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  1. Sirius2

    Help: Motor and Worm Gearbox Torque

    Hello. I hope somebody will be able to help. I have designed some equipment to assemble some large parts. It involves a stand and a fixture attached to it via a worm gear box. The fixture and part needs to tip over at 90 degrees, from vertical to horizontal, and back. After design and...
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    Are there any Toolmakers in here? Advice Required....

    This is going to vary between the 'standards' of toolmaking companies out there, and even country to country, but I was wondering if anyone can advise me on the procedures to put in place specifically for toolmaking and fixture work, and general advice on how things should be run, or how you run...
  3. Sirius2

    Question from Non I-deas user

    One of our main customers is looking at the possibility of making all its outsourced work use the native I-deas format data, but in my knowledge of CAD and Cad Data, I dont see how this is possible. I wonder if you could clarify some things for me about I-dea's. Appologies in advance if I sound...
  4. Sirius2

    Questions from a potential buyer......

    Hi, I wonder if anyone can help me out with a few questions about solidworks. Im currently an Inventor fan (I know, boo hiss! lol), but we dont currently have any sort of solid modeller at the place I work. After many many years of telling them we need to get something sorted, it seems that...
  5. Sirius2

    Helix......

    Crimes, how do keep this one simple lol.... Right, I need to draw a spiral, a helix infact, much like a spring. I saw that Inventor has a 'coil' command, which I was counting on for doing this particular job (it doesnt get used much). I start a sketch, draw a centerline, draw the coil...
  6. Sirius2

    Automatic Fillet?

    Hi. I have a web thats draft faced each side in two directions, that eminates from a curved wall. the point where it joins is 4mm, and thins out in two directions outwards and upwards to the center of the bowl to the top face of the part. The flat face thats left on the top of my web needs...
  7. Sirius2

    Exporting Files Problems...

    Hi. I have modelled a complex radial molding using combinations of swept surfaces, fillets, variable fillets and sweeps which I managed to stitch and thicken into a solid from the knitted entities. When I detail the drawing in the .idw it comes out okay, but I cannot dimension the part...
  8. Sirius2

    Processors

    With the Majority of non specialist computers (ie home/home office style)here in the UK now using the AMD "Sempron" chips, does anyone know if they are suitable for CAD usage - such as Inventor, ProE, Solidworks Solid edge etc?. For example on the Inventor site it says AMD Athlon.....but they...
  9. Sirius2

    Rubber strip?

    Sorry to be such a noob, lol, but Im looking for ideas what/where to look on the next (what to search for even!) to find profiled rubber edging strip to slot around a laser cut sheet metal plate as a safety and cushioning feature. Google hasnt been succesful with "Rubber Edging sheetmetal" etc...
  10. Sirius2

    Inventor Queries

    Hi, Ive been batting around with Inventor on and off for a while now. I accept that its not the ideal solution for some tasks we do (progressive stamping die design), but I was wondering if it was possible in the new relesses to : a) draw a parabolic curve yet. b) can you input a 3d path...
  11. Sirius2

    Is it possible?

    Is it possible to draw a parabolic curve in Inventor yet? I know that the majority of other programs can do it, however, Inventor nor MDT or Mechanical seem to have a predefined method for making parabolic curves. Theres obviously plotting points and splining, but this is a bit long winded and...
  12. Sirius2

    Language Convertor

    Can somebody please expand on what you can actually do with this? Ive never understood by reading the help file, or by actually tring it out. Can you type a multiline text string in English, then make it show up as German on your sheet? Or when we recieve drawings from a manufacturer in...
  13. Sirius2

    Some Questions for you......

    1) Can Inventor create a 3d 'polyline' of curves and lines by projecting two orthographic views like you can in Rhino and (I think) SolidEdge. 2) Can Inventor create a 'Family' of parts? By this I mean a linked set of separate parts (based on the initail part)which when one feature changes...
  14. Sirius2

    My Inventor shortfall....

    Ive probably asked this a dozen times, but new folk are always coming here so its worth another shot. Heres what we need to do, can somebody tell me how to handle it if we baught Inventor? Using partially surfaced wireframe data thats seriously way out in space (eg x2338.76, y4567,23...
  15. Sirius2

    Sell Inventor once purchased? Happy though...

    Hi, Ive not been round these parts for a bit, so I was wondering if anyone on here knows what happens when it comes to selling Autodesk products after youve used them. The long story is this: My Dad has LT2004, but wants to upgrade to the Inventor Series7 (on special offer)but he is unsure...
  16. Sirius2

    Autocad LT and 3d/paperspace help req'd.

    Heres a question for you, lol. We currently use an antiquated 2d system and I want the office to get something better for 2d mechanical design. AutoCad LT is perfect for our requirements (Mechanical is the best, but the budget is stupendously tight). The dilemma is this: We currently cant...
  17. Sirius2

    Springback of presswork......a tough question.

    Hi, can anyone help? Or point any refereces?. We may be getting a press tool to make for some sort of parabolic dish. It is heavily drawn in ratio (say 350mm dia by 225 deep form). This will be from flat cut sheets, and the final dish has four holes 'normal' to the curvature to be pressed in...
  18. Sirius2

    Solidworks for (forming)PressTools and pipe fixtures?...

    Has anyone had any luck using Solidworks for exhaust pipe fixtures or multistage (forming) presstools yet?. How about modelling things in an assembly that are non contacting (yet positioned in relation to each other) and at compound angles in 'car line' orientation?. If you can follow what on...
  19. Sirius2

    Inventor for PressTools & Exhaust Pipes?.......

    Has anyone had any luck using Inventor for exhaust pipe fixtures or multistage (forming) presstools yet?. How about modelling things in an assembly that are non contacting (yet positioned in relation to each other on a fixture) and at compound angles in 'car line' orientation?. If you can...

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