http://acad.complete-support.com/
This site is nearly free - they have a Mech desktop section U have to look for...
Free use is limited for 7 days...Annual cost of full use is $60 subscription..
Angelo
I have used a hardware component in the past but cannot locate the vendor/mfr...I will try to describe it.
Metal stainless push lock plungers - this is a whole family of parts that consist of a stem with two or more retained ball bearings near the tip. The opposite end has a push button to...
http://adcats.et.byu.edu/WWW/Publication/94-3/paper3-5_96.html
Here is one website with info/introduction.
There was a (2) book set I bought for one company which was a self-taught training course for $149.00.
All the basic examples worked out was very helpful but You would have to seach it...
If U have a full version of Acrobat reader/writer it allows the user to make a new printer plot file as a Acrobat PDFwriter.
I also make assys/parts in Mech desktop and I output a 2D file to make the PDF plot file or else I lose the modelspace entities.
No Acrobat:
There is a shareware...
Somehow I got straddled with all safety and product information labels for new products, (medical lasers).
All our outside label vendors use FreeHand ver 8 thru 10 to create their artwork. This is a $300 to $400 program but I can give them files used directly into their process.
Free...
I want to create an STL file for rapid prototyping.
In the past with version 3.0 I simply exploded the model to be a 3D solid verfied by list command after copying the file , made sure the object was in full positive space: +X, +Y, and +Z and asked for an export to *.stl.
Now I get "...
We have MDT4.0 and our injection molding house refuses to update from MDT3.0. So all new 3D files are exploded and converted to Iges or DXF. This is extra work for our engineering staff.