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  1. Adrian2

    High temperature liquid to air heat exchanger

    Hi Folks; I need some help locating a supplier for a liquid to air heat exchanger intended to be used in a stack with 850 degree C airflow. Attempting to heat up liquid using waste heat Are there commercial heat exchanger that do this or would this be a custom design ? Many Thanks in advance...
  2. Adrian2

    File security when sharing SolidWorks files

    Hi Folks; A project I am involved with right now for the US Military involves a lot of SolidWorks drawing, assembly and part files. About 80 percent of the files are technology that belong to the US Army, the remaining 20% are our proprietary patented technology. We are in the middle of...
  3. Adrian2

    Linked properties not working in drawing

    Dear Folks; Working on a simple drawing with an assembly and a BOM, using the standard out of the box templates. I have Balloons attached to multiple views that behave properly but certain notes are linked to the custom property "description" But instead of displaying the custom property the...
  4. Adrian2

    Configure a hole wizard feature

    Dear Folks; Can I configure a hole wizard feature in SW2012 ? That is, if I have a part with a 1-1/2" NPT pipe thread made by the hole wizard, can I configure it to 1/2", 3/4" or 1" NPT ? That way I can cycle through the sizes without having to redefine or configure mates for parts such as...
  5. Adrian2

    Minimum wall thickness of aluminum extrusion

    Dear Folks; Could anyone tell me if there is a limit to wall thickness in aluminum extrusion using 6061-T6 ? I have drawings of parts made in China with wall thickness 0.90mm and 0.80 +/- .15mm I am being told that no one in North America can extrude sections of this thickness Would...
  6. Adrian2

    PLC Software saving to AutoCad

    Dear Folks; Are the any commercial PLC packages that can save the ladder logic diagrams they create to .dwg format ? I was just checking out Rockwell Automations RSLogix programming environment and did not see any means to do this. Not sure if you have to pay for extra software to make this...
  7. Adrian2

    Same part, different colors, all on the same drawing

    Dear Folks; I have a client who wants a color coded drawing made. The drawing is meant to be laminated and shipped with the equipment so the operators can pull out the drawing and refer to it as needed. On the drawing I have a line that carries water, another that carries chemical and another...
  8. Adrian2

    Hatching something strange with annotations

    I am working with Autocad 2009 annotative dimensioning and mleaders and it really is the bees knees. Except when it comes to hatching. Not really sure why these three things might be related but when I move the grips on an annotative dimension or alter the text in an mleader the hatching behind...
  9. Adrian2

    Cant change entities to another layer

    Heres a simple one I am using to being able to changing the layer of any drawing entity by clicking on it and pulling down the layer control tab and clicking on the layer I want to change the entity to. But it does not work on the clients autocad and I cannot find the setting that might be...
  10. Adrian2

    Annotative

    Im using AutoCad 2009 and I have got used to using annotative dimensioning. I tried making a block with text attributes annotative but it just dissapears when I insert it on the end of a leader. Was not visible in a different scale either. My procedure was as follows: Used attdef to create...
  11. Adrian2

    Acad 2010 Ribbon Bars

    Dear Folks; Is it easy to turn off the ribbon bars/menus in acad 2010 and replace them with the smaller icons from earlier versions ? I have custom toolbars set up in 2006 which keep almost all the icons I need on the screen at one time withing easy reach. Best Regards Adrian Dunevein AAA...
  12. Adrian2

    Snap Hook Question

    Dear Folks; I am working on a enclosure which needs to have 2 snap hooks to hold it together. These snap hooks need to be released by pushing a screwdriver blade into a recess into the enclosure. I am using SolidWorks 2008 to create the model. Does anyone know of any source where I can find a...
  13. Adrian2

    Redefine a relative to view

    Dear Folks; I work with 2008 SP4.0 and make a lot of weldments using insert view relative to model to make the details of the individual components. The relative to model view allows you to pick the individual solid body initially when you first create the view. But if you make changes to the...
  14. Adrian2

    How do I mate these parts together

    Dear Folks; I've enclosed a jpeg file showing the one of the center wedge locks on a swing bridge. http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=694ee408-f6b6-4abc-8586-cac650d266fb&file=center_wedge_model.jpg The Moveable Wedge slides in a T slot in the Bridge Bracket. It's easy enough to...
  15. Adrian2

    Weldment Profiles ANSI Inch file innacurate

    Dear Folks; Some weeks ago I downloaded the free ansi inch weldment profiles found in Solidworks Content central. This file has all the available ansi standard channels, angles and beams for use in solidworks weldments. Unfortunately these sizes dont match up to standard channel and beam sizes...
  16. Adrian2

    How to find the length of a long pipe ?

    Dear Folks; In my autocad days I would use the pedit command to create a polyline using the centerline of a long pipe or a duct run and then list the properties of that polyline to find its total length. Whats the best way to do this with SWX office pro 2007 without having to buy the routing...
  17. Adrian2

    Different values for weight in weldments

    Dear Folks; I have a drawing of a weldment in SW2007 and the weights are showing up different in the cut list than they do in the cut list properties of the weldment part. I have set both the weldment part file mass properties properties to pounds and my material is set to plain carbon steel...
  18. Adrian2

    Sheet Format Problem

    Dear Folks; I have created a custom sheet format using my clients autocad title block. The necessary slddrt and slddot files were created and place in the C:/solidworks data and template folders. Now the template works fine for a single sheet but as soon as I add a second sheet it dissapears...
  19. Adrian2

    Library Feature Parts for Wooden Structural Members

    Dear Folks; Is there a link to a set of library features for wooden structural members such as 2x4's, 2x6's and 4x4's Many Thanks Adrian Dunevein AAA Drafting Services www.aaadrafting.com http://home.cogeco.ca/~adunevein/ SW2006 Office Pro. SP4.1
  20. Adrian2

    SW Structural Shapes Library Feature Files

    Dear Folks; I use weldments a lot and would like to expand the library of structural shapes beyond the 2 or 3 sizes that are provided with my SW 2007 Pro licence. I added all the standard inch channels from my AISC manual of steel construction. But it would be nice if I could find a website...

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