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SAM LS provides CAD files for download

Postby ihab » Sun Aug 03, 2014 4:55 pm

Hi folks,

I guess the SAM LS made a splash at KOSH this year. It's cute. Looking at the site:

http://www.sam-aircraft.com/

I noticed is that the company makes available for download a bunch of eDrawings files produced directly from the CAD model, for example:

http://www.sam-aircraft.com/admin/_tmp/ ... 8f7ce.easm

If you open that with the free eDrawings app, obtainable from:

http://www.edrawingsviewer.com/

you can "peel apart" the design by making selected parts transparent or invisible, and "fly" around the parts to see how the assemblies fit together.

Given that I'm sure Sonex uses a CAD package like SolidWorks or CATIA to design the Sonex, it'd be great if Sonex and other manufacturers did the same. There is of course the risk of people being able to more easily copy the design that way, and I leave it up to Sonex to decide what the commercial implications are. But for a builder, I think it would be an awesome tool to understand assemblies and avoid some mistakes.

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Re: SAM LS provides CAD files for download

Postby fastj22 » Sun Aug 03, 2014 6:24 pm

There is no way Sonex would do that.

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Re: SAM LS provides CAD files for download

Postby rizzz » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:45 pm

fastj22 wrote:There is no way Sonex would do that.

Indeed,
On numerous occasions they have warned us not to share any digital copies of drawings we might make, even with other plans owners in order to avoid prosecution.
I have made cad drawings of loads of Sonex parts to make templates but the only person who will ever use them is me
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