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    Achieving Varying Damping and Stiffness Profile - Need some ideas!

    Thanks drawoh - The rising rate idea looks extremely promising! I've been looking for some documentation on design of the linkages & spring selection but have found nothing - know of any? If not could you briefly outline the theory and calcs needed? Luckily both the profiles don't have to be...
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    Achieving Varying Damping and Stiffness Profile - Need some ideas!

    Hi guys and gals, I'm trying to achieve 2 profiles for stiffness and damping that you can see here: (Copy and paste into browser: http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=profilespk9.jpg ) The max initial velocity will be 4.44 m/s for an object of about 150kg that will be sliding downwards at...
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    NX4: Cylinder Shown instead of Aerofoil?!

    My driver is up to date, but I don't know/can't find out about b) Its as if the part is "loading" (you know, when you have hundreds of parts and you zoom out they don't display properly for a while) but it never does. If I select it through the assembly it displays it fine. Here is a picture...
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    NX4: Cylinder Shown instead of Aerofoil?!

    Hey guys I'm new at the NX4 side of things so just bare with me! I have an aerofoil type of shape part mated to a casing. Instead of displaying the aerofoil shape it shows a plain cylinder. If I click on the part it shows the aerofoil shape "inside" of the cylinder as it were. How to I...

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