So I've been doing some experimentation and I've gotten much closer to real results.
Playing around with contact resistance (as measured), air-flow (as assumed), and turning on things like gravity and radiation calculations have all contributed to more accurate results.
Unfortunately the two...
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I'm going to post this on Solidworks forum as well but I figured I should try here too.
We recently purchased Floworks and are using it to thermally model an electronics project. Before we start using it for any projections on this design, we're testing its accuracy on small...
I figured with the lack of response that it might not be the best post, but I figured it has more to do with MIL-STD-100 or possibly ANSI Y14.5M-1994 (or something equivalent), neither of which do I posses.
I'm a green engineer and am recreating some professionally done drawings (from ProE) in Solidworks and have encountered an issue. From what I can tell, Solidworks has no trapezoid balloon feature, just circle, triangle etc. This company that originally did the drawing used a trapezoid balloon...
This is an old drawing from a part we just recently started to make again. We just happened to see a dimension that required a small alteration and needed to show that alteration to the machine shop.
What I'm doing now for our own archival process is taking the STEP file and recreating a...
We're very small. In fact the entire reason we recently purchased a CAD system was specifically so we wouldn't have to use the outside firm so much.
Another thing:
Lets say there was a PE stamp. Could I simply re-create the drawing with our own drawing template from the STEP file we were given?
Originator's initials in the drawnby box. Our lead engineer's in the revisions field. Our guys' initials is also in a few revisions back when we did the same thing, but paid them to add the small changes.
Yes. We have both the drawing and the model. It's not a matter of the capability. It's whether I'm allowed to change a drawing that has their information (Company name, logo, drawnby etc.) or should I recreate it with our own information (a *much* longer process).
At my office we design/engineer/model products. For products of greater difficulty we outsource to a mechanical engineering firm. They created all of our drawings for one of our products at a premium cost. I found a red-line dimension that needs to be changed. What I did was update the...
We require 5 heat sinks with a 7"x5.5" footprint, <0.75" height, and a thermal resistance (natural convection) <1.3°C/W.
I've found several vendors including WAKEFIELD THERMAL SOLUTIONS, M&M Metals, Thermal-solutions, and Aavid Thermalloy. These vendors all either do not meet the physical...
I have to create a drawing to a client. This drawing is of a plate with the holes we added.
My question is: is it common practice to turn in drawings with details of the processes you do, or the whole thing.
For example, you've a crazy part with thousands of small grooves and holes and you...
We are not allowed to attach anything to the device we are latching onto. That means we need something simply to provide a downward force such that the box-type structure will not fall out if it were to be turned upside down. Right now we're looking into devices such as hook clamps or swell...
