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  1. Laserxenon

    PE Exam Prep / Bolt Stiffness

    Hello, I am preparing for the PE exam in 2 weeks and have some fundamental questions I would like to ask, starting with bolt stiffness. Many of these questions I know how to calculate, but I have been putting off understanding the "deeper" logic until now. Thanks in advance for your responses...
  2. Laserxenon

    Eccentric Loading of Welded Joint / Torsion

    I am wanting to understand the difference between J & Ju. I understand that Ju is the unit polar moment of inertia and it must be multiplied by an area (throat for example) to calculate the stress at that point. I am good with the throat area derivation. The way I am thinking about it, if you...
  3. Laserxenon

    Marks Handbook - 12th vs. 11th Edition

    Hello, I am going to be purchasing either of the two mentioned editions of Marks to have for taking the Mechanical PE exam and later for my library. On Amazon I found the following commentary about the 12th edition: Though revised and added two new chapter [Applied Mechanics and Engineering...
  4. Laserxenon

    Transfering Assembly Datums/Axes/Features To Part

    I sometimes am basing the placement of a feature in part "A" dependent on how things are coming together in assembly "ABC" which consists of Parts "A", "B" and "C". If i create say a axis or hole in assembly "ABC", how can i transfer or reassign that feature to part "A"? You can imagine that i...
  5. Laserxenon

    Advice for PE Mentorship Program

    Hello All, I have a degree in M.E. and passed my EIT when I graduated college about five years ago. Since graduation, I have worked in technical sales as a sales engineer. In this capacity, I 1) do not work under a P.E. and 2)don't do work that satisfies my state's requirement for creative...
  6. Laserxenon

    Online Patent Services

    I am looking at my options regarding patent search including potentially filing a provisional patent or full patent. The online companies offer there services at roughly 1/3 the rate of a local patent attorney. Does anyone have experience using these services?
  7. Laserxenon

    Looking for a Rubber Spacer/Strip Source

    I am looking for a supply of rubber spacers/strips as illustrated in the attached image. The purpose of this strip is that you would supply several different thicknesses so that you can put the spacer of your choice inside a tube which clamps around a round surface. The thicknesses would be...
  8. Laserxenon

    Trying to do Extrusion/Sweep But Can't Figure it Out

    I am trying to form two fillets from body 1 to body 2 as seen in the attached photos. I tried doing an extrusion from the right edge of surface 1 to body 2 and then extrude backward but this did not work. The problem is that surface one has a curve two it, so as i extrude back (into the...
  9. Laserxenon

    Best Modeling Approach for Scaffolding Structure in Pro-E?

    Hello All, If you have a minute, can you suggest how you would go about creating the attached file in Pro E? It is a scaffolding based tower approximately 32 ft. tall. The model is simply for promotional purposes (ie inserting the model in a site picture to illustrate the concept), no FEA or...
  10. Laserxenon

    XSec Question in WF4

    I am trying to place the cutting line ("arrows") in a drawing on a particular part and am having trouble doing so. I created a xsec view in the view manager in the model and saved it as XSec "A". When I go to place a new view in the drawing, I dont have a problem setting it up, and it does...
  11. Laserxenon

    Water Soluble Paper Dissolution as a Function of Time

    Hi All, I am looking for a water soluble paper for an application that necessitates the paper remain intact underwater for a period of time between 4-12 hours. This specification is not yet exact, nor is it necessary to be extremely precise, rather just that the paper remains intact for a...
  12. Laserxenon

    Need Help Finding An Existing Solution/Substitute for PVC Hanger Caps

    Hi All, Not sure if this is located in the correct forum- really had to scratch my head over it and then defaulted to my M.E.s! I am trying to located a supplier of vinyl hanger caps that are ovular in cross section not round. An example of your typical vinyl hanger can be found at...
  13. Laserxenon

    Detecting Presence of a Chemical

    Is there a chemical that can detect the presence of ethylene glycol in a solution? Ideally this would be something that changes color (or other visual indication)if there is greater than some concentration of the ethylene glycol in the solution. I have done some searching for this, and it...
  14. Laserxenon

    Patent Attorney

    I have my BSME (graduated 1 year ago) and have recently been thinking about going to law school and pursuing a career as a Patent Attorney. If anyone has any advise about this, I would love to hear it. Thanks!
  15. Laserxenon

    Mouse Troubles

    I am curently using Wildfire 2.0 and ever since i installed, I have not been able to use the mouse to pan or spin the model. I can use the middle mouse button to zoom in and out, but to reorient the model, I have to go into dynamic orient mode, and can then rotate, and pan. Up to this point, it...
  16. Laserxenon

    creating Holes in PRO E

    I have two questions on creating holes in a part with PRO E: 1) When you are giving the distance from a feature on a part to give the coordinates for the axis for the hole (x,y, or whatever) why does PRO E round off decimals...ie if i need the hole .0625" inches from say an edge, why does...
  17. Laserxenon

    Sketcher mode

    PLEASE HELP!! i am under a major time constraint to finish a project, and PRO E is not cooperating (i guess just murphys law in action!!). for some reason every time that i am in the sketcher mode and am drawing a part, PRO E will not show what I am drawing; for example, i begin in the...
  18. Laserxenon

    Cap Screw Markings

    Could any one point me to an online refernce giving who manufactured a given cap screw by the letters marked on the fastener head (I have a screw that is marked only " T U Z ", and I cannot find who made it). Thanks, drew
  19. Laserxenon

    PRO E Animation

    Any help would be apprectiated on this: I am trying to learn how to animate assemblies in Pro E, so that I can show the animation to a client. Unfortunately, my PRO E help function is not working properly, so I dont have that as a reference. If anyone could offer some suggestions on where I...
  20. Laserxenon

    Tensile strength of Hickory

    Could someone please refer me to the tensile strength of American Hickory, parallel to the grain of the wood. I checked www.matweb.com, but only could find values for the tensile strength perpindicular to the grain. If the value cannot be found, how do the strengths differ perpindicular versus...

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