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  1. eng1234

    Salary Survey's- middle engineering management?

    Looking for applicable salary survey's for Engineering managers (middle management). Any suggestions on the web appreciated.
  2. eng1234

    Preceived value as an engineer?

    Pardon the rant...but I have to find out how other companies value their engineers (person to person)? We are a small engineering department of 10 people, all mechanical engineers except one electrical engineer. The electrical guy, whom is a friend and I constantly call him he is high...
  3. eng1234

    Minimun cable bend radii

    Can anyone offer suggestions where to find a table of various steel cable diameters and their corresponding minimum bend radii?
  4. eng1234

    creating a bolt torque calculator

    Have any of you taken the time to create a recommended bolt torque calculator? I'm in planning stages of this project and looking for tips on how to create the data? I have found some good ones on line, but we would like to have our own in house.
  5. eng1234

    Bolt Torque Charts- needed

    I have been tasked to create a centeral database for all fastner types and their torque values. This table should be specific as to the material with the threads, if oil is used or not, etc. Any ideas where to collect this type of information on the web, via a downloadable chart?
  6. eng1234

    Basic Excel Testing sheet- wanted

    Looking for Basic Excel Testing sheet template to build several types of testing from. Those tests would include cycle testing, durability, etc. Looking for a format and page layout that would work best, any ideas to download on the web appreciated. Thanks!!
  7. eng1234

    looking for a quality Aluminum Extrusion facility

    We extrude several million pounds of Aluminum channel a year and have been dis-satisfied with our current supplier for sometime now. They often change our drawings/tolerances to help them maximize their material volume push, great for them, but bad for us. Any qualified suggestions are greatly...
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    Test method sheet- various uses?

    I'm looking for a generally written testing sheet that can be filled in manually or electronically for a multitude of testing. We run all types of spring tests, motor wear testing, corrosion testing, etc. It's my opportunity (task) to write a general testing sheet that can be used for as many...
  9. eng1234

    Test method sheet- various uses

    I'm looking for a generally written testing sheet that can be filed in manually or electronically for a multitude of testing. We run all types of spring tests, motor wear testing, corrosion testing, etc. It's my opportunity (task) to write a general testing sheet that can be used for as many...
  10. eng1234

    Stress Relieving- torsion springs

    I'm looking to find more information about strength/life cycle increases for a torsion spring that is heat treated after manufacturing. Our manufacture claims a 12-15% increase in the cycle life of the spring if we "bake" the spring after forming with the following process 20min. @450 deg F...
  11. eng1234

    Fiberglass shrink factor

    Can someone advise a percentage of shrink factor for fiberglass resin once cured?
  12. eng1234

    temperature sensitive paint

    I'm trying to track down any types of paint that are clear at a low temperature and become more opaque at a higher temperature. Any ideas where to look? Thanks, Todd
  13. eng1234

    changing transparency of glass?

    I have seen clear glass change cloudy for privacy, which I'm guessing is through some type of current application. Can anyone adivse if this process (film) needs to be internal to two glass panes? Could the film be used by itself? Any ideas where to search such information.
  14. eng1234

    New to SW, photoworks question

    New to Solidworks and wanted to explore photoworks to see it's capabilities on a very basic part. Created the desired geometry and opened up photoworks, but then received this error" Photoworks: warning "Failed to find the data directory containing Photoworks sample images" It seems to be I'm...
  15. eng1234

    How do I make solid models look good for our clients?

    Long time user of Ideas and currently using 10NX, love it. I would like to produce high end looking visual models that our design clients can look at and interpet. I'm able to create jpg, tiff, and VRML files for them to rotate, etc, but would really like to do more. I see the capabilities of...
  16. eng1234

    surface by boundary to a solid part?

    Just completed a multi surfaced part by created a 3D wire frame to create several individual surfaces. I than thought once I had all my individual surfaces (surface by boundary wireframe) that I could simply use the stitch command to fix each of these surfaces together, wrong. NO erros in the...
  17. eng1234

    sweep or loft comand for bladed part?

    I'm trying to create a bladed part through three specific cross sections and having some difficulty. I have three closed cross sections at various location in space and want to create a solid wing shape through them. The difficulty I'm having is the front edge of the blade is to be straight...
  18. eng1234

    setting up the print manager

    Any tips on how to set up the print manager for a generic laser printer. We currently have a Brother Multi-function laser printer. We are running Ideas NX on Windows 2000. We are currently using a plot utility program from a previous version of Ideas, but can't write out necessary jpeg files...
  19. eng1234

    Ideas drawing default file?

    Been using Ideas10 lately and looking for a drafting preferences solution. I'm looking for a default file of some type where I can set the drawing precision to default to Precise hidden? I would also like to set the default dimensioning and text sizes to 2.5 height (current default 3). I'm...
  20. eng1234

    Recommend a good CFD program?

    I'm looking to gain a better understanding of wing shapes,changing yaw angles, and how they are effected at low speeds (below 30 mph). Can someone please offer some advice on programs that can simulate these effects? I have been told designfoil although simplistic, is pretty good? Thanks!!

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