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    Resistance amplification?

    I have a project that I am working on that is used to show, very simply, the difference in resistance between different materials. I'm using wires of a relatively small diameter, however I'm seeing that the resistance is going to be so small that it will not be measureable using standard...
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    SW Explorer problem

    My VARs have been utterly useless to me for helping me solve this issue, so I hope someone here has some experience with this that can help: SW Explorer is finding nothing. I have a network drive that has all the drawings on that I have set up SW explorer to search through. I have removed all...
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    Noob multimeter question

    I'm going to pre-apologize for this question, as it's pretty simple: I have a multimeter that I'm trying to figure out what the accuracy is when measuring small values of ohms (.5-10ohms). The booklet for the meter states: Range:500.00ohms, Resolution: 0.01 ohms, Accuracy 0.05%+10^3 I don't...
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    Brass that's attracted to magnets?

    A product that we receive from overseas has parts that are solid brass, however those parts are attracted to strong (neodymium) magnets. My research into brass and its properties is somewhat conflicting. The materials handbooks say that there's nothing in brass that will make it attract to...
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    Steel roller availability

    The company I work for has a product that uses steel rollers which are hardened and chromed. The specifications called out for this roller are way overkill for our use (60 Rc, dia tolerance of .0005", etc) and the small quantity we use makes them costly to produce. What I'm wondering is...
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    Hardenable stainless?

    I have a product that currently uses CRS for a 3" roller in a press-type application. This roller is ground undersized, carburized to Rc 58-62 and chromed to prevent rusting. It seems to me that this is overkill for this particular application since the press is only used to create impressions...
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    Insert part revs from drawings into assembly drawing

    I've contacted my local SW rep. regarding this, but he couldn't find a solution. I'm hoping someone out there might know of one: What I'm looking to do is: say you have a part. You make a drawing from that part. As time goes by, revisions are made to that part (eg. A, B, C...) and these...
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    Rendering job at Get a Freelancer

    I know nothing about the company posting this job, and I probably wouldn't list anything about it if I had the SW capabilities (I'd just do it myself :) ), but I don't have the rendering capabilities I've seen some of you display (which iss what's required), so here it is. The Getafreelancer...
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    Static resistant plastic type?

    The company I work for manufactures devices that create a static electrical charge. This charge is kept in a spherical collector that rests on top of a tube. The charge is in the range of 200-400kV however with a very small amperage (Van de Graaff Generator). We currently use PVC on one unit and...
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    VMC/Machine models

    I have a project requiring a sample layout of a factory. Does anyone know where I can obtain 3-d models of any machinery, robots, conveyors, AVG's, etc? They need not be pretty, just size representational. Thank you.
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    Saveing multiple file formats

    The ERP software we use has the ability to print out any file we like along with a RFQ, purchase requisition, etc. I'd like to set up the purchasing agent with the ability to print the most recent drawing as needed. Is it possible to save in multiple file formats at one time? For example: do...
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    Spherical mate along curve?

    So.. I have this ball in an assembly, and I want to have it roll between two steel plates that are equidistant from each other, both with an identical curve (imagine a piece of U-channel that is curved with a steel ball rolling along it). Is this possible to model in SW to the point of...
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    Origin centering upon creation of assembly?

    Is it possible for the first part you insert into an assembly to have it's front, top and right planes mated with that of the origin? I can find no rhyme or reason as to how that first part, the one that becomes fixed upon insertion, is placed? Right now I have to "float" it and then mate all...
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    Dimension text darkness

    It seems as though, sometime in the past couple months, that my dimension text has gone "gray" on me. I'm certain it used to be darker. Now when a drawing is printed out, it comes out light and doesn't fax well at all. Sometimes the original drawing is hard to read as well. Odd thing is that the...

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