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    Sig Figs and Tolerance

    Thanks for the info guys.
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    Sig Figs and Tolerance

    Settle an arguement... There is a dimension of 6.7mm +/- 0.25mm Ignoring the sig figs in the dim the limits should be 6.95 and 6.45 however since the dim only has 2 sig figs the limits are 6.5 and 6.7. Agreed? Now what if you have multiple tolerance? Do you round the tolerance (e.g. the...
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    Promote

    Open the sub assembly, do a save copy as. Return to the main assy and do a replace. It is now a new sub assembly. You may now promote it. Sean Dotson, PE The Online Home for CAD Professinals www.mCADForums.com
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    site with solid models of military connectors

    http://www.amp.com/ They have lots of MilSpec connectors in 3D format. Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    Compressing Springs in Assemblies?

    http://www.mymcad.com/inventorfaq_answer4306.html Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    Force an Assembly to Update

    Are you saving the Excel sheet? Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    How do i use the loft tool?

    You need two unconsumed sketches. Start the loft tool and then select the two sections. Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    Converting inventor 10 3d models to directx mesh files

    What formts will DirectX Mesh read in? SAT, STEP? Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    Putting holes in at assembly

    Just keep in mind that assembly features do not propagate back to the individual parts. Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    Design View and Positional Representations...

    No not currently. We have asked for a Global Rep that will control both DV and PR. Hopefully in a future release. Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    adaptivity

    In particular check out the adaptive 3d sweep. Although your belt will be 2 the promise is the same. Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    Inventor 10 Certification

    It is a challenging test. There is a book named Autodesk inventor Essentials that is very well done. YOu need to know the new features of R10 very well. Sean Dotson, PE RND Automation & Engineering www.rndautomation.com
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    "Cyclic dependancies"----------Whaaaaa??

    Are you basing adaptive geometry from one off the other? Are there derived parts from one assembly residing in another that s being inserted into the first? Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals & Consultants Discussion
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    changing dimension style

    You SHOULD use driven dimensions when you can. You use them to relate one dimension to another. For example let's say you have a rectangle and you offset it by some amount. Now you try to dimension the larger rectangle. It wants to give you a driven dimension. Allow it to do so. Now you...
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    too many assemblies? why won't they move?

    Open the second assy and go to tools>document settings and uncheck the "use adaptivley in assembly" and save. Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals & Consultants Discussion

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