I have a project where I need to find a portable cutting tool and it has been difficult for me to find what my boss wants me to get. The tool needs to do the following:
- Cut through steel, up to 5/8" thick
- Cut holes up to 12" in diameter
- Cause no sparks, or very few
- Create no metal...
I have a problem with a link from a model to a drawing. If I have the drawing open, I can open the model from the drawing. However, if I have the model open and try to open the drawing from it, then it doesn’t have the link.
The model is 242 0XXX. The model has two configurations- 0100 and...
Can anyone give a quick explanation or a link to an explanation of what sensor repeatibility would be measuring exactly?
I have two different sensors I'm using in a project, and for both sensors the repeatability is given as +/- 1 mm. Both sensors detect the presence of liquid when there is...
What is the best way to email a SolidWorks assembly, so that you send the whole assembly, but the individual components and details are not accessible?
An engineer in the sister division of my company has requested the 3D models of my assemblies from one of my projects. I checked with my boss...
How do you change the start date on a project in the program OpenProj?
My department is supposed to start using OpenProj for our projects. My boss made a template that shows the standard tasks and time durations for our projects.
On the template, he put the start date for the entire project...
In Microsoft Excel or Word, it's really easy to do a find and replace, and you can change all the times that your document says "Aluminum" to "Steel" really easily. I'm looking for a way to do that in tables in the Solidworks drawings.
I have reference tables on some of my drawings. These are...
Does anyone know of any suppliers who have an inventory of nitrile washers? Seems like every place I've looked at so for either doesn't have the size I need, or would have to custom make the washers which would be too expensive just for testing.
A few days ago I asked here on how to cut...
I need to know how to cut 1/8" thick sheets of nitrile rubber into washers to test.
For a project at work, I'm planning to use some square nitrile washers. The possible dimensions are shown on the attached pdf. As you can see, it's not a common design. So, one rubber washer salesguy recommended...
Does anyone know where to find good information on stopping leaks at bolts? Especially information on what washers or gaskets would be good to use? The information I've found on my own hasn't been helpful.
My project is that I have a stainless steel chamber that sometimes contains oil. The...
