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    Question about year end review

    Professional development was seperate
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    Question about year end review

    Hi all, Have my review coming up and my manager is asking me to be prepared to discuss my plan to educate/develop myself personally (as opposed to professionally). What do you imagine that he's looking for? Seems like a work review doesn't really need to touch on my personal life. Thanks.
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    UL component substitution

    We are attempting to make our UL component listing as generic as possible so that in the future we can source other vendors without updating our listing. Say we had a generic PLC listed as a part of our control box that said something like "Programmable Logic Controller - Listed (XXXX), rated...
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    Duplicate Parts for Proof Test (MAWP) UG-101(d)

    Here is a related follow-up question: If we were to make a material change from SA-285 C (P-number 1, Group No. 1) to SA-516 70 (P-number 1, Group No. 2), do we need to re-qualify our welding procedure? Thanks in advance...
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    Duplicate Parts for Proof Test (MAWP) UG-101(d)

    I see, thank you. So it's actually the oppposite of what I said. Materials using Curve D are tougher than Curve C, tougher than Curve B, tougher than Curve A.
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    Duplicate Parts for Proof Test (MAWP) UG-101(d)

    We are looking to see if it is feasible to substitute a similar material for a proof tested part as described in UG-101 According to UG-101(d)(2)(c), the duplicate part material must: "...have the same or tougher material grouping in UCS-66, Fig. UCS-66, and Notes." My question is, what is the...
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    What are elevations?

    Thanks insideman! So do architects insert "elevation" blocks into a to-scale layout of some sort or are they just for reference? Thanks again for the help. Dave
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    What are elevations?

    Hi, We are a manufacturer of laboratory equipment. Recently we have been getting requests for CAD Blocks of our equipment that can be inserted into architectural drawings. To do this I've been creating 2D top view drawings of our product in AutoCAD 2006. I was pretty proud of myself...
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    Am I cut out for engineering?

    The reason I don't want to be a Designer/Drafter for the rest of my life is that I feel that all of the drafting and detailing work (as opposed to 3D modeling and design) is shoved onto them, which isn't my cup of tea. And that's not meant as an insult to these individuals. Some people...
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    Am I cut out for engineering?

    I'm a fairly intelligent person. I made it through my BS in Mechanical Engineering without a problem. Wasn't at the very top of the class, but did well. I'm in my early twenties and I've had 2 jobs since graduation, plus 3 internships during college. Lately I've been really wondering whether...
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    Inserting/updating multiple blocks?

    Running AutoCAD 2006. Thanks for all of the suggestions. Dave
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    Inserting/updating multiple blocks?

    Is it possible so insert/update more than one block at a time? As you can probably guess, I have several diagrams that share the same 10-15 blocks. The blocks are stored as separate files (should have just used xrefs?). I decided to make some changes to the block files, and I would like to...
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    Custom Drawing Sheet Trouble

    Did you go to Tools ->> Options ->> File Locations and add the folder that contains your templates? (Or move the templates into the folders already listed). Dave
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    Seeing a section on another page

    I believe the way I do this is: 1. Create the section view on the same sheet as the parent view. 2. Right click on the section view -> Alignment -> Break alignment 3. Cut section view 4. Paste section view on other sheet. Dave
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    Water Strainer P&ID symbol.

    Hi, Looking for a proper symbol to use for a v-pattern water strainer (shown in link below) in a P&ID I am creating. http://www.watts.com/pro/_productsFull.asp?pid=819&ref=1 Thanks for the help!

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