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Title: CAD Drawings of WWII Fighters
Post by: eng3firemn on June 19, 2002, 02:20:39 PM

Does anybody happen to know of a website(s) that has AutoCAD drawings of WWII aircraft as shareware or for purchase? If so, please e-mail me: mike@plas-tal.com.

Thanks,

Michael

Title: CAD Drawings of WWII Fighters
Post by: Hristo on June 19, 2002, 02:38:04 PM

http://www.turbosquid.com sells, but you can find some free stuff

Title: CAD Drawings of WWII Fighters
Post by: eng3firemn on June 19, 2002, 05:13:44 PM

Any idea on some of the free sites?:p Especially interested in dxf or dwg files since I don't have 3D Max Studio.
Thanks,
Mike

Title: CAD Drawings of WWII Fighters
Post by: mason22 on June 19, 2002, 09:28:10 PM

http://www.3dcafe.com/asp/aircraft.asp

scroll down to the bottom. there are dxf files there.

Title: CAD Drawings of WWII Fighters
Post by: Voss on June 20, 2002, 01:53:46 AM

...and they suck. The really good ones will cost you. Why not just make your own? Scan some high resolution three-views and then rasterize the bitmaps into .dxf files. They'll be two-dimensional, but then you can work on top of them.

Title: CAD Drawings of WWII Fighters
Post by: Charon on June 20, 2002, 11:37:10 AM

Some of these 3D images are nice, and they show a lot of effort, but what is the market for these images? They are not photo realistice (1 or 2 that I saw come close, maybe). Why would you pay $60 or $6 when you can get a nice calendar, for example,  with large, high quality photos for far less than any of the best images advertised? Just curious, it's your money of course :)

Charon