
a very
short life. They ALL have the problem.

Oh Bubba.... they can indeed be fixed! Don't be so negative all the time.

CM

"Capt. Mooron" wrote

the most intense was a drawing in which I had to digitize
individual hairs on a Muskox.


why?

"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
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"Capt. Mooron" wrote

the most intense was a drawing in which I had to digitize
individual hairs on a Muskox.


why?

The hairs had to be coloured to reflect the colour original. I had to not
only do the individual hairs but seperate the colour profiles on overlays.
Each hair ... or each group of hairs on any given seperation could be
altered in form or colour. The horns alone were on six seperate layers....
it's what the customer wanted.

CM

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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:39:58 GMT, "Capt. Mooron"
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Nope. The problem is that the pitman arm was designed and built entirely
wrong.
There is no permanent fix, and you can't "adjust it out". They fail
after
a very
short life. They ALL have the problem.

Oh Bubba.... they can indeed be fixed! Don't be so negative all the time.

CM


The only "fix" is to cut off the entire front suspension along with
the steering gear, and graft on a completely different one. That can
hardly be called a "fix" on a vehicle that is worth a couple hundred
dollars at most.

Man are you ever STUNNED!

CM

wrote:
On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:39:58 GMT, "Capt. Mooron"
wrote:


wrote in message

Nope. The problem is that the pitman arm was designed and built
entirely
wrong.
There is no permanent fix, and you can't "adjust it out". They
fail after
a very
short life. They ALL have the problem.

Oh Bubba.... they can indeed be fixed! Don't be so negative all the
time.

CM


The only "fix" is to cut off the entire front suspension along with
the steering gear, and graft on a completely different one. That can
hardly be called a "fix" on a vehicle that is worth a couple hundred
dollars at most.

BB


What a dope.. New outer and inner tie rods, king pins and bushing kits
will fix 99% of all steerings slack. If you need it can can re-build
the steering gearbox. http://www.macsautoparts.com. Seeing how my 1961
only has 53K original miles and the steering is perfect.. I have
nothing to worry about.

Stick to something ya know about bob, like changing dirty diapers.

Joe

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message news:x2KMd.3304

Excellent! Yeah like I said... you input coordinates and AutoCAD will
render it... it's just to meticulous and specific a program to be utilized
for general graphics applications. I do a lot of digitizing of hand drawn
work myself..... the most intense was a drawing in which I had to
digitize
individual hairs on a Muskox. It was about 40 hours of work to complete.

I think I'd go bananas if I tried drawing an oxful of hairs! My biggest
'lots of the same' job was over two million yellow dots, but they weren't a
trace of hand drawings.