User Contributed Designs

Introduction

To contribute to OSE design, go to Part Library, download the parts, and begin designing. See the tutorial on how to use FreeCAD - OSE FreeCAD Tutorials. If you have:

• a design of any of the GVCS machines
• other useful machines that use the part library
• module designs that are part of GVCS machines

you can post it in the gallery below. In the text, list which existing part libraries you used, add a link to the FreeCAD file.

We are listing all the modules here for porting to FreeCAD format. List here is under development, and could use several Ph.D. theses in machine design to complete.

LifeTrac Construction Set Primitive Modules. These modules are parts that go into a tractor, and can be used to build various other related heavy machines.

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  Tracked Tractor. Uses library parts: Power Cube Library, Stock Tubing Library, Drive Sprocket Assembly Library, Universal Rotor Library, Idler Mount Plate Library, Idler Tensioner Plate Library, Idlers Library, Tracks Library. Download: File:LifeTrac9.fcstd

Links

• Tractor Construction Set - discussion on the Construction Set concept for heavy equipment
• Open Source Technology Pattern Language - has a discussion on how machine parts build larger machines
• Bulldozer - has design guides and calculations for basic designs
• LifeTrac Genealogy - past versions of tractors
• Power Cube Genealogy - past versions of Power Cube
• CEB Press Genealogy - past versions of the CEB Press