I'm not an Inventor user, so please pardon the ignorance. We supply 3D models (surface models only) of our product for customers to use. A particular customer is using Inventor and says he can't manipulate the surface model (actually a collection of surfaces) to show a crank arm in a different...
I am throwing this out there for discussion (this is also posted on the SolidWorks forums under EPDM).... This is related to whether you show BOMs on Drawings and how you manage your BOMs with ERP and Drawings (and there could be implications with EPDM). I am interested in hearing what other...
Anyone seeing weird issues with the use SpeedPAK assemblies and subassemblies and correct BOM reporting? I have been playing around with SpeedPAK in 2009 SP 2.0 and can't seem to get the drawings and BOMs to work with SpeedPAK. I am getting "*" for the item number in the balloons that connect...
I posted this to another forum, but wanted to post it here to get the maximum number of people looking at it. (Sorry Tecumseh Group).
We have been hearing from our purchasing department that our material suppliers are either refusing to give certs for cold worked material, or they are quoting...
I thought I would post here because I respect the opinion of most people that follow this forum on manufacturing and documentation procedures. This issue is not necessarily a GDT or drafting issue directly.
We have been hearing from our purchasing department that our material suppliers are...
Just posted - new cards form nVidia that use shader model 4.0. This is good news for SolidWorks 2008. Some of the cards look to offer pretty good price/performance ratios too. Looks like DX10 is also offered for those considering Vista 32 bit and SolidWorks 2008...
I am looking for a sample 1.25" to 1.5" diameter round bar 12ft section for XM-28 stainless. Carpenter makes the material as EnduraMet 32 or 18Cr-2Ni-12Mn, but they do not stock it and minimum order size for a mill run is something like 1600 lbs. Does anyone know where I can pick up this...
I am looking for suppliers of round bar material under the following names - Nitronic 32, XM-28, UNS S24100, and Carpenter 18Cr-2Ni-12Mn. So far I have only located Carpenter as a source for round bar. Can anyone provide me with alternative sources?
Pete
Thought it was pretty good news that there will be new cards to choose from very soon. Will be interesting to see the performance numbers. 320 stream processors on board sounds fun.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoom/0,,51_104_543~118747,00.html
Pete
I am looking for a stainless steel that has a minumum yield strength for all round bar sizes of 60,000 psi. The material must be non-magnetic. I know there are some options out there, but I am looking for the most cost effective one considering both purchase price of the material and...
Is anyone having problems getting decent looking high quality prints out of a large format printer in SP4? We open the same drawing in SP 3.0 and print and it looks fine - same exact print settings. When we open and print in SP 4.0 - all the prints look like they are draft quality.
Pete
SolidWorks 2007 Service Pack 4.0 is now available for download (final release version). Seemed to have corrected poor performance with larger assembly drawings. Will confirm with released SP.
Pete
Is there anyone running a system for SolidWorks using the AMD FX-74? It seems that this chip performs well on a number of benchmarks, even against the Intel Core2 Duo processors. Could anyone provide performance numbers? The upgadability of the FX-74 could be tempting (4X4 platform that could...
This post is primarily for rfus, as we discussed this purchase in the middle of another thread last week (the Inventor vs. SolidWorks firestorm). Jeff Rowe has commentary on the subject and mentions his thoughts on whether any features will make their way into SolidWorks. I'm a bit skeptical...
Does anyone have any familiarity with "Certified Drawings". Is there a standard that defines these types of drawings. I've done a search and haven't really found anything yet. Any info is welcome.
Pete
Does anyone know of an information source that adequatley treats what happens when a bolted joint undergoes a change in temperature? What happens to the piece being clamped as far as change in length, what happens to bolt pre-load, at what temperature change does the clamped piece become loose...
This is a little bit off topic, but...
Does anyone know of an easy way to set up a company internal weblog that people can subscribe to via RSS? I had someone here ask if this was possible. I said I'm sure it could be, but did know of any easy of the shelf software to get this going (free...
Does anyone else find the lack of view manipulation tools in the embedded eDrawings viewer in SolidWorks Explorer 2007 very frustrating. Its silly, if you ask me to hide the toolbars that provide basic functionality. I know that you can right click to get some functionality and that having the...
We have a rule in place here to keep the model and drawing revisions the same. Recently we had situation where an employe checked a drawing in with changes to it, but did not check the model in along with it. Several weeks or months go by and someone wants to pull the drawing out (along with...
I am interested in hearing how some of you might approach a definition using GD&T of a ball screw assembly containing machined ends. I am interested in making sure the ball nut will always be able to be positioned/aligned within the center of rotation of the screw and machined ends/journals by...
