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    Creation of a weld defect to qualify a procedure

    We have recently been asked to qualify a repair procedure and we are struggling with one aspect. The customer specifically asked that we create a weld with a defect in it, then repair the weld to qualify the procedure. What we are struggling with is how to create the defect. The weld itself...
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    Thread Inserts on Pressure Boundary

    Had a miss-communication between myself and a vendor supplying a part. Vessel was taped with 1/2-13 holes and the vendor part required 3/8-16. Neither the vessel or supplied part can be modified easily. I can either buy or make thread inserts that will go into the 1/2-13 hole and leave me a...
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    1998 ASME Sect 2 Part D Values

    The material is 304 Stainless @ 420F. More specifically it's S312 304SS S30400. I am going back and forth right now on if it will be seamless or welded pipe based on size and cost.
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    1998 ASME Sect 2 Part D Values

    I have a customer in Canada who has ordered a machine that will have a pressure vessel on it. A small vessel made of 304SS pipe with welded elliptical ends made to Sect 8 Div 1. In their specs they require we use material values from the 1998 addition of Sect 2 Part D. My understanding is the...
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    325 MVA with 2% Flicker

    I'll start off by saying I'm a mechanical engineer so could the electrical guys write slowly. I am working on a project where I will be using an AC drive to power a large piece of equipment. It's a government project so I can't be more specific. The power available from the facility is given...
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    job (structural engineering)

    What is you BS, or Masters in? Just because you have a PhD doesn't meant you need to headline with it. I had my business cards done 3 times because they left off the P.E. after my name so I can only imagine how hard it would be to voluntary remove the PhD but it may at least get your foot in...
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    Replacing References

    I may not fully understand what you are trying to do but it sounds like something similar to what I have run into. This usually happens when everyone creates their own copies of the same part. It was easy for me because of the bad files were on a network drive and I was moving things into a...
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    Open Dialog Box - Custom File Locations

    I found this older posting about the same thing but I wanted to see if any has found a way to do this in 2007. http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=105368 When you open, or save a file the dialog box that opens has some options on the left for Recent Documents, My Documents, and a few...
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    PE from project management.

    I wouldn't really worry about your work preparing you for the exam. I may be the exception but I didn't solve a single problem on the exam that could have come from my work as a machine designer, and I took the machine design section. As long as you are all set, or will be set, for your...
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    File Explorer Collapse All

    I wanted to know if anyone has come across a command, similar to the Collapse All command for the Feature Manager, that does the same thing in the File Explorer of the Task Pane. I like that when I click on a model part or assembly the explorer scrolls to it in the vault, but that often leaves...
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    Dimensions and tolerances apply only at the drawing level where they a

    I would assume that it more likely applies to assemblies were there is a possibility of things changing durring assembly. If a bearing is pressed into a housing some dimensions on the housing may change and no longer be in part tolerance but the part is still acceptable. This is common for us...
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    PE References

    It's always important to remember that for every PE registered in a state they will be collecting fees so the Boards have an incentive to get people licensed.
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    PE References

    I'm in PA.
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    PE References

    Working in an exempt industry, as many of us do, it's not easy to even meet another PE, let alone work for one who write a reference. The boards seem to understand this and will give a good amount of leeway for letting an individual get their references. I would suggest joining your local NSPE...
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    Populating a Vault - Generic File Names

    My problem, however, is that I have hundreds of parts that need to have this done before they can be put into the vault. I'm looking for a way of doing exactly what you did but on a larger scale. The only way I know is to open the assembly and then do save as for each part to keep all the...
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