i need to weld two surfaces together. my problem is that they do not touch. they are about 0.125" away from eachother and when we manufacture them, this space has been left for the weld. Yes, thats kind of a big weld, but we need the full penetration between these two parts, thus the gap has...
I work for a comapany that is currently under contract to produce a material handling system. We have a working design and prototype of one of our designs. However, in the ever lasting need to make things lighter, we are currently investigating ways of doing so. One way that has come up is to...
Im using Wildfire 3.0, and when you have a part open that you would like analyzed and open Mechanica for the first time for that part, it brings up a box asking what kind of analysis and if you want to do a FEM. My co-worker clicked on the FEM box and continued on, now he has changed his mind...
Im trying to find the center of gravity for my whole model. I have thus far been able to find the CoG within a plane, but that is not what I need. Is there a way to get the X Y and Z coordinates for the CoG of the full 3D model?
The company I work for is looking to simulate what can be considered a 'shock' load on a plate. What I have is a plate of steel, roughly 12"x12"x1.75" that rolls along a track. the track is not smooth and at certain point (ie intersection) within the track, the plate will drop slightly...
I have ProE Wildfire 3 at work and have never used Model Check. What does it do, how do I use it... etc... you know, the basics. Im pretty good with ProE in general, no expert by any means, but would like to know how ModelCheck works
