Iron Man Mark II or III Cad Files

[Canadaddy]

Greetings all:

So I've been lurking, reading, admiring, and researching for the past month on the forum and with a little urging on from some friends, have decided that I'm going to take a stab at building a collection of IM helmets (I can hear the groans already....:lol)

I've never done anything like this before, but have access to a few things in the local area:

1) A CAD table at a supplier who provides packaging

2) A prop/design house for support and some help

3) A home made vacuum forming table

So I was hoping that someone out there might have a CAD file of either the Mark II or III helmet that they would be willing to part with to assist me in the build process. I'll go the pep route if necessary, but thought I might be able to cut down on the build timeline and get some cleaner lines before doing the resin, bondo, sanding steps.

So if you can help, I'd greatly appreciate it. Love the stuff that everyone's been doing out there and have huge admiration for the skills and support that everyone has here. Best of luck on any and all planned or current builds and as I begin mine I'll be sure to send out status reports and pics.

~A.

 

[Canadaddy]

Re: Mark II or III Cad Files

I think I may have found the answer on my own by using the pep program to export a file to dxf file extension. Anyone ever take a pep file over to cad successfully? Am I barking up the wrong tree?? Bueller....Bueller??

 

[cheech9898]

You can sometimes run into open mesh issues that you have to fix, but yea... you can use pepakura designer to save/export a pep file to an .obj format and then open that in Blender and many other CAD programs to edit... then cnc it or import it back into pepakura designer.

 

[Canadaddy]

Thanks....I won't have an answer for a few days on whether it was successful or not as my colleague is out, but once I have the first cut, I'll post pics.

 

[Finhead]

I think I have an OBJ file if your wanting to try it out LMK.

Thanks....I won't have an answer for a few days on whether it was successful or not as my colleague is out, but once I have the first cut, I'll post pics.

 

[AxiomUltra]

You can use a pep .obj, but you'll have to alter the model.

Those machines work off of objects that are "water tight." So every face needs to have a certain degree of thickness (which you need to worry about more when 3d printing) If you are just going to use the model for CNC you still have a bit to set up but the holes in the model can just be filled and quaded.

So unless the pepakura model is a closed mesh you won't be able to use it, you will have to alter the model.

 

[Canadaddy]

The plan is to use a CAD table to cut the individual pieces, score them where the folds need to be, and then glue them. I work for a packaging house and we do this for samples all the time (think frozen pizza boxes).

Fin - If you have the OBJ file, I'll take it with many thanks. Admiring your work/build, it would be an honor to try this out with your stuff.

AU - Thanks for the CAD for Dummies lesson! There's a reason why I simply sell the stuff and the designers do what they do....

 

[R1S3ND3V1L]

resurrecting an old thread, anyone have a dxf file of the helmet i can use for cnc?