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For those that are following the publication of the 2nd edition of ASCE 113, the peer review was completed and all chapters were turned into ASCE. They made some grammar changes and looked over the references and turned it back to our committee to review. Our revisions were...
I have a new add-on for ACAD that interfaces with GTSTRUDL that adds its own profile. You access ACAD from within GTSTRUDL.
When I go back to use plain ACAD 2016, the CAD profile is still active and my LISP routines are not loaded or when I type the LSP name, the dialog does not open. I can...
I like the looks of stacked fractions and use them a lot to detail steel pieces I design. If I place the dimensions one at a time, the fractions stack like I want after I hit the space bar. When I occasionally use the Continuing Dim feature, the fractions do not stack even after I hit the space...
We have 4 network copies of ACAD and we hit our limit the other day and I couldn't open it. Is there a utility from Autodesk or somewhere else that will tell who has the program open?
Just getting into 3D drawing and have some square concrete piles driven at 15° angles near an old pile foundation with piles at 3:12 slope. I've managed to draw the old piles and new piles and their caps as 3D solid objects. I can move the 2 and use the INTERFERE function to check when they...
Sorry for the dumb question but I mostly do frame and truss analysis and only do FEA very occasionally. I use GTStrudl and their baseplate wizard to model and mesh up a flat plate with an angle welded to it held down on anchor bolts.
By hand I usually find the bolt loads and pick a bend line...
Our group has 15 copies of ACLT 2006 and no subscription with Autodesk. They are too old to get the reduced price upgrade so we would have to buy 15 new copies. I use ACLT about 4 times per month and am the heaviest user. The other 14 people use it once every 2 months.
Does Autodesk have an...
I don't have to stamp things very often since I work for a public utility in Texas. This week I had to write a letter that had to be sealed to a City. The guy that wanted it to give to the City needed it immediately. I usually do the letter, use my embosser stamp and seal several copies and...
We typically use ACAD LT 2d to draw our transmission towers parts and pieces and wanted to get into 3d solid models to check clearances when we increase member sizes in existing towers. We are evaluating solid edge and solid works and trying to see which one is best for what we need. SW seems...
I used to do more FORTRAN programming but haven't done much lately. We have Compaq Visual FORTRAN loaded on Win XP and we will get Windows 7 in a few months. I am wondering if my old CVF will run on Win7 (32 or 64 bit)? Has anyone had any experience with CVF and Win7...
We have a transmission tower out in some salt water in a bay (up on piers but in the splash zone) that someone put in with SS anchor bolts. The drawings do not specify the grade or type of SS that was used. One of the anchor bolts (cast in concrete) got damaged so we need to break the concrete...
My company migrated to Office 2007 with Excel 2007. I have some old spreadsheets with the extensions WB1, WQ1, and WK1 from old versions of Quattro Pro and Lotus IIRC. I asked our IT dept if there is a converter out there and they were less than helpful saying I needed to find and install the...
ASTM A475 lists the properties of several types of galvanized stranded cables used for guy wire. I was looking for a reference for the modulus of Elasticity (MOE) of these cables. It should be less than solid steel rod since as you load the cable it unwinds the individual strands a little and...
I am a structural engineer and have been working for over 30 years analyzing transmission towers and poles that support wire. My boss is an Electrical Engineer with a PE. His boss is a business major. The Vice President is a Mechanical Engineer.
The problem is the analysis of towers with a...
Have you seen the TV ad by Chevrolet that says "9 out of 10 models that we sell get 30 mpg on the highway or better"?
I don't see how that they can say this and what statistics are they using to make the statement? I realize that this is not much of an engineering question but I was just...
Does anyone make a deformed bar re-bar anchor bolt out of a weldable grade steel like F1554?
I need to revise the design of all of our "standard" anchor bolts (from 3/4 inch to 3" diam) to meet current ACI 318 code embedment depth. We use A615 Gr 60 threaded re-bar for the diameters up to 2"...
I need to analyze a metal building for a beam load of a cable tray on a Cee 10x3.5x12gage and was looking for something that listed the section properties. This is a lipped channel made from 12 gage sheet steel. Is there somewhere that properties are listed or should I just calculate them...
