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  1. SeanDotson

    Sig Figs and Tolerance

    Thanks for the info guys.
  2. SeanDotson

    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
  7. SeanDotson

    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
  8. SeanDotson

    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
  10. SeanDotson

    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
  11. SeanDotson

    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
  14. SeanDotson

    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...
  15. SeanDotson

    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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    Graphics Card / Processors

    I agree with Mike. However I only buy Nvidia. Have had way too much bad luck with ATI. Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals & Consultants Discussion
  17. SeanDotson

    Scaling objects in Inventor 9

    You can derive them and scale them but they will be dumb solids. Or you can scale your other parts as long as they are fully defined by using the Scale Parts macro located here http://www.sdotson.com/vba.asp Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals & Consultants...
  18. SeanDotson

    Iparts set up

    Super! Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals & Consultants Discussion
  19. SeanDotson

    Purge Inventor idw??

    Opne the fileand do a savecopyas. Look at the resulting file size. Use this new copy as the original. Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals & Consultants Discussion
  20. SeanDotson

    Iparts set up

    the proxy path is not c:\_bellows... You create 2 folders... Bellows Parents Bellows Children the project should look like Bellows=C:\bellows Parents _Bellows=C:\bellows Children You need to read the tutorial again. Sean Dotson, PE www.sdotson.com www.mCADForums.com CAD Professionals &...

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