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    Glueless and screwless waterproof plastic enclosure

    Hey guys, I want to design my own plastic enclosure that is waterproof (maybe 3D print it). In basic terms, it would be a rectangular basin type design with a lid that fits over the top. Once it fits over the top. It should not be able to be removed. I want to avoid using glue or screws. What...
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    Reducing length of conical spring but keeping stiffness and number of coils the same

    Hi Mike, Thanks for your breakdown and explanation. It has made things much more clear.
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    Reducing length of conical spring but keeping stiffness and number of coils the same

    By spring length, I mean the free, unloaded length of the spring. I do not know the force exerted on the spring as I cannot measure it. The height of the fully compressed spring is about 0.8mm. I realise that I am probably missing too many variables here but theoretically will the actual...
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    Reducing length of conical spring but keeping stiffness and number of coils the same

    Thanks for the reply. I was looking at that site trying to figure it out. What I mean is; is it possible to keep the same spring stiffness, the same number of coils (turns) and same wire diameter if I was was to reduce the free length of the spring from 7mm to 5mm? My instincts suggest that if...
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    Reducing length of conical spring but keeping stiffness and number of coils the same

    I need to reduce the length of a conical helical compression spring without changing the spring stiffness or the number of coils in the spring. To do this, will I need to change the spring wire diameter? Spring length is changing from 7mm to 5mm. Number of active springs = 3 Large outer...
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    Blue Surf model won't thicken due to skewed edge

    Hi Beachcomber, I am using version ST5. I tried adding extra cross sections but i start getting errors. I am a total noob at surfacing and most of the my attempts at getting this model somewhat correct is by trial and error.
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    Blue Surf model won't thicken due to skewed edge

    Anyone have any experience with this kind of problem before???
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    Blue Surf model won't thicken due to skewed edge

    Hi, I have a bit of a problem with my blue surf when i want to thicken it to a solid and i need a quick fix. Basically after i draw my sketch and do a blue surf, there is a point on my surface that is skewed and it will not allow me to thicken properly. I have tried deleting some of the nurbs in...
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    Surfacing help!

    Thanks again beachcomber. I played around with it and did as you said and it worked perfectly! I will try to find more tutorials to try to improve my surfacing. Cheers.
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    Surfacing help!

    Thanks for the response beachcomber, it has helped me out some bit. I have 3 questions: 1) I had a look at your part and i am trying to figure out your steps when you did the BlueSurf. For instance what point did you start with, cross-scetion chosen etc? I tried recreating the BlueSurf but no...
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    Surfacing help!

    Hi I am new to surfacing in Solid Edge and am having a few difficulties with my current design. I have looked through various tutorials online but have not any success with my own design. Basically my problem is as follows: When i added a surface to the sketch, i chose an intersection point...
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