A comment on PDM software in general (for whatever it's worth):
As with any system or software that offers the beat-all, end-all solution to all your discipline problems, the complexity often precludes any easy way to implement it into an established culture (and what other kind of culture...
We got it. I wanted to finish this thread so that it may be of some use to someone else.
In short, we were put onto the “bridge” function in UG by the EDS tech support hotline, IR# 4823256.
In long, the spring we were trying to model is on page 315 Machinery’s Handbook, “Straight Offset”...
Has anyone modeled a helical torsion spring? What are the steps?
It seems simple - just a helix with a small space between each coil, and a wire "tab" bent at each end parallel to the axis of the helix, with a minimum bend radius of 2X diameter of the wire. Our attempts have...
