I thought it may help me to model my project in CAD, to work on a few details. However, I was unable to find any files for the Fazer (any model, bar the 250) to give me a starting point!
So, I thought I'd start a group initiative: model the bikes in 3D, to make a full CAD model that users can then use for precisely my kind of project (or even details like checking fits of new parts!).
I shall start on the FZS600, although certain parts will carry over to the Thou (and other bikes I'm sure!).
I have a copy of Autodesk Inventor 2013 on my laptop, but if we agree on a common file standard, I'm sure most CAD programs will open the files.
Surely for modularity you are going to have to design each component separately and given the volume of components, the amount of man hours you are going to have to put in to this are going to be fairly astronomical?
Liam: that was the plan, yes. However, as a back burner project, if several people contribute, I reckon it would be a worthwhile exercise. Plus, no-one said it had to be done by next week!
I was being serious too, it is auto cad we use in work.
I wouldn't have much tims to commit to helping out with it though, I'm not sure how much use the end result would be anyway? (For e.g. it would be a standard bike in the end, so Amy custom m stuff would also need to he drawn up in cad. It just seems a longer way than taking measurements and making a hand sketch to me)
By all means though, crack on with it if you think it will help you build your project bike
My thinking is that once a standard bike has been built, it allows users to check their mods in 3D. Like, say, the effect of a painted frame. And if people upload their mods to a database, others can then check look and fit on their machines. I reckon as a community resource, it would prove to be very handy!
It would take 1000's of hours to do and how are you going to measure each component accurately enough to ensure your new part would fit the bike? Not just sizes but angles and curved surfaces. You'd have to be certain the drawings were accurate or there'd be a good chance your new part wouldn't fit or it might interfere with another part that you didn't draw. It's a good idea in theory but in reality it would be a massive job. Photoshop would be a better way to go just to get a rough idea of how your design would look.
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