I'm making a shipping box foam insert that has the cutout shape of an oddly-shaped electronics housing. I did get it (move body)to work, but I had to move, measure, move, measure, etc. Normally, I'd snap the TriBall to a feature in either the housing (before it was booleaned) or the negative...
Thanks, guys. That's good to know. I guess I can always do this in IC and then import the resulting booleaned part, but I wouldn't learn anything that way!
Dave
Thanks. I'm guessing that the trick to positioning the body precisely is to work with the XYZ indicator (placing it at some reference point or geometry in/on the part? Another question I have is whether you can subtract one body from another while in an assembly. It seems that positioning...
Does anyone know of a convenient way to move/position an inserted solid part within a part. I need to Boolean (subtract) a part from another and need to position one of the parts to an exact location. In IronCAD, I would simply use the TriBall to move either of the parts.
Thanks!
I would think that the adhesive by itself would be thicker than .002". Does the strip have to be non-metallic? If the length isn't critical and metal can be used, you may be able to have the metal strip surface ground to the correct taper, although the thin end, with adhesive, will probably be...
I would call each of the two manufacturers to get a better feel for the testing each has completed to qualify their product. We've use a product called Aqualube for o-rings and general sealing applications in salt water-proof instruments, but I have not researched bearing greases specifically.
You might want to investigate Tiodize's X-40. From my experience, it is unlike any normal "coating" - more like a hard-anodizing for stainless. We have specified this process for military connectors and have not had any problems for many years. It was specified particularly because we wanted to...
Tiodize and General Magnaplate both have anti-corrosion processes for 316 that'll prevent this type of corrosion. In fact, Tiodize has a process that mimics anodizing in a sense. (X-?) It (possibly) pulls chromium to the surface for added protection. I've also used Tiodize's Tiolon 1000, which...
CorBlimeyLimey,
I believe that I can make the scaled-up version as a configuration. Typically, though, there is no need to link the two, as the "Master" is far less detailed as far as the number of features. BTW, to me, IC is like PaintShop Pro compared to Photoshop (like SW). Photoshop is very...
Scaling is often used when designing a part that will be cast out of a meterial that shrinks as it is curing. Example: I or another person design a part to required product dimensions. I then take that part and scale it to a larger size (which becomes the master), such that after shrinkage, it...
Although I haven't read of any productivity comparisons for history vs non-history-based MCAD programs, Joe Greco (Mr. 3D) did write an article in which he picked the best program (with runnerup) for each of many categories. I will post the month and year of the Cadalyst issue that contained...
