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  1. JohnAndrews

    Mechanical with plastic analysis.

    I have been told that Wildfire 4 has non-linear material - this is being launched at the PTC User Event in Tampa in June.
  2. JohnAndrews

    how to make a sheetmetal rip on a surface like this?

    Try this: Insert - Shape - Rip Now sketch a line representing the rip, right into the bend corner. Define the "Bound Surfs as the bottom surfaces of the L-Shape, and the corner rad surface Repeat for the opposite side.
  3. JohnAndrews

    Rack & pinion-mechanism set up steps

    There is a very good tutorial here: http://www.ptc.com/cs/cs_26/howto/apm11683/apm11683.htm The pinion is the cylindrical rotating item and needs to be assembled with a pin joint, the rack is the straight component and needs to be assembled with a slider. This rack/pinion gear connection should...
  4. JohnAndrews

    ShrinkWraps in Drawings

    Have you considered other alternatives to work with your huge assembly: Simplified Reps - lots of choices here - exclude all small components, simplify the complicated parts, envelope parts, etc..... Drawing Reps Z-Clipping the view Buying a 64bit workstation.....
  5. JohnAndrews

    measure analysis

    Norb, Try Analysis>Hide All Or Analysis>Saved Analysis>- (Delete selected analysis) Or Analysis>Delete/Delete All You can also save the analysis as a feature (you probably need BMX license for this) Hope this helps John
  6. JohnAndrews

    ShrinkWraps in Drawings

    Under View Display select YES for "Hidden Line Removal for Quilts"
  7. JohnAndrews

    PTC and what it might do for you......

    Michael, In WF3 you can shortcut all the cancel menus: If you are sketching a feature and want to completely exit, just hit the red X in the bottom right hand corner - just one confirmation and you're out. I'd like to see the right hand mouse button options controlled in config.wi John
  8. JohnAndrews

    Compressor with DMX

    The Mechanisms Central Resource page on ptc.com has Mechanism Dynamics examples.
  9. JohnAndrews

    Compressor with DMX

    I presume that you are trying to simulate the gear mechanism. If so then the Mechanisms Central Resource page on ptc.com should help: http://www.ptc.com/cs/cs_25/howto/apm11083/apm11083.html Various gear examples: http://www.ptc.com/cs/cs_26/howto/apm11683/apm11683.htm
  10. JohnAndrews

    Family Tables

    I use this method with top down design, where I want to create different family table instances of an assembly which uses a skeleton part to drive the components in the assembly. For Example, I want to design a square box with a lid, and have different size instances of the box and lid. I have...
  11. JohnAndrews

    Moving Dimensions on a drawing to a Layer

    You can select all the dimensions to add to your layer by changing the "Smart" filter in the bottom right hand corner of Wildfire to "Dimensions", then drag a box over the whole drawing.
  12. JohnAndrews

    sheetmetal wall to funny angle - rectangular transition

    Rather than making a small flange wall on the sloping side of the trapezium, make a full wall like the one opposite, and then cut it back to produce the flange.
  13. JohnAndrews

    Hole table question

    You need a drawing view flat onto the holes, and a co-ordinate system in that view with its z-axis normal to that view.
  14. JohnAndrews

    Combo state drawing views

    Ed, I've tried setting up a combined state with shading and HLR on different components, and using that state in a drawing view, and it doesn't seem to work. I think this is a bug. John
  15. JohnAndrews

    Parts and assemblies from other directories

    Set the config.pro option: file_open_default_folder working_directory and this will cure the problem.
  16. JohnAndrews

    Parts and assemblies from other directories

    See posting: http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=163175
  17. JohnAndrews

    sheetmetal wall to funny angle - rectangular transition

    A picture of the part would help. Have you tried add a flange wall using all the edges rather than a flat wall?
  18. JohnAndrews

    Certified Video Cards

    http://www.ptc.com/partners/hardware/current/support/proewf2.htm#graphics_information
  19. JohnAndrews

    Hole table question

    The Z-axis of your co-ordinate system needs to be in the same direction as the axis of the holes.
  20. JohnAndrews

    Drawing Format

    An alternative technique which gets around having no model, or if the model doesn't have the parameter: Insert a table with a repeat region in the box in the format to contain the parameter (i.e. DESCRIPTION). Enter the report symbol: mdl-param-value Now add a filter to the repeat region...

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