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what prefabricated box design software?

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what is the most suitable software for design and design of modular prefabricated boxes?

at the moment I use autocad for structure plant and v5 cat for design, design and rendering in 3d

to give you an idea of what I do.. .



from a structure so modular to the single box.

which software best suits my needs?tnks
 

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the bim, like archicad, revit, allplan, where you can create ad hoc elements and mount them later.
 
enri said:
the bim, like archicad, revit, allplan, where you can create ad hoc elements and mount them later.
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I would like to create a library with the windows we use, doors and panels and then use them "in assembly" so as to speed up as much as possible work.

If I had to choose one of these would you choose?
 
I don't know them very well, I think all three, they're parametric for architecture.
but the elements you have described must be parametric, with measures to be set from time to time or are all equal? In the first case I think you have to intervene with scripts if there is no object similar to those you need, but it is difficult, the windows and doors you use should not be too different from those of a normal bookcase of a bim, and the panels will be traceable to a wall object. In the second case you can also use 3d symbols, but I repeat I leave to those who know better the above sw for a more exhaustive answer. you can always try demo versions for direct verification.
 
but the profiles of the bases and roofs with its recesses for example? How do I draw them? I believe that those software are more suitable for construction while for prefabricated boxes it would serve more a mix between building software and mechanical design software (among the two I think that probably the latter is more suitable). .

My real problem that I have in using catia is that I don't know how to use it well, because, for example, the parts I have already created can't reuse them or better... I can't place them properly where I'd like and so I'm creating new ones in the position I need... which is a huge waste of time! every time I redesign doors, windows, etc. other thing I can not use is the drawing to automatically extract the design of the plant (that is why the design with autocad)...

Is there somewhere a video tutorial for catia? Tnks.
 
kamzata said:
but the profiles of the bases and roofs with its recesses for example? How do I draw them? I believe that those software are more suitable for construction while for prefabricated boxes it would serve more a mix between building software and mechanical design software (among the two I think that probably the latter is more suitable). .

My real problem that I have in using catia is that I don't know how to use it well, because, for example, the parts I have already created can't reuse them or better... I can't place them properly where I'd like and so I'm creating new ones in the position I need... which is a huge waste of time! every time I redesign doors, windows, etc. other thing I can not use is the drawing to automatically extract the design of the plant (that is why the design with autocad)...

Is there somewhere a video tutorial for catia? Tnks.
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then what you would need is a course to learn how to use cad. I would be in you to choose a parametric midrange (solidworks-inventor-solidedge), they are definitely + that sufficient and much cheaper than catia, both of purchase and of courses, etc...
 
leaving aside the cost speech, I always recommend these software (solidworks-inventor-solidedge)? or is it more indicated catia? What do you mean by midrange?
 
enri said:
to make solidwork boxes? I think it would be good for the free version of sketchup.
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I don't have to draw simple cubes but something that comes as close as possible to reality (so all profiles, inks, etc.), extrapolate the plant and be able to make renderings.
 
It's not as simple as it seems.
the external structure is a steel carpentry and is not very simple because it is full of fixings and passages for the planting, the insulated panels are polyurethane sandwiches.
all assembled with seals, because inside it does not have to enter water, wind and thermal insulation must be in place, otherwise fry like a ranocchia.
add all electrical, hydraulic and air conditioning equipment.
catia certainly is able to manage such a project, as well as the vast majority of midrange mechanical cads, as it was rightly indicated.

I do not express myself on the cads for the civil sector, I do not know them.
 
maxopus said:
It's not as simple as it seems.
the external structure is a steel carpentry and is not very simple because it is full of fixings and passages for the planting, the insulated panels are polyurethane sandwiches.
all assembled with seals, because inside it does not have to enter water, wind and thermal insulation must be in place, otherwise fry like a ranocchia.
add all electrical, hydraulic and air conditioning equipment.
catia certainly is able to manage such a project, as well as the vast majority of midrange mechanical cads, as it was rightly indicated.

I do not express myself on the cads for the civil sector, I do not know them.
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exactly. as he said maxopus, I need to calculate in detail the structure because everything must be naturally sealed. So far, I've been a little clumsy, but, as I said, I have a lot of problems in my use because of my gaps. what I was wondering is whether catia is the most suitable software (in this case I would try to fill my know-how gaps) or if I should use another cad 3d software and try to focus my efforts there.

I ask this because, in its time (when I started drawing them), catia was the sofware for the cad 3d that I knew more and (from the rush) I did not ask myself the question that I should have asked myself and that therefore I only ask myself now (take the round of words :d): which software is most indicated?
 
kamzata said:
exactly. as he said maxopus, I need to calculate in detail the structure because everything must be naturally sealed. So far, I've been a little clumsy, but, as I said, I have a lot of problems in my use because of my gaps. what I was wondering is whether catia is the most suitable software (in this case I would try to fill my know-how gaps) or if I should use another cad 3d software and try to focus my efforts there.

I ask this because, in its time (when I started drawing them), catia was the sofware for the cad 3d that I knew more and (from the rush) I did not ask myself the question that I should have asked myself and that therefore I only ask myself now (take the round of words :d): which software is most indicated?
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Catia does it quietly in the same way as the other cad.
It's a parametric cad... and it has all the necessary functions and many more.
The question you should ask is another.
Is catia suitable for work I will have to do in my future or is it oversized?
predict to make only prefabricated boxes or even car and motorcycle carriages.
Do you expect to do style work, for which casket is very suitable?
will you need cad stations with pdm and/or plm?
The problem is: what do you expect for your future designer?
because for the work you propose I would think about pro/e but, it is my point of view.

hasta the view.
 
only prefabricated boxes also with special design.

What are these cad stations with pdm and/or plm?
 
to you the choice based on what you think is right to spend for this kind of work.
I don't know how much cat costs, with software like solidworks, solidedge or pro/e (in its basic license there's everything you need) you do it with figures that are around 6000 euros per +iva license.
to this you must add the cost of a course of a week to leave without minds.
 

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