Does anyone know of a formula to determine the length of material in a volute spring?
The given data would be:
ID
OD
Material thickness
Material Width
Clearance between coils
Thanks,
Dominic
As the thread title suggests, I would love to be able to customize Inventor 2013's user interface to make it look more like the older version of Inventor. You can do that with AutoCad Mechanical. You simply change the view to "AutoCad classis" and those annoying "panel bars" go away and you get...
We have want to bond a piece of silicone coated silica fabric to a piece of polyurethane coated polyester.
We've tried a number of adhesives including RTV, Loctite Extreme Repair Adhesive, and CA Glue. The CA glue was the only adhesive that seemed to work. However it was a brittle bond at best...
Typically during the design process, and while in the Assembly Environment I like to switch the view to Isometric and print the model as it appears. I used to be able to do this but all of a sudden I'm not. This happens ONLY in Inventor and with EVERY printer that I use. It even happens with...
I'm looking for an on line source for structural shape dimensions.
While I have a feeling that the angles, wflanges, and the rest of the "canned" shapes in the Content Center are reasonably correct, I've recently been asked to double check some of them. It's not the overall dimensions. It's...
For starters, I'm using Inv V11, SP2.
I just got this message when attempting to unfold (what I thought was) a rather simple sheet metal part (I have attached a screen shot).
It says that it "..could not spilt between and plate. Please check if there is a relief gap so bend can be deformed."...
I have a weldment assembly that is made up of W-Flanges from the Content Center. Most of these W-Flanges feature copes or special cuts at one end or another. So they need a discreet part number in order to keep track of them. At first the Content Center seemed like a Godsend due to the ease of...
I need to add a dimension to an Inventor Dwg and I’m having some problems. I need to place a horizontal dimension that shows the distance between the intersection of two w-flange centerlines. I've attached a screen shot that shows what I'm taking about.
In Autocad I would just use the “INT”...
We have a requirement to supply drawings to one of our suppliers. And since they don't have Inventor, and need actual drawing files to work on, we give them AutoCad Drawings. However, the conversion is not without it's flaws. I have attached two screen shots (The AutoCad Version is attached to...
Yeah, it's the new guy again.
I am working on a rather small welment assembly and I just started getting this message:
"Your Inventor session has used up more than 80% of the available process address space (2048 MB). It is highly reccomended that you close down some documents before...
How do I attach text to a balloon? For example, I want to add the text "2X" alongside the balloon to denote that there are 2 instances of this part.
I can't believe that you need to make a text box each and every time you need to do this! There has to be a simpler way.
I have had multiple instances where Inventor V11 crashes during a simple rectangular array. I am in an Assembly, in the “Machining” browser section, and go to array a cut out. When I attempt to do this the system crashes. I have searched the Inventor Website for a hotfix for this issue, but have...
I just switched over to Inventor 2008 from Solid Edge and was wondering if there was an add on program, or if Inventor had a feature akin to Solid Edge's "Revision Manager".
If you are unfamiliar with this software I can explain. It is a stand alone program that comes with Solid Edge. It allows...
I've been having a bit of a problem getting my dimensions and dimension lines to plot/print out with sufficient thickness while using SE V18.
In other words, the line work comes out fine, but the dimensions come out hazy. At one point the line work was too thick and I changed it. I must have...
This is probably something VERY simple to fix. But I seemed to have forgotten how to do this!
I'm working on a draft file and I'm in the process of dimensioning some holes. I use the "Callout" command with the smart "Hole Callout" option. When the dim is displayed on the Draft file, I get a...
My question involves linking a sketch that was constructed in the assembly enviroment back to a part in that asm.
While in the SEV18 Asswmbly Environment, you should be able to invoke the "Sketch" command, and then use the "Include" command to select the lines of the part you want to include...
I've been tasked with making models of a part "detailed" in a AutoCAD 2007 Drawing. Currently I'm using Solid Edge V18 (with all the updates loaded) and I'm finding there are a couple of problems.
1.)SEV18 will not read an AutoCAD 2007 drawing. Within AutoCAD 2007, I need to save the drawing in...
I was wondering if there was a batch conversion program or macro that will enable me to convert a bunch of PAR, ASM, and PSM files into STEP files.
Thanks,
Dominic Greco
We have an assembly that has several sheaves (pulleys) in line. I need to model the cable that is being passed over and around these sheaves. I was going to use create in place, but cannot get it to select the sketch representing the cross section of the cable that I made in the assembly. Is...
