Electronic Boffins..Originally Posted by Cory Puuri
...I think John's request is for the actual part models associated with the ports on the back of the instrument. I downloaded the files for the G3X and opened up the STEP file for a unit. Like any sand-filled solid, the entire assembly has been converted to a part and the male and female harness connectors are already connected, sans the wires. I am not an expert at SOLIDWORKS, but I think you could remove the harness connector from the port and look at the Manual to determine what connector is needed. That would take some work. I think John is hoping to convince Garmin to do that work for us so we can download the instrument as a STEP and the connectors with part numbers that we could order from Spruce. Am I right?
I regularly create panels for Apaches, Geronimo, and Aztec twins. I have a bunch of components modeled in some semblance of reality.
Since they are commercial, they are not available to be shared, but I am letting you know they are not too hard to draw.
They are in effect placeholders, dumb bodies that allow us to locate holes and for graphical evaluation.
If you look at this link: https://photos.app.goo.gl/q5bPrMd9r9SdzjoC8 it is an example of a Century III autopilot panel.
Also, I will share a United Instruments altimeter, and if you roll back in the feature tree a step at a time,
you will easily be able to understand how I create these, including external features (knob), glass, bezel and instrument face:
Link to SW altimeter model: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jm...1XYGiA3Nol91HF
It is very useful to create the whole panel in a 3D assembly and some instruments use custom holes per the MFR, like this
Garmin G500:
and so you can see the graphics and the complex mfr specified cutout a wireframe version:
We hardly insert electrical sockets or plugs since our avionics shop primarily is old school and uses mfr schematics,
but many electrical component parts are available as models at 3DContentCentral at www.3dcontentcentral.com
As an example, do a search for DB sub and you get 206 high quality results.
Here is a link to a GIF of one of our latest panels:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/NBF5CFekck9wHKbZ8
I taught myself SolidWorks, and model at work in SW2007, but I appreciate having the EAA version for my projects at home
which are 'amateur'. If I get time, I may explore 'Electrical'; I have seen it demo'ed, but know pretty much nothing.
But how hard could it be :-)
-Christian von Delius
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