Design of Clip Support

 The above design is a clip support for a large part of mechanical system. As a mechanical engineer by study, I always see rapid prototyping at advantage and cost effective; the computer application packages gave us edge in making production less stressful and more economical. This design was actually done as a component to showcase what Rhinoceros CAD has over many ‘stereotype’ design software out there. I have use this software to design and delve into many branches of engineering with ease and also taught many “road side” techies to become full blown inventors.

With “SCAN & SOLVE” plug in, an instant stress analysis could be generated without following the usual part of meshing which could be more time consuming. Rhinoceros CAD has given us edge, in that we can start analyzing the result from the anticipated problem.

Anyways, let me not bore you with too many technicalities and go straight to the procedure I used is designing this piece.

I did the 2D and 3D in Rhinoceros CAD while the final realistic image rendered image was in 3D max with “mental ray” rendering engine on. The material was from basic “mental ray” material log, while the lightning was achieved by applying a single “sunlight” and a “direct target” light to simulate the visibility. “Ray trace” shadow was equally applied to achieve the shadow