program for making charts urgent!

[Aberclio182]

Uni project requires my to do a chart, but excel will not do it properly.

is there a program you can draw a chart to look as good as excel ones?

 

[Daz]

What for? to do what? to show what? Heh?

 

[Aberclio182]

or if someone can show me how to do it, basically its a shear force diagram for a shaft, it is upward and downward acting forces overall a length. example. 5kn up along for 5m then down for 20kn along for 3.75m up by 30 kn along 2.5m then down 20kn along for 1.25 and back to 0. hope that makes sence

 

[Daz]

Sounds like you need a specialist program..

Like.. http://www.esads.com/ maybe?

Can make diagrams like this:

BTW, I've never EVER had to draw a Sheer Force Diagram before.. I didn't even know what one looked like until I saw this app.. so it might not be what you need

 

[Aberclio182]

http://www2.umist.ac.uk/construction/intranet/teaching/ul222/exp/sfbmdex.htm

like the shear force diagram here

 

[Aberclio182]

thanks man life saver, ill give it a try

 

[Daz]

Check: http://www.esads.com/features.html

... to see if it does everything you need first..

 

[Aberclio182]

exactly what i need but its needs registration which takes 24 hours i have 20 lol

 

[Daz]

Haha, See.. Uni deadlines.. don't need to tell me about them!

 

[Aberclio182]

anyone? excel sucks

 

[Daz]

20 hours to go.. no other way to go..

There's only one tool..

MS Paint!

 

[Aberclio182]

lol i want a decent grade lol argh i can do all the hardstuff but i can't even make a chart, great engineer i am making lol

 

[rory182]

bending force diagrams, shear force diagrams, scale models for calculating load and direction in 2,3, 4 and more force memebers I always used CAD softaware to draw em at uni personally.

Good luck.

 

[Aberclio182]

what cad software?

i use microstation at work and i would have to draw the chart, you should be able to do the calculation and using the results be able to produce a graph which i beleive this software above would be able to, i normally use solidworks but i am not allowed to use 3d software do not ask way lol

 

[rory182]

even autocad, just scale it from the calcs and do a 2d sketch?

in my final year project i bodged it together for the thesis in microsoft paint lol

 

[rory182]

used to use inventor at uni, I use solid edge at work.

 

[Aberclio182]

might do that at work the more, do not have anything here, just would be much easier if it did it for you. where you work rory?

 

[rory182]

at the mo i work for scottoiler, in Research and Development, studied Product Design Engineering, spent 13 months as a graduate mech design engineer designing li-ion battery products before hand.

 

[Aberclio182]

i work at baker hughes like

 

[rory182]

i know the name... but it's late I'm on holiday and it means nothing lol good luck with the report.