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  1. engmechs

    Signing my life away?

    I worked at the current company for about a year, and recently, the schedule manager was changed to a new guy. The new guy asked me to sign each drawing before released to the production floor. Regarding this arrangement, I have some concerns/ reservations on this. The previous schedule manager...
  2. engmechs

    Trying to turn a sheetmetal shop to machine shop?

    Hi all, Recently, I started as a CAD engineer in a sheetmetal fabrication company. In my first week, a QC manager came and asked me to go over future drawings carefully for one particular company. He said if necessary, better to say we can't do it to the company. As they used GD&T...
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    Questions on cosmos

    Hi all, Is there any way to create bolt/ connectors in patterns quickly, or copy/paste to designated holes? I have a model has over 30 holes for connectors, & it would be consuming tons of minutes to put them to place. Another question is: what is appropriate setting for my plot results for...
  4. engmechs

    Questions on mesh generation

    Hi all, I am new to cosmos FEA, & going through tutorial on linear dynamics (randome vibration). Tried the pcb simulation step by step, & it worked out ok. However, when I tried to run the natural frequency analysis of the pc board assy, an error message always came up: Number of element...
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    Line thickness print problem - SW2009

    Hi all, My workstation was upgraded from SW2008 to 2009 SP2.0. A few problems encountered & they were fixed. One problem really troubles me and the upgrade changed all line thickness by itself. This caused problem in printing & editing existing/ new drawings. In 2008, it was easy to change it...
  6. engmechs

    Minus sign on suppressed parts within assy

    Hi all, My supervisor told me to generate a solidworks assy in a certain format - that is to have a multi-configuration assy for presenting it in different stages. However, there is one thing that bugs him - he doesn't like the minus sign (inside the bracket on feature manager tree area) of an...
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    Bolt tightening torque for Non steel material

    Hi all, I worked in an electro-mechanical dept, & my coworker asked me about bolt torque rating for various sized bolts. I then showed him what my normal reference chart to him, but he showed me the electrical contactor & fuse flanges are made of Copper/ Nickel type material, which is softer...
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    Review & Measurement

    Hi all, There is a new engineering management system starting soon this year & basically it was stated as a tool to improve employee’s efficiency. It is not official announced yet, but people started talking about it already. One rumor I heard about is that a “measurement” method on all of...
  9. engmechs

    Fan box too noisy

    To all, I have an acoustic problem encountered in engineering dept recently, & it is getting hotter each day. A add on designed sheet metal box was developed for telecom industry, which hosted 2 fan units inside. The fans were used for cooling equipments inside the enclosure. The box size is...
  10. engmechs

    Louver size

    Hi all, I am looking for a punch tool/die for creating a louver profile, can anyone please tell me where I can find this info on the website? I am trying to create a series of louver on 1/8" material thick door (Al.6061), with max. opening Please advise. Regards, engmechs
  11. engmechs

    reload a part with same name

    Hi all, I am working on an assembly with numerous parts, & for a part I want to reload it with a modified version, but same name, at a different file location. How can I do that? I tried to replace it but with no luck. Please advise. Regards, engmechs
  12. engmechs

    Telecom box design

    Hi all, My company was about to design telecom enclosures for power distribution unit & I am looking for info for it. Is there any guidelines or practical tips for this, such as structural & water/ dust protection requirements (NEMA 4X)? Regards, engmechs
  13. engmechs

    Variable section sweep problem

    Hi all, I am working on a variable section sweep, & origin curve depends on another curve defined in another graph (profile). Everything seems ok as after I input the relation, the section size changed to match the initial graph y value. However, it doesn't reflect the variation in cross...
  14. engmechs

    automate holes on a rounded shaft by relation

    Hi all, I am new to relation in proe, & I had been trying to setup a relation in my shaft model to insert a hole on the shaft's flange. my relation is as below: p = floor (d3/2) ang_slot = 360/p where ang_slot is the angle between the 1st hole & datum. d3 is the o.d. of shaft Now, the...
  15. engmechs

    Manage large assemblies in Pro E

    Hi all, I tried to look into materials in learning about managing large Pro E files/ assemblies. Areas include shrinkwarp & other commands. Is there any website other than pro e site can provide this info? Pro E site has some interesting topics, but my viewer can't see some of them... Need a...
  16. engmechs

    Hole table question

    Hi all, I want to create a hole table in sheet metal part. But when I select the coordinate system, the message say the coordinate system was incorrect. What does this mean? I used the original default coordinate system & also tried to make a new one to do it, but with no success. Please help...
  17. engmechs

    Interlock design for plastic enclosure

    Hi all, I am working on an interlock design for electronic enclosure. My problem is to design a feature interlock A which can achieve the following: #1: hold enclosure in vertical direction #2: hold enclosure in horizontal direction Details are listed in pic 1 & 2 at website...
  18. engmechs

    Cavity rework with surfacing

    Hi all, I have been trying to smooth out on a cavity section. The cavity (is like a bowl shape) with a tiny recess step in the middle. I want to get grid of it, by creating a new surface cut between the recess line & a new line. The lines are set to tangent to the rest of the surface...
  19. engmechs

    Control Points on surfacing

    Hi all, Can someone point me a direction how to set control points on surfacing (such as Blend boundaries)? I checked my textbook, & stuff, but didn't say too much on it. Thanks in advance. engmechs
  20. engmechs

    Create a 3D surface with constraints at both ends

    Hi all, The question is about surfacing: I want to create a surface wall which joins two 3D surfaces (1 at top & 1 at bottom).The difficulty that there are constraints applied for this middle wall surface. For the lower end of wall surface, there is a 10 degree draft angle...

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