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Good morning! We fabricate insulation parts, and have a specific part that is made from 1/2", 3# Microlite (J.M. material). We have a leftover circle, which measures a perfect 4" diameter, and we have literally thousands per month left over. Can any of you think of a way these can be used, or...

I've been a Solidworks user for a year or two, and need a bit more practice and experience with assembly modelling and sheet metal functionality. Are there any good books out there you folks might recommend? Anything that is heavily focused on the sheet metal in particular would be good. Any...

Good morning, all. We're looking for a few suggestions for a software package we need. We make insulation blankets for large piping assemblies, included valves, flanges, pipes, blowers, etc., and we were looking for software which offered the following: -Instant measuring through use of a...

Good morning, everyone. I'm attempting to create a sheet metal layout for valve insulation blankets, and was wondering if I can use a design table for the following. If not, any ideas would be helpful. The assembly would be composed of 3 parts : the valve itself (not in its entirety, but only...

Hi, guys. I'm trying to create two sheet metal elbows, 90-deg and 45-deg. Basically, the part will be a cover for an elbow, with the material being slit at the narrow radius (throat?) of the elbow. Is there any way to design this and flatten it? I'm been pulling my hair out (what little is...

We're creating polystyrene parts for a customer of ours, and attempting to glue several scrap pieces together to offer a cost reduction. What kinds of glue (brand names or sources would be great!) would you guys recommend? We're looking for something sprayable, and simple to apply. Thanks...

Hello, everyone. I'm trying to find a black ink that will adhere to a silicone-coated fiberglass cloth. The ink should also (hopefully) withstand temperature and moisture exposure. Temperatures may reach up to 300-deg F, and the cloth will be regularly exposed to both water and oil. Thanks...

Hi, guys. I work for an insulation fabricator, and we're attempting to get a rather large job of die-cut acoustic barrier-foam composites. (Please forgive any misuse of terminology, I'm an estimator, not an engineer). We can't find ANY suppliers for the specified raw materials, and I was...

Hello, everyone. I work for a manufacturer of removable / reusable insulation covers, and we're beginning to receive a lot of orders for valve covers. I've researched many of these valves, and was wondering if there might be a source of more detailed information on common valve types, included...

I was hoping someone here might be able to help me out with this, as it's turning into a real time-killer for me. Our title block for our drawings contains an area that's set aside for details on the part, specifications of a sort. What I'd like to be able to do is keep my sheet format and...

Hey, guys. I have a fairly large workbook, consisting of about two hundred individual worksheets, with the first being a summation of data calculated in each of the others. The remaining spreadsheets are labelled by part numbers, simplified to three digits, 218, 219, etc. They are in...

Using Excel, is there any method of "locking" individual cells, but not the entire workbook? I want our guys to be able to change data in some cells, but not allow them to "accidentally" erase the formulas in others. Thanks for any help.

Hello, guys. I know this isn't strictly SW related, but I usually use SW to open any drawing files we receive. However, a rather large customer has given us a CD full of drawings of all differing types, some of which are scanned copies of 30+ year old drawings. Several are .plt files, and I...

Hey, guys. I'm trying to have my script find the first available blank row, and copy the row immediately above it (formulas and formats only) onto the blank row. Any ideas on how to go about this? And take it easy on me, I'm fairly new to VBA. Thanks!!

Does anyone know of any websites, such as free-ed.net, or anything like that, where I can find complete learning materials for VBA for Excel? Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks!

Hey, guys.. I have several rows in my spreadsheet that use the same formula, although the cells referenced by the formulas increment. Normally, I could just copy the cells down and let the cell #s increment. No problem. In this case, however, I have borders around each of the cells in the...

Hello. I've been trying to create a form in which I'll have several series of text boxes, arranged as rows of squares (somewhat like the boxes you put your name in, one letter at a time, on standardized tests). I'd like to create this form, allowing the user to type as they normally would, but...

Hey guys. My background has been mostly in electronics and CAD, and a smattering of assembly language. I've recently become more interested in programming, and wanted your opinions on the best starting point. I'm looking at both Visual Basic (which I've created a few simple programs with) and...

Hey guys... got a bit of a problem here. We're planning to use a sheet of grooved duct board, approximately .5" thick, to make insulation covers for pipe tees. The duct board is 40" wide, folding to 4 10" sections (making a square cover). We'd like to use one piece of duct...

Hey, peoples. I recently received a transplanted file from one of our customers, which is composed of nothing but about 3-400 surfaces. It's painful to load and maneuver around with, yet I need to include it in one of our assemblies. Is there any way I can just juice all of these surfaces...