We have recently been asked to qualify a repair procedure and we are struggling with one aspect.
The customer specifically asked that we create a weld with a defect in it, then repair the weld to qualify the procedure. What we are struggling with is how to create the defect.
The weld itself...
Had a miss-communication between myself and a vendor supplying a part. Vessel was taped with 1/2-13 holes and the vendor part required 3/8-16.
Neither the vessel or supplied part can be modified easily.
I can either buy or make thread inserts that will go into the 1/2-13 hole and leave me a...
I have a customer in Canada who has ordered a machine that will have a pressure vessel on it. A small vessel made of 304SS pipe with welded elliptical ends made to Sect 8 Div 1.
In their specs they require we use material values from the 1998 addition of Sect 2 Part D.
My understanding is the...
I'll start off by saying I'm a mechanical engineer so could the electrical guys write slowly.
I am working on a project where I will be using an AC drive to power a large piece of equipment. It's a government project so I can't be more specific. The power available from the facility is given...
I found this older posting about the same thing but I wanted to see if any has found a way to do this in 2007.
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=105368
When you open, or save a file the dialog box that opens has some options on the left for Recent Documents, My Documents, and a few...
I wanted to know if anyone has come across a command, similar to the Collapse All command for the Feature Manager, that does the same thing in the File Explorer of the Task Pane.
I like that when I click on a model part or assembly the explorer scrolls to it in the vault, but that often leaves...
I am in the process of creating a test vault to use to get everyone to buy in to making the switch to PDMWorks. I have run into a problem and wanted to get some suggestions and feedback.
I mentioned in a previous post that our network is extremely slow so I will be putting everything, even...
I am trying to convince my employer to not only upgrade to 2009 but to start running a vault/PDM Works. To do this I created a vault on my machine and am setting everything up so others can use it. Once he likes it we will move to a server.
Having said that here is my problem. I have been...
I've hit a wall on this one and am looking for any help or insight.
I am trying to locate some Hastelloy C-276 Pipe, specifically 3/4" SCH 80 x 12" Long.
My problem has been that I only need 2 pieces for a prototype. All the suppliers I have found require fairly large minimum buys and they...
My daughter had a project over the weekend that got me thinking about something. The project for the class was to have each student put together a toolbox of what a person would have for a number of professions. She, just out of luck, got to do one for an Engineer. One of the things I did was...
I'm currently going through the process and setting my business up.
Got the PE, have registered my name, and now I'm looking for a logo with other marketing materials.
I'm very fortunate that my wife is a graphic designer who specializes in creating corporate identities and she is working on...
I'm looking for information on creating Foundation Drawings for large machinery.
This is a drawing that would be given to a Civil Engineer to design the floor that the equipment will be placed on. I'm the machine designer and need a way to comunicate with a Civil so they can design the floor...
I'm running SW2005 and am starting to work with COSMOS.
The vast majority of my work will involve the analysis of large weldments.
I figured out how to convert the weldments into assemblies to run the analysis but I'm looking to see if anyone knows of a macro to do this.
I would be fine with...
I'm detailing a part in 2005 SP0.1
I'm using metric hardware and all holes were created using the hole wizard selecting size and pitch.
When I go to detail I use the hole callout and it shows up as a threaded hole with most of the information but the pitch is missing. Instead of getting...
I spoke with my SW rep and he told me this is a bug but he didn't have any real workaround so I thought I would post this here.
Here is the problem.
I make a drawing of a weldment, or anything for that matter, that has more then 1 sheet. I draft it and print it and everything looks fine. I...
I'm having a small problem that is more frustrating then anything and I want to know if anyone can tell me what is going on.
I'm in a draft and I have all my options set for how I want things to look.
I then try and save my settings as a favorite for detailing later. I am trying to create a...
I looking to find out if there is a way to force SW to dimension, specifically a radius, with a diameter.
I found that bolt circles are created using radiused sections of center line so when I go to dimension it I only get a radius.
I also have a case of a sprocket with a shaft hole and key...
I used the groove tool to make a groove for an external Truarc ring.
I thought this was a neat tool since I just specified the size of the ring and the software did the rest.
My problem is that when I go to draft the part the radius' at the bottom of the groove arent showing. When I look at...
We just recently started using SW and I am looking to find a way to easily use some low profile socket head cap screws.
I want to try, and I emphasise try, to put something into the whole wizard to allow a counterbore for the bolt, and then put the bolts in the tool box.
I understand the...
Anyone have a good place to find motors to download into SW.
I have Reliance Motors, which does have models that go directly into SW, but they don't have all their motors.
Has anyone found a good place to find these models???
