Tower crane 3D model (free CAD download file)

designed in Siemens NX6

This is unfinished 3D model of Tower Crane, I designed as much as I could just by looking at images of tower cranes on internet. I over dimensioned most of model, as at first i had idea to try to make it in plastic. Most of cable work is unfinished as I do not have enough info about cable system. If anyone have informations I need to finish this design, please contact me.
NOTE: In this design I didn't use real profile dimensions for steel beams, but in .prt files profile dimensions are editable in sketches.
NOTE: Design is based ONLY on photos of tower cranes i found on internet so do not take it seriously.

EXPLANATION: fore jib connector part as it is now is designed only to hold constrains in assembly.


So far assembly of this model consist of 20 parts (more will come as model get more details):
  1. apex
  2. apex rear conector (connection between 'apex' and 'rear pendant counterjib conector')
  3. cabin
  4. cable conector (connection between two 'rear cables' holding counterjib)
  5. counter weight segment
  6. crane body segment ground base (ground segment)
  7. crane body segment (repeating segment)
  8. crane climbing segment 
  9. crane cabin segment 
  10. crane jib - base (jib segment connected to 'crane cabin segment')
  11. crane jib last (end of jib segment)
  12. crane jib main (repeating jib segment)
  13. motor (motor behind cabin)
  14. fore cable (repeating cable that hold jib)
  15. fore cable conector (connection between `apex` and `fore cable`)
  16. fore jib connector (unfinished part, connection between 'crane jib main' and 'fore cable')
  17. rear cable (repeating cable that hold 'counter weight segment')
  18. rear pendant counterjib conector (connection between 'rear cable' and 'counter weight segment', and 'rear cable' and 'apex rear conector')
  19. trolley (trolley with cage and long cable)
  20. trolley sc (trolley without cage and with short cable)
  21. ASSEMBLY (part only, due to some error I was not able to make it in STEP format)

assembly
assembly front view
assembly
assembly left tri view
assembly right tri view
crane body segment ground base
crane body segment ground base
crane body segment
crane body segment
crane body segment
crane body segment
crane climbing segment
crane climbing segment
crane climbing segment
crane climbing segment
crane cabin segment 
crane cabin segment 
crane cabin segment 
crane cabin segment 
crane cabin segment 
cabin
cabin
cabin
cabin
apex
apex
apex
counter weight segment
counter weight segment
counter weight segment
counter weight segment
apex rear conector
apex rear conector
rear pendant counterjib conector
rear pendant counterjib conector
rear pendant counterjib conector
rear cable
rear cable
rear cable
rear cable
cable conector
cable conector
cable conector
crane jib - base
crane jib - base
crane jib - base
crane jib main
crane jib main
crane jib main
crane jib last
crane jib last
crane jib last
crane jib last
fore cable conector
fore cable conector
fore cable conector
fore cable
fore cable
fore cable
  fore jib connector (not finished part)  
fore jib connector (not finished part)
motor
trolley
trolley
  trolley /hook  
  trolley - short cable - no cage  
trolley - short cable - no cage  
trolley - short cable - no cage  




NoImagePart name STEP link NX6 part link
1
ASS crane ASS Crane Assembly NX6 file (7MB)
and
Zip of all parts in one file (35MB)
2
apex Apex STEP file Apex NX6 file
3
apex rear conector Apex rear conector STEP file Apex rear conector NX6 file
4
cabin Cabin STEP file Cabin NX6 file
5
cable conector Cable conector STEP file Cable conector NX6 file
6
counter weight segment Counter weight segment STEP file Counter weight segment NX6 file
7
crane body segment Crane body segment STEP file Crane body segment NX6 file
8
crane body segment ground base Crane body segment ground base STEP file Crane body segment ground base NX6 file
9
crane cabin segment Crane cabin segment STEP file Crane cabin segment NX6 file
10
crane climbing segment Crane climbing segment STEP file Crane climbing segment NX6 file
11
crane jib - base Crane jib-base STEP file Crane jib-base NX6 file
12
crane jib last Crane jib last STEP file Crane jib last NX6 file
13
crane jib main Crane jib main STEP file Crane jib main NX6 file
14
fore cable Fore cable STEP file Fore cable NX6 file
15
fore cable conector Fore cable conector STEP file Fore cable conector NX6 file
16
fore jib connector
(not finished part) 		Fore jib connector STEP file Fore jib connector NX6 file
17
motor Motor STEP file Motor NX6 file
18
rear cable Rear cable STEP file Rear cable NX6 file
19
rear pendant counterjib conector Rear pendant counterjib conector STEP file Rear pendant counterjib conector NX6 file
20
trolley Trolley STEP file Trolley NX6 file
21
trolley sc Trolley sc STEP file Trolley sc NX6 file
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15 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    HI THE CRANE CLINBING HAD A PROBLEM SOLIDWORKS CAN'T OPEN THE FILE TRY TO POST THE FILE AGAIN THANKS

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  2. IvanNovember 26, 2011 at 11:59 PM

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  3. AnonymousMarch 31, 2012 at 6:33 PM

    have you done the mesh and simulation on this tower crane? Need some help with that.. thanks

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  4. spiderfingersApril 12, 2012 at 9:30 AM

    I Thank you much for the model. but I can't get the crane climbing section to open either.

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  5. IvanApril 12, 2012 at 12:00 PM

    thank you spiderfingers,
    hmmmm... nobody had problems so far... what software are you using?

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  6. 87004984495August 17, 2012 at 6:35 AM

    Hello!
    How to download&

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  7. AnonymousJune 13, 2013 at 12:25 PM

    Zdravo Ivane,
    Prvo cestitam na ovako dobro uradjenom poslu. Vizuelno to izgleda odlicno.
    Samo steta, sto kran nije racunat pa da modeliras prave dimenzije komponenata, jer si ostavio mnogo vremena za ovaj posao. Onda je to mogao biti projekat koji se mogao unovciti.
    Ali svaka cast na tvom entuzijazmu i volji da ovako nesto modeliras.
    Pozdrav
    Milomir
    milop@yahoo.com

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  8. nijasApril 29, 2014 at 8:33 AM

    hey ivan,

    Can I use your model as a reference to create my crane and use it as a presentation purpose ?

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    1. IvanApril 29, 2014 at 2:11 PM

      hey,

      yes you can use it Nijas,

      but be aware that this is design based on images, i did no real calculations so this is pure visual model.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2015 at 5:43 PM

    Hello,

    Would you have the manufacturer and name of that crane? Or is it a made-up one?
    Thanks.

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    1. IvanFebruary 26, 2015 at 6:18 PM

      just a made up design from images I found on internet. I have nobody to give me verified info about any real crane so I can't make "real one".

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  10. AnonymousMay 18, 2015 at 7:54 PM

    Hello,
    Counter weight segment needs to be broken down in the description. (i.e.counter jib, counter weight, etc.)
    Ron Ochoa, Subject Matter Expert, 30 years experience, tower cranes specialist.

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  11. UnknownApril 6, 2017 at 1:16 PM

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  12. AnonymousAugust 28, 2018 at 4:32 AM

    Which company tower crane pictures is your reference? Thank you.

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  13. balabiongJanuary 16, 2020 at 9:09 AM

    Thank you for sharing.It looks great!

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