Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations MintJulep on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  • Users: SteveSmith
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. SteveSmith

    Looking for a quality sheet metal fabricator in Mexico

    We are looking for a quality sheet metal fabricator in Mexico. Does anyone have experience with a good sheet metal fabricator in Mexico that you could share?
  2. SteveSmith

    AutoCAD 2011 DWG to PDF plotting problems

    Hi, We just upgraded from AutoCAD 2007 to 2011 and have a problem with the output of the default DWG to PDF plotter. The PDF files it creates look horrible in the Adobe reader compared to the 2007 version. When you print it out it looks ok but visually on the screen it is almost unreadable...
  3. SteveSmith

    AutoCAD 2004 Runtime Error

    I had the 30-day trial for Inventor 11 loaded and after the 30 days uninstalled it. Now every time I start AutoCAD 2004 I Get the following when I try to open an existing drawing or try to save a new drawing: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error! Program: C:\Program...
  4. SteveSmith

    Metric Self-Tapping screws

    I am trying to find what are the standard sizes and lengths of metric self-tapping sheet metal screws. So far I have found very little. At the Rittal web site I found what they call a "BZ 5.5 x 13 Muli-tooth Screw" for 4.5mm holes. Can anyone guide me to a decent website on this? Thanks in...
  5. SteveSmith

    Is anyone using ATI's Radeon 9550 with Inventor

    Hi, We have been using AutoCAD 2D for years and are now considering going to Inventor. I have A Radeon 9550 dual-monitor card in my system now and would prefer not to have to change as it works well with the Altium PCB software I use and AutoCAD 2004. Is anyone using this video card? If...
  6. SteveSmith

    CAD drawing of Bussmann BM series fuseblock

    Hi, I am looking for CAD drawing of Bussmann BM series fuseblock. Any available? Steve Smith, C.I.D. Product Engineer Staco Energy Products Co. www.stacoenergy.com
  7. SteveSmith

    DIN Rail Mount Control Transformers

    Hi, Does anyone know of a manufacturer of DIN rail mount control transformers. So far I can only find Hammond - http://www.hammondpowersolutions.com/docs/product/htp02section1dinrail.pdf Unfortunately, they do not have a 208V or 220V to 120V 50/60 Hz 75VA transformer. Steve Smith, C.I.D...
  8. SteveSmith

    Acad 2004 Express Tools will not load

    Hi, I have loaded AutoCAD 2004 directly onto my system. I am a power user on our network. When I logged on as an administrator, express tools loaded just fine. But when I logged on as myself, express tools will not load. Any ideas out there? Thanks, Steve Smith, C.I.D. Product Engineer...
  9. SteveSmith

    AutoCAD 2000 on Win XP MTEXT Problem

    Has anyone seen this problem? I have recently loaded ACAD 2000 on Win XP Pro and have had no problems except that when I underline a portion of the text and save it - all text starting from that portion that I underline is now underlined. Any clues? Thanks, Steve Smith, C.I.D. Product...
  10. SteveSmith

    Painting Galvanized Steel

    We are looking to reduce cost on some parts and it has been suggested that we change from aluminum to galvanized steel on the chassis and covers of these parts. I seem to remember that galvanized steel does not paint well. Is this true? Is there a process to paint galvanized steel? Thanks...
  11. SteveSmith

    Acad2000 Plot Style Table Problem

    Hi All, I've got a problem with the Plot style table defaulting to a differant .ctb than the one I want to use. Here are the details: We have 3 differant plotters that we use. We want to use 4 differant .ctb settings (one for each plotter and one for a plot to file setting). Under the...
  12. SteveSmith

    72 Pin SIMM Board Outline

    I'm looking for a spec sheet for the dimensional outline of a 72 pin SIMM p.c. board. Anyone have one they can fax or e-mail me? Thanks, Steve Smith Product Engineer Staco Energy Products Co. www.stacoenergy.com
  13. SteveSmith

    Identify Varistor Manufacturer

    I am looking to identify a varistor manufacturer which has a blue body with a pryamid shaped logo which consist of 4 horizontal lines with the letters S+M imbedded near the bottom. Any clues. Thanks. Steve Smith Product Engineer Staco Energy Products Co. www.stacoenergy.com
  14. SteveSmith

    Acad2000 Postscript Export

    Hi, I have a customer who wants a postscript version of a AutoCAD 2000 drawing. Unfortunately the postscript files I create do not seem to work. He keeps saying that his programs says it can not parse the postscript. Any clues as to what the problem is and how I can fix it? Thanks Steve...
  15. SteveSmith

    PDF Files

    Does anyone out there have any experience with creating Adobe Acrobat PDF files from AutoCad. We currently have a PDF writer we got with our scanner software but it only creates drawing sizes no larger than "B" size (11" x 17") so that "D" size drawings are scaled...
  16. SteveSmith

    New to surface mount PCB's

    Hi, I've done thru-hole PCB design for 25 years and am now going to finally get to layout a surface mount design for the 1st time. I'm looking for good reference data on surface mount (books, magazine articles, etc.) and any advice I can get. Thanks. Steve Smith Product Engineer Staco Energy...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top