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    One Drive - Am I the Last Person Using Dropbox for Business

    We use Sharepoint within our company because it comes with Office 365, IDrive and GoogleDrive for outside sharing. I use aIDrive and my own NAS for my family.
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    Ugly Plot Style names

    I will try that, thanks! I'd really like to find a command or macro that would allow the deletion of a missing plotstyle while replacing it with one that is not missing. Or a command / macro that re-assigns plotstyles to entities, that works for nested ones like a dimension. Chprop (select)...
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    Ugly Plot Style names

    I have a few drawings that do not print some dimensions correctly. I print to PDF using styles, all layers and objects use a style called Style 1 that uses Monochrome.stb The dimensions are on the layer Dims whose plotstyle is set for Style 1 The dimensions are on the correct layer, properties...
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    Dimension tangent snap point on geometry ............................

    Depends if the arc is a circle, ellipse, Polyline, Spline, etc MID might work, if all else fails draw a horizontal line and use INT.
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    The way to get old version API 650 (7th or 8th)??

    API keeps old copies - call them...
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    Installation manuel

    What is your role? Owner, installer, manufacturer, etc??? Generally a non-contact IFR proccess is similar to this: Submit approval drawings Pre-Construction Meeting / Job Site Safety Orientation Tank Roundness & Plumbness Survey Inventory, Inspection and Storage of Materials Layout of the IFR...
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    Installation manuel

    The installation processs is very different between aluminum full- and non- contact IFRs. Are you interested in which part gets installed first, or more general question of should you buy a full- or non- contact IR?
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    1910.25(b)(6) Stair Tread Load

    The McNichols load may be on a few of the bearing bars, the OSHA load is on all of them?
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    API 650 Tank Rebuild - Type and quantity of weld inspections

    Are you going to perform a hydrotest per API 650? If you are electing to not do hydrotest API requires additional NDE and foundation capacity. You may want to require additonal NDE if a tank failure is a high risk to the public, if your local conditions or lack of confidence in quality...
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    AutoCAD file conversion from inch to mm.........................

    Your OP image shows you have not put your dimensions in Layout or Layout 1. Get them out of Model space!!!
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    AutoCAD file conversion from inch to mm.........................

    The important things are: Always draw in Model space and dimension in Paper space Always draw full-size full-scale in Model space Always draw using the same units (mm, inches, angstroms, miles, etc) throughout your project The title block in Paper space should always be drawn the actual paper...
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    API 650 - Tank stiffening ring calculations

    You have to satisfy all sections of API 650 that apply to your tank, and all load cases. If section 5.9 is satisfied without additional stiffeners you have complied with that section. If you are designing an Annex V tank then you need to satisfy that Annex. If your tank needed stiffeners per...
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    Flush type opening in API 650 Tank

    It is not required but if the purchaser wants one it shall be done in accordance with API 650 including the thermal stress relief which does exactly as it says - heating and cooling the assembly to appropriate temperature and durations to remove residual stressed from welding.
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    AutoCAD file conversion from inch to mm.........................

    DIK has it right. You can also enable alternate units and have both imperial and SI displayed. Type DDIM and edit the dimstyle you are using. You can also create a new DimStyle with the factors you want and apply that to your dimensions
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    DIY radiant heat system

    floor radiant heat does not penetrate carpet well, your feet might like carpet better anyway

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