Recent content by Stripper2

OK, I get that part. But then, what do you do with the surface? Is it something that you run through a CAM program in order to create the part?

While spending some time surfing the menus I was looking at the surfacing tools and I realize that I've never known what people do with surfaces. What are some of the practical applications of surfacing?

Kurt, I disagree completely. I've used ACAD and various modelers for several years and I would never choose begin my "noodling" with ACAD. While sketching out my thoughts, a modeler is much easier because I can place geometric constraints into my sketch and a modeler sketch is much easier to...

Can Inventor 9 make fillet welds with unequal legs, say 1" x 1.5"?

Here's my latest use of configs. I have several parts which are rough blanks that have some machining. The rest then happens in the context of the assembly. Therfore, I have two configurations in the part file: One is the rough part from which a part drawing is created. The second is the part...

I'm not much of a TV guy but wasn't MacGyver an engineer? Perhaps not professionally but certainly in practice.

"HP" today is just a brand name, nothing more. "HP" used to mean quality, innovation, and a strong, motivated, appreciated workforce. They're not distinctive anymore and are simply another tech company, not THE tech company. Most of the older folks I know inside the company say "the HP way"...

You don't know what you don't know... Ask lots of questions from anybody and everybody.