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    Tapered Shafts

    Hello All, I have a situation where mating parts do not match. The assembly is a spinning rotor. The tapers should be equal but the male is 16.6 degrees and the female is 16.3 degrees. This is a legacy problem that I have inherited. I looked up a chart for sizing tapers but it listed crazy...
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    Copy Body

    I would have done that, but I did not model this POS. It was done by another engineer who is long gone from the company. I don't want to have to redo all of the drawings. The SolidWorks video I watched shows how to copy a body by checking the copy check box, my display does not have that option...
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    Copy Body

    As I said, I am pretty rusty with SolidWorks. The file I am working with is a welded frame with sheet metal brackets. I need to add additional fasteners. It cannot be a pattern because they need to be located on a different face. The file is a .SLDPRT. I need to add 90860A111_ROUND BASE WELD...
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    Copy Body

    Hello All, I am working with an weldment/sheet metal part that I inherited. I need to copy some fasteners, but when I invoke the copy body command there is no option for copy only move. It has been a while since I have used SolidWorks, I have just gotten off the Inventor train so I am a little...
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    Technical Documents

    Thanks everyone for your input.
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    Technical Documents

    Thanks all, I should have searched a little better. I found a thread with lots of info regarding this.
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    Technical Documents

    Hello, Is there other software besides Word that can be used to make manuals or other technical documents? Not sure if this is the best place to ask.
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    High Vacuum Differential Pressure

    If understand correctly, you are trying to pump out a chamber that contains perlite. If that is so you could pump on that for days and never get down to a good vacuum suitable for leak testing. The perlite is acting as a sponge for air molecules as well as other gasses. These constitute a...

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