Recent content by shipleyscott

I believe that I did. Our client in New Zealand thinks that the dimensions are off, but if I check the dimensions, on screen, or with a metric scale, I get the right answer, so I believe that it is right. Scott "often wrong, but seldom in doubt"

I guess the thing I'm most worried about is the side load. If the bar bends won't I have trouble with binding, etc?

I am trying to design an obstacle for a whitewater park that I am working on. The obstacle is a swinging barn door type gate that is typically aligned with the current. The hinge pins are at the upstream side. At the downstream end I want to have an extender that is attatched to a vertical...

Thank you everyone, it looks like we're on our way! Scott Shipley Recreation Engineering and Planning www.wwparks.com

sorry that I'm not so good at this, I learned autocad from a "for dummies" book. what is xp?

I have seen several posts on this topic but none seem to hit the nail on the head. Maybe someone can dumb it up for me. I have a metric drawing and have set up a viewport to plot it. My sheet is a metric expand A1 My units are meters I would like to set the viewport scale to 1:400 but if...