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    how was this molded?

    Any ideas on how a toy such as this could be molded? http://www.raymondgeddes.com/67617-neon-balls.html The toy is a very soft elastomeric childs toy. It is a spherical shaped toy with dozens of squiggly tentacles about an inch long all over the surface of the ball. The toy is hollow filled...
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    Can a degree limit job opportunities?

    Get a bachelors in business administration - you could probably work anywhere. Get a PhD in nuclear power, and there may be only a handful of jobs available. but if you get that PhD, you are probably pretty certain that you have found the right industry for you. What if you are still unsure of...
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    layoffs

    If a company decides to implement layoffs for whatever reason, is there a standard criteria for who gets the boot? seniority? experience? salary? random? etc.. I've always pondered this and now I have some friends and family that may be affected. Matthew Dunbar, CSWP New Balance Athletic...
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    Thinkpad W500 - anyone buy one yet?

    I'm thinking of getting a maxed out W500 since they are on sale till tomorrow. This laptop replaces the t61p and looks pretty nice. Anyone purchase one yet? Matt Matthew Dunbar, CSWP New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc.
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    Career guidance! Graduate Certificates.. Masters..???

    I am a full time working professional (Sr. CAD Designer). I have a BS Industrial and Management Engineering and am about to complete a Graduate Certificate (GC) in Plastics Engineering (elastomeric materials). A GC is 4 courses. In an effort to diversify my experience/resume, and also out of...
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    Custom mouse cursor settings

    I am setting up a screen recorded training video, I would like to highlight the cursor when I click. I have seen this done before but I cannot find the drivers/program that I need to enable this. I am using MS Intellimouse driver, the only option I find is to highlight the cursor when...
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    SWW 08 location?

    I wasn't able to attend SWW this year, any word on where it will be next year? -Matt
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    fundamentals - storage modulus

    I am trying to better understand some fundamentals I am struggling with here, any help would be greatly appreciated... In two phase polymers, how is phase mixing between domains indicated in a storage modulus-temperature sweep graph?
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    crack propagation

    Why do two-phase polymers have a higher resistance to crack propagation than single-phase polymers?
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    Scan to 3D-powerful but still missing functionality

    I have been manipulating mesh data (STL, VRML) in SW2007 using the new scan to 3D add in for a few days Anyone have any experience with this yet? Here are some of my observations so far: 1) I can snap to the mesh very easily in a 3D sketch. 2) Although you can snap to the mesh you cannot make a...
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    Anyone creating more complex part files than this?

    Just curious, is anyone out there creating large complex part files in SolidWorks? I design shoe soles, below I have posted the feature statistics for a particulalry large file I recently completed. 42 minute rebuild, 5 minutes just to hit save. This file has over 1,800 features. File...

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