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  1. meintsi

    Splined shaft help

    Help with how to cut the teeth? or modeling the tooth form? or simply help with the missing spline dimensions? Big missng bit of data is the number of teeth .......... To a lesser extent ... pressure angle and class/type of fit. Remember... "If you don't use your head...
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    Visio, PDF, and Hyperlinks

    If you are printing to the Adobe PDF Printer, hyperlinks are not supported. You will a full version of Adobe PDF Maker to either print to or to edit the document manually after creation. There are other PDF programs that can do this also but AFAIK none of them are free either. Remember...
  3. meintsi

    Change Transparency?

    I use part transparency all the time for dealing with internal passages for manifolds, etc. After the base block is made, create a derived configuration where the block is 80% transparent. Now all features added are much easier to view when looking for internal clearances, etc. Remember...
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    Insert Design Tables in drawings

    First, do you have the table created in the part/assembly file? Then you can insert the design table into the drawing. The design table will display in the drawing exactly as it appears in the part/assembly document. Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea]...
  5. meintsi

    double arrows 2008

    or do you mean as in ..... Right clicking the radius or diameter dimension and select Display as linear? Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
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    How do you make an eliptical helix?

    You will need to create two seperate surfaces and then use the intersection curve will be used as the helix sweep path. The first surface is an eliptical extrusion at 'OD' size. The second surface is a straight line swept down a straignt line with twist. I can explain in greater detail later...
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    Print Screen

    With SW active, hit ALT-PRINT SCREEN on the keyboard. Then PASTE into a Word document and print from there. Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
  8. meintsi

    User Tab Reappears in New Doc's Window

    Check the document templates locations listed under TOOLS -OPTIONS - FILE LOCATIONS - DOCUMENT TEMPLATES. Also a folder added to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008\templates will create an additional tab. Remember... "If you don't use your...
  9. meintsi

    Simulation of a single daum plane

    Now doubt about the datum there. Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
  10. meintsi

    SW2008 Installation, Missing Directories

    I belive the change has more to do with access using Vista and its 'new and improved' security features. Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
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    SW2008 Installation, Missing Directories

    You find it now at C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SolidWorks\SolidWorks 2008 Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
  12. meintsi

    sweep or loft

    Jeff, I know it was included in 2007. Can't remember farther back..... [lol] Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
  13. meintsi

    Thru hole dimensioning in deep part

    True but not complete, a centermark is a point locational reference only. It defines the point where the axis and the plane the centenline rests upon intersect. As ewh's example shows, centermarks are commonly used to locate entry points for angled holes. Remember... "If you don't use...
  14. meintsi

    Thru hole dimensioning in deep part

    No offence being taken vc ... and no I was not implying that at all. A diameter dimension is single feature dependent. At any particular point it is checked, standard or not, it must fall within the defined limits of size. As far as the implied 90° angle (2.1.1.2), the way I understand the...
  15. meintsi

    Library Features

    As nmcad said above, less is better and looking at your file your are over constrained. Loose the second edge reference and replace with a dimension. Then it should be able to flip. Also remove the two fillets and re-add them as sketch fillets for a variety of reasons. Remember... "If...
  16. meintsi

    Thru hole dimensioning in deep part

    There is no implied relationship between features in any standard. In addition, no standard puts a numerical valve on any allowance or tolerance. The standards only communicate the methods required to depict design intent. It is when people fully understand that since there is no implied...
  17. meintsi

    Library Features

    The most common mistake when creating these is that the sketches are created using vertical and horizontal constraints. Always use perpendicular and parallel wherever possible. Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your...
  18. meintsi

    mesuring distance on a composite curve

    Pull the roll bar up so that only the feature is suppressed. Highlight the composite curve in the tree and hit the measure tool .... Remember... "If you don't use your head, [idea] your going to have to use your feet."
  19. meintsi

    Thru hole dimensioning in deep part

    Even if a standard was stated (as it should be on all drawings), you cannot assume perpendicularity for any hole axis. According to ASME Y14.5, a feature control frame "True Postion" tolerance, when applied to to a cylindrical feature, correctly controls what some would expect in the situation...
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    Non certified graphics cards

    It's not the cards that are over qualified, many chipsets nowadays are the same for both types of graphics cards. It's the difference in how the drivers are written. OpenGL and Direct3D drivers both expose the traditional graphics rendering pipelines and have been enhanced over the years as the...

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