How long would it take...

[vicbee]

I have very rough hand drawing of a chair that I would like to have CAD drawn in 3D before going forward with manufacturing a sample. Can someone give me a rough idea how long it should take a pro to do both 3D and actual lay out for manufacturing? And how do I go about finding someone to do it?

Thanks for your help,
Vic

 

[paron]

Not knowing anything else, it would have to be an unusual design if it took less than four hours, or more than 16 hours.

Have you considered a local university or trade school? Or, the intended manufacturer of the chair may have a drafter whose work they can recommend.

Ron

 

[h1954]

Hi
If you wuld like to e-mail me the hand skecth
I can tell you how long will it take

Humberto Garcia
Film Art Director
Toronto Canada

h1954@sympatico.ca

 

The 3D effort of a chair shouldn't take that long. It can take anywhere from 3 hours to 8 hours depanding on the detail of the 3D model.

The layout of demensioning for construction can take another 4 hours of annotation and demensioning and plotting.

Then add another 1 or so to look over the drawing to make sure you haven't missed anything. Then another 30 minutes to pick up the last bit of mark ups.

 

[Hush]

If you're talking a three legged stool it shouldn't take more than an hour, although most would probably charge you a three hour minimum. If you're talking a reclining vibrating leather lounger and you want full dimensional and assembly drawings for all the parts and fabrics, you may be looking at a couple of weeks worth.

 

[vicbee]

Thank you all for your feedback. Real appreciated.

 

In Mechanical Desktop it probably wouldn't be a long project. Also, once it is modeled, 2d views and annotations are very fast on something as uncomplicated as a non-pmechanical chair. True 3d modeling takes the guesswork out and saves time and money.