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Similar questions have been asked but I have yet more!
We are implementing Creo 1.0 and Windchill 10. I understand the order that Creo uses to parse config.pro files and that it overwrites previously loaded choices except for config.sup ones. However, the locations are still unclear -...
Ok I give up - I want to change the default tolerances for my parts in Pro/E Wildfire 5 (soon to be Creo 1). I want three decimal places to go to +/- .005"
I've placed the following tag in my config.pro: "linear_tol_0.000 .005"
but in the corner of the screen (tolerance display enabled) it...
I think this is the best forum, but please recommend others if you can think of a better one:
There is a program for National Engineers Month (February in case you forgot) that involves going to local schools and presenting on your job and engineering careers in general - drumming up excitement...
Kind of a weird question, but does anybody have any info on the allowable or resultant angular mis-match on a standard UNC thread?
I realize the threadform standard is more concerned with diameter fits, and that my question is heavily dependent on the length of the screw - let's consider an...
Ok, I have a potential part which is pretty small, although not microscopic. I need to get a 2d shape cut with corner radii on the order of .004". I'm working in titanium with a part thickness around .050"
Should I be looking into laser-cutting, waterjet, or EDM?
Can anybody point me towards a source for the strain-hardening exponent for Titanium? Specifically Ti 6Al 4V ELI, annealed. I've seen people give numbers around n=0.15, but I need an actual source to cite.
Thanks in advance.
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We have several vendors who will do this process which produces a dark grey sheen and is claimed to produce smoother surfaces, better galling properties, and improved fatigue strength in titanium alloy (Ti 6Al 4V)
Can anybody point me towards some non-proprietary papers that...
Hey all, I have a question which seems to be best-suited for this particular forum.
I want to drill through a relatively soft material, and once I reach a change in material density/hardness I want the drill to stop itself at that depth. I don't expect a screeching halt, but a general stoppage...
Ok, in a .ipt file, you can perform a cross-section analysis which will give you the 2D section properties of your cross-section. I'm interested in area at the moment but polar moment, moment of inertia, etc. are all there as well.
Is there a way to do this to a .iam assembly? I have two...
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My co-worker is having an(other) Inventor 2008 issue. He's spent the last few weeks working on some pretty complicated geometry for a medical device we're working on. After several iterations he's finally happy with the design and ready to take it into make a drawing.
Upon placing...
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I have a question as to whether or not this feature is (reasonably) machinable. I have a 8mm OD tube, approximately 180mm long, and I need to step down from a 6mm internal diameter to a 3mm diameter about 10mm from the tip (6mm ID for 170mm, then 3mm ID for the rest). I know this can...
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Does anybody have any experience with endoscopes and/or borescopes? I'm interested in the mechanism used for articulating the tip, I'd imagine you could use something similar to a push-pull control wire...not unlike a throttle cable? However, it seems there has to be a better way to...
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/13/crawford.htm
Just thought it was worth a read, as we engineers always seem to walk the line between shop and desk.
Hello all, we all know that middle click rotates your model about the origin. However, I just discovered that if you middle click on an object you will get some constraints which may be handy:
Middle click - select point : The point becomes the origin of rotation.
Middle click - select edge ...
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I did a quick search but couldn't find anything on this, so.
Is there a macro/plugin that will create new model configurations for the MMC and LMC of a model using the assigned tolerances?
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I've read through this forum with interest, but now have come to think hard about that unwieldy beast I call a career.
Two years ago I was just out of school (mechanical) and applying to every company I could think of. I got as far as a few phone interviews but it basically came...
Assuming we're dealing with Euclidian geometry here in SWx...
I have three orthogonal planes, but I can't directly put a reference point at their intersection.
I have a plane and a non-planar axis, but I can't directly place a point at the intersection of the two.
I'm aware there are...
Forgive me if this has been answered before, I couldn't find it if so.
I have a dimension (from a fillet) on a part which I want to show up on a drawing. Solidworks will not pull this dimension automatically (assumably because I do not have an orthogonal view to see it). Since it's a fillet...
Hello all, this may have been asked before but I couldn't find the thread if so.
I have a closed 2D contour, call it a jellybean, I want to get a line to be instantaneously perpendicular to this curve at any given point. This is a very simple task with a circular contour, but when my radius...
http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/articles/060410crbo_books
Haven't read the book, but the write-up was pretty interesting. Basically the premise is that different types of people place varying degrees of importance on different kinds of reasons.
Basically, we engineering types will read...
