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Basically I have and guide rod the needs to be bent and rolled in a couple places. Does any one now how to show the flat profile?

Wikipedia doesn't explain it very well. So this is how I understand it.... shaft od = 1.375 made of gray iron coef of thermal expansion 5.8 heat 600c or 1112F od x coef x 10-6 x 1112 so 1.375 x 5.8 x.000001 x 1112 = .0088 so the shaft expands .0088 Is this correct? Does work the same for an...

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I need to calculate thermal expansion of a shaft and a bushing with two different materials.

Are you able to do this with weldment bodies and weldment tables as well?

How do i link the value from the design table to the BOM?

The hard part........actually getting a machinist to follow a drawing, especially if they are a veteran. But this is not always the case and some times you have to state your case. As stated above it really depends on your application. ie. if you in a high heat applicaton and your using two...

Thanks I'll give it a shot.

Does anyone how to add a surface area equations to a bom to show in a column. I know that there is a property for surface area, the only problem is that it shows the surface area of the whole body. all I need is one surface. thanks

sorry ..........haven't come across a solution

No it's not, I hear that there have been problem with this but, I have come across a solution.

I had to reinstall Catia, but a little more that half way thru it quits and tells me to look at the cxinst.log file. At the end of the log it just says "transfer failure". That doesn't really explain much. Has anyone had this problem? How did you fix it Thanks