Recent content by windell

Hi Fellow CADers, I'm search for a reliable source for training videos for SolidEdge. I'm coming from a SolidWorks background, but my new job uses Solid Edge. I've begun some of the tutorials, but I would like to minimize my startup time with this program. I'm fine with paying for the videos if...

Hi, I've created a complete assembly for my design in Solidworks 2010 that I would like to make a copy soley for FEA in solidworks simulation. Instead of running the simulation on the original assembly, I would like to make a copy so that I can define a few artificial surfaces to define...

Hey All, Sorry for the late response! Exactly as Morienr suggested is what I was looking for! Thanks all! windell

Hey All, Your suggestions were a great help! Following what you said, I was able to create a CB hole on an incline surface with ease. Something I have been wanting to do for years but always just changed my design to avoid. Thanks much! windell

Thanks! I'll give that a try.

Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to put a counter-bored hole on an inclined surface that isn't normal to that surface. Instead, the hole is normal to another surface below the inclined surface. Does anyone know how I can do this easily? thanks, windell

Gosh. I'm really sorry. My CAD program is solidworks 2010.

Hi, Is been really painful defining each bolt connector for each hole in an assembly that I'm performing a static FEA test. Does anyone know of a way to define a connector for a set of holes at once instead of defining them one at a time? Thanks, Windell

Hi, I just did a new install of solidworks on my PC and upon designing my first part, I attempted to assign Aluminum 6061 as its material. When I attempted to assign a material, I received the following error: Access to c:\progra~1\solidw~1\solidw~1\lang\english\colorwatches\dull.sldclr was...

Hi, I am looking to wrap a Lithium Polymer battery with some sort of material that resists battery acid. The idea is that if the battery leaks, the acid will not damage anything next to the battery. I would like to use something that is off the shelf or I can buy online. Does anyone have any...

Hi Greg, Sorry about that. I moved the code to a separate file and ran it again. I received the following error. ??? CData must be an M-by-N matrix or M-by-N-by-3 array. Error in ==> mesh at 135 hh = graph3d.surfaceplot(x,y,z,'FaceColor',fc,'EdgeColor','flat', ... Error in ==> mesh3D...

Hi, I'm quite new to MATLAB and I am working on creating a 3D radiation pattern plot of an antenna that I am testing for a project. The purpose of the plot is really just to get a feel for the radiation pattern. I've already successfully created contour plots at various elevations by overlaying...

Thank you both for your valuable replies! Would purchasing the Y14 standard be a worthy investment or would buying an instore text be suitible? I'm not working for a company, I'm a mechanical engineering senior who occasionally has to make drawings. I really would like to know what the proper...

Hi, I'm in the process of turning my model into a drawing and I realize that my part is so large, that even if I fit the scale to my paper, that the details are hard to see. I understand that I could use detail, but I also realize that my piece is just a repeat of a hole pattern. I'm fairly new...

Thanks for the reply VE1BLL! Please forgive me if I'm looking into it way too much, I guess I'm still not sure if I'm getting you. For example, the way I'm seeing it is that the 0dBm is inserted right before two 50-ohm loads. The first one being the output impedance of the network analyzer and...