Recent content by lmackie

Were can one find free or inexspensive download able Autocad symbols for electrical and pneumatics?

We have being having problems with mates in solidworks 2003 and wonder if others have had the same problem? One thing we found if you use edges and faces in mates on the same object they dont work right. If you make an edge parrellel to another and ond face parallel to another then you cant...

Is there a way that one can save the layout of there tool bar buttons and the customization of them?

I am running solidworks 2001 plus but also have Solidworks 2000 and 2001 on my machine

I have a VRML version 2 file format and would like to bring it into Solidworks but have had no luck with it. I have being told they support only vrml file format 1 not 2. Is there a work around for this problem?

Surfcam does 2 thru 5 axes machining . www.surfcam.com

I would highly recommend Surfcam over mastercam

Have you looked at Surfcam. I have programmed using 2 thru 4 axes withit and I know it also does 5 axes. I know most of Boeings suppliers use it.

i am machining platic and the one person told you to use coolant. we dont here becuase of the mess and i find it doesnt work that good with coolant. but i think a 4 flute end mill works better then a 2 flute. use speeds and feeds similar to alluminum i found works really good for the platic we...