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    Temper curves for EN25 & EN26

    TVP, Sorry, I used terminology from my workplace. I'll try to rephrase things. The curves referred to were supplied by the steel manufacturers, and show how the material properties vary with tempering temperature, after being soaked at 850degC and quenched. I suppose the best way to explain...
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    Temper curves for EN25 & EN26

    Hi, Would anyone happen to have some temper curves for EN25 & EN26? We have one set of curves for EN25 and two sets for EN26. The curves for EN25 are showing suspiciously high Izod toughness values, and our curves for EN26 show different tempering temperatures by 100degC. So we're in a bit of...
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    Sketching & drafting commands

    Timelord - It's nice to know that I wasn't the only one using MDT that way! Yes, I'd like to use SW the 'proper way' but it's still early days for me - I'm still on the evaluation copy... It's something I'll try to pick up if we buy SW. 'Hard habit to give up' - what an understatement!! Scott -...
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    Sketching & drafting commands

    Yeah, I'm sketching in the part file. I'm not THAT new! I could break it up into seperate features - but I don't want to in this particular instance. In this case, it's actually easier for me to use a big sketch. These parts are already drawn as sectioned 2D views in ACAD. From there I can...
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    Sketching & drafting commands

    Thankyou for all your help. I should apologise - I can create basic sketches without problems, it's the advanced stuff I was struggling with. I wasn't clear enough in my initial post - sorry. I think the penny has now dropped. I'm starting to understand some of the fundamental differences...
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    Sketching & drafting commands

    Hi, I'm currently evaluating SolidWorks 2003 for the company that I work for. We come from an AutoCAD & MDT background, and we have become used to certain features and commands. Whilst many things in SW seem very powerful and easy to use, I am currently struggling with 2D sketch creation...

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