Recent content by troy06

How can I simulate the stress created by a hose clamp on a plastic body,the kind where a radiator hose fits over a barb on the plastic body and gets clamped? I have never done anything like this in Mechanica.

I am using an RJ-3iB controller for a Fanuc lrmate 200iB and I am configuring some inputs to be controlled from a remote panel with a start and reset button.When the door to the robot cage is close, I have it turning UI[1] IMSTP on but when it is on and I press the start or reset button, they...

I have a Fanuc LR Mate 200iB using an RJ 3iB controller.I want to place a box outside of the robot cage with one button to start the cycle and one to reset any error messages. I do not know how to configure the I/O to do this particular action. Looking for any suggestions. I do have the...

I have a Fanuc 200iB that uses an RJ3iB controller. I have done some basic programming to learn how to use the robot but now I need to write a production program.I have a sensor that indicates if the door is opened or closed. I want to make the program such that if the door is opened during...

seymours2571,This is a stand-alone workstation.License is stored on this computer

thank you for the suggestion seymours2571. when I am using Mechanica,ptcstatus does show that I am using the license for it.What I am noticing is that when I get the error message, I can re-run the analysis again and not get the error.Its intermittent. I have no idea what may be causing this

Hello everyone, I was using Pro Mechanica yesterday and it was working fine and then I started getting an error message that said "The license to run the engine is not available" This started after I created a new material and saved ini the material library. I am perplexed? Any thoughts?

/hpon, Select the dimnsion you want to lock and right-click the mouse. There, you will see options including "lock".See picturehttp://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=af5c82f3-aff2-47ae-8d23-b6baa7fe8bf5&file=lock_dimension.jpg

Is it an assembly? If so, its showing the components is not fully constrained

dgallup, I always use the dynamic trim but most of the time there is never a problem.

I am using Wildfire 2.0 and when I trim entities, the resulting lines do not join at the "cut". I have to impose a coincindent constraint. Does anyone have a clue what I am talking about? PLEASE HELP!. Its driving me crazy

Does anyone know of a good way to accurately depict the beginning of an internal thread using Pro Engineer wildfire 2.0? I have created a helical sweep but the end of the thread isn't exactly how it would appear. See attatched photo.

Does anyone know where I can get a model of a morel mushroom? I think it would take me a whole day to try and model one myself.Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Does anyone know how I can change,by default,the edge color of an IGES part from white to a darker color? Maybe a config file of some type.

How can I change the default color of a part in the template from standard gray to something else?