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Can any one point me to a standard or a study that says bending can be ignored if a pin's diameter is at least 90% of the hole diameter? Thanks in advance.

I need advice on selecting a consultant to advise me on how hot a Crane boom directly over a turbine exhaust stack will get. On oil rigs we have used cranes very close to exhaust stacks but not actually in the plume. My concern is that heat transfer chages from radiation to cunduction. Thanks...

My colleague can't see the window that shows the simulation model. We have dual monitors and are pluged in to Autodesk Inventor. Any ideas?

I have embarresed my self in front of a young electrical engineer. I can not remember the name of the analogue equivalent of an ecoder?

I am reverse engineering a screen wash system (our supplier has gone bust). I need to identify a mixing pump that is powered by the high pressure water supply, that draws in anti-freeze and mixes it with the output? Any ideas?

I need to select a small dc fan (5-10w) to cool a heatsink. The fan has to be resistant to salt spray. Can anybody recomend potetial suppliers? Colin

I need to select a small dc fan (5-10w) to cool a heatsink. The fan has to be resistant to salt spray. Can anybody recomend potetial suppliers? Colin

In a drawing of a multi-level assembly, I want to link text to a sub-assembly's custom properties, not its' components. Balloons do this automatically, but I can not find a way to do this with a note.

Hi, I once found a really cool website that, had a tutorial on how to use VB commands in SW equations. Can any body tell me who's it was? Thanks, Colin

I have recored a macro to turn off the system property "select through transparency" and another to turn it back on. Can anybody give me the code for a single macro that "toggles" the property on an off? Is 3 minutes too long for you chaps that know what you are doing? Thanks, Colin.

Who wants to give me a load of cash to develop my machine? Seriously - who funds projects aimed at developing the third world? Thanks Colin.

I have an idea for a human powered machine, that I believe is commercially viable. None of the technology is new, only the human powered bit is new. Does any body know on what grounds, the patent could be refused?

One of my colleagues gets the following error message:- Unable to open master database due to the following database access error: The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the '\\inov8\solidworks data\lang\english\SWBrowser.mdb'. It is already opened exlusively by another user, or you...

Hi I am new to mold design, because I am new to moulded parts. I have designed a clip into an injection moulding. The access hole to eliminate the undercut, has its own function, and is not a silhouette of the clip. I was not surprised that SWX could not automatically create a core and cavity...

Does anybody know where I can buy an illuminated button surround, the sort that can be bi-colour? Colin

Hi, this was asked in thread559-99952 back in 2004, and nobody had answers then, maybe things have changed? Does anybody know how to drive the 2 variables in a limit distance mate? Thanks, Colin

Hi, I want to use the "$PARTNUMBER" field (of a part) in my drawing title box. It works so well for BOM tables, when using multiple configurations. But I can not get it to work in a drawing. I am using SWX 2006 without PDMWorks. Colin

Hi, I am writting this in the UK, I need the name of a flexible coupling supplier in the USA prefferably South Carolina, for my buddies who are onsite in Columbia. We need a 1/4" shaft coupling alluminium or stainless capable of 2NM torque.

I am designing an assembly station in which a splined hub and shaft are assembled. "99 times out of 100"", the shaft will just slide into the hole under its own weight. But some times it will need a bit of help. Call me cynical but I was not surprised to learn that nobody could quantify a...

I am trying to modify an API that adds custom property data to parts. I use :- For m = 0 To 3 retval = Part.AddCustomInfo3("", MyProp(0, m), 30, MyProp(1, m)) Next m Which works if the custom property did not previously exist. What do I have to do overwrite an existing value?