We have four boxed copies of AutoCAD 2008 Mechanical (individually licensed). We're adding a fifth person to do CAD, and now I need to source another seat. I'd like to keep everyone on the same version for a few different reasons, and upper management isn't convinced that we should upgrade...
Think of this small example.
Dim dblA as Double
Dim dblB as Double
Dim dblC as Double
dblA = 2
dblB = 4
dblC = dblA + dblB
MsgBox dblC
'Returns 6
I want to write my own data type class to handle numerical data of a different type, such as with complex numbers or high-precision floating point...
I'm trying to put diagrams and pictures into a Microsoft Access report so I make a nice PDF for eventual mass publication (after some doctoring up in InDesign). The final resulting PDF will be widely used by customers and coworkers, and it will see many downloads from our website.
Right now...
I think my chances of passing the general test or the mechanical test are almost even, leaning a bit toward the general side. I've been out of school for about two and a half years now, but I'm a proficient self-learner, and I tend to read a lot of geeky stuff both in and out of my field. I'm...
We bought some cheap Asian parts machined out of steel, and since I was jointly responsible for the engineering, I drew the short straw to work on the first article inspections. The parts are made of chrome-plated steel. The machinists left quite a few shavings along with a lot of oil inside of...
We had some parts made, and the supplier didn't follow the print. We're trying to decide whether we can still use them to get out of a bind.
We have a stepped shaft loaded in tension where there is no fillet radius. It's made of induction-hardened chrome-plated steel. (I can give more specs on...
I work as an applications engineer and reverse engineer for a distributor, and many of our clients have little or no college education. The term "engineer" seems to be loosely tossed around by people all over this industry. I did not take my FE exam, though, so I cannot call myself an EIT. Would...
A few years ago I read somewhere that a material can have two different emissivity coefficients for absorbing and radiating energy, even orders of magnitude apart. For a device designed to absorb energy, for example, this would result in less loss due to re-emission of the radiant energy. Where...
