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  1. Gstoner

    Returning to a former employer

    Latest update: They agreed to the extra money :) So, I wont be LOSING money, but the extra I was making will be gone. However, as my wife (and kids) put it, "You mean you'll come home HAPYY?!? Yeah!!!" To me, that's worth it :) Anyway, thanks to all for your suggestions! This is exactly...
  2. Gstoner

    Returning to a former employer

    Here's the update (meeting was last night) We talked about the conflict issues. Quite a lot was discussed, to the point that I would be very happy to return. He said a few things had changed (design meetings, more than owner input, etc.) which, funny enough, are the same things that annoyed...
  3. Gstoner

    Returning to a former employer

    I was at the former employer for 2.5 years, and have been gone for 2 years now. Conflicts (looking back from 2 years perspective) were more along the lines of 2 hard-headed people butting heads. Yes, mountian goats do it all the time, but my wife tells me that I only have 2 feet...and they're...
  4. Gstoner

    Returning to a former employer

    I have a situation that I have not encountered before. I received a call last week from a former supervisor (whom I am using as a reference while job hunting) to see if I was interested in returning to work for a former employer. Now, I figure that if the owner (small company, 15-20) asks the...
  5. Gstoner

    Is engineering boring?

    "For some, french fries are delicious. For some, french fries are an excuse to eat ketchup. I'm not sure which is which in this analogy." Perfect...just perfect. "A Designer knows that he has achieved Perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take...
  6. Gstoner

    Call out symbol question

    I see this all the time with DIN (German) drawings. The 6.3 is showing the default surface finish, and you shouldn't find it anywhere else on the drawing. The 3.2 is showing that there is a different surface finish specified somewhere on the drawing for a specific area or surface. As an...
  7. Gstoner

    Parts list question

    I've worked for a few small machine design companies (custom designed and built machines) and we used both letters and numbers in the BOM / Parts List. The numbers were the fabricated parts (used by the machine shop for part and drawing inventory, material ordering, etc.) and the letters for...
  8. Gstoner

    How big a pay cut would you take?

    "If a business treats me as an employee, I'll treat them like an employer: I'll put in an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. If they treat me like a true business partner, sharing the profits equitably with me, then I'll invest extra effort and make the necessary sacrifices for hte...
  9. Gstoner

    drawing output shows additional lines everywhere?

    I've also seen this before. Usually it's a corruption of the tapped hole display. If you go to the part file, and dig (keep hitting the 'plus' sign next to the text to expand them) into the tapped hole in the 'tree', you can turn off the hidden line that denotes a hole as tapped. Or you can...
  10. Gstoner

    How many times have you changed Jobs?

    15 years, 9 jobs which includes 4 mergers / buyouts, 3 contracts, and a plant closing. *sigh* Of course, I also doubled my salary in that time too :)
  11. Gstoner

    Weighing parts while in grippers.

    Yes, there is. There are several companies that make robot end effector load cells. I'm not sure what the max load (weight) is, but I do know that the max load is affected by the robot speed. As I remember, the robot will have to stop to get an accurate weight. Off the top of my head, I can...
  12. Gstoner

    Expired License

    You COULD just draw to small arcs on the 'E' to make it a 'B' :) Doing that to 500 cards would need to be billed to something.....hmmmm
  13. Gstoner

    SolidWorks to SolidEdge Relearning Curve

    Ok, 3 months with the new software. Mostly just have the stuff that normally just doesn't get used very often still cropping up as 'issues' Some of them seem to be the stuff that the tutorial exercises don't cover. For the most part, I have noticed that SW, Pro-E, Inventor, and Mechanical...
  14. Gstoner

    %{Mass} - Error: No Reference

    Actually found this the hard way. If you've already made a custom tab, you can edit the 'propseed.txt' file to include pulldown choices for your custom tab. So, you could add a pulldown choice that is a blank space and a choice with the mass properties. That way you could flip between them...
  15. Gstoner

    Inches for an Italian

    I think what you're looking for is the 'about/approximately' list :) (~ / approximately) yes, 1/32" = ~1mm The easiest way to do this is by looking up Imperial size hardware (screw, bolts, etc.) There really isn't a 'rule' for rounding up OR down in this case. More of a "what's the...
  16. Gstoner

    SolidWorks to SolidEdge Relearning Curve

    Does anyone know of any information that can help me 'retrain' myself. I've used SolidWorks (03 thru 07) and find myself at a new company that uses SE(V19) So far, I've found it extremely frustrating to change to a new software. I've used SW, Mech Desk, and Inventor without problems, but SE...

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