Hi all, I'm not a user of Autocad or really any 3D stuff, but as a graphic artist, I know who to ask for help. I'm also a backyard hotrod builder and have a project that is at a point where I need to cut & join halves of two different chassis. One is a
1988 Toyota 4x4 1/2 ton PU and the other is a 1950 Willys 4x4 Wagon. What are your suggestions for finding someone who can measure the frames I have and make 3D renderings of them so I can get nice accurate options of where to make my cuts & other considerations (like gas tank placement, etc). I was thinking some local trade school, but they might not get around to doing something along those lines in a classroom setting for months. I don't have the kind of money that I'm guessing it would take to hire a mechanical engineer to do this professionally, so any ideas where I could turn are greatly appreciated. If anyone here is in southern Wisconsin, I'll buy beer & pizza if you want to give it a whack. I'm not looking for mil-spec, just reasonably accurate 3D models of 2 frames that I can overlay each other and see where crossover points might be to speed things up as well as having detailed documentation of how this particular build was done (possibly to help others). I guess I could completely strip both chassis in my driveway (major mess) and physically lay one on top of the other, but I'd prefer to do it on my PC if I could. I don't need full chassis Autocads or anything, just the frames themselves. I'm sure Toyota has 3d models of their stuff, but I doubt they freely share them with anyone. Thanks for reading this far!Cheers,
- Jeff G