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I have Autocad 2012 and dont see how to "tolerance a dimension". I am used to clicking on the dimension and being able to tolerance it but the window that comes up doesnt have those features...
Also....is there a way to get object snaps to appear on the side bar menu without having to...
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I am using NX 8. I often have situations where I have to get XYZ coordinate points for hundreds of point locations on a model and transfer those points to an excel spread sheet. up until now I have done it manually using "information, point" for each one and then I enter it manually into...
I just installed autocad 2012 and found that I cannot "stretch" or "move" an existing dimension on drawings. I dont use "grips" and was used to using the "stretch" command to adjust my placement. is there a setting I have on that prevents this or a way to move an existing dimension. (I have...
Is there any good Ansys tutorials available that is free online or in a bookstore? I am currently using Ansys Professional and will be moving up to Ansys mechanical in a few months. I am a workbench user only and am interested in doing structural transient analysis.
Also I have a...
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Is there anyone out there that would have a "Modal Damping Factor" table for different types of structures, ex steel, aluminum, welded, joints? I am still new to Ansys and FEA and have done a Transient analysis of a very long bolted pipe section with heavy metal components, bolted...
I am new to U/G and am having difficulty in finding "customer defaults" for drawings. I would like my drawings to open up with a white background instead of black. Also I want dimensioned angles to decimal and 2 places. I know how to set the preferences but can't seem to find it in customer...
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When I am in drafting and have generated a "D" sheet at 4x scale, I find that my dimensions and lettering are very small since they did not "scale" up to the drawing scale. I do not want to go in and change text height, arrow size etc. for each drawing. Is there a dimension and lettering...
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I just started using "UG" and "Spaceball 5000". I would like to program the "Spaceball" keys to things like "esc", "F8" etc. Do I write spaceball macro's? Where is a listing of the keyboard keys for UG functions? Any help appreciated.
Vince s.
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I have a airplane wing which I have to place holes (.052 dia. x .090 deep) in normal to the surface at approximately 100 places. The random data points are in a XYZ chart in excel. The holes will be placed all over the wing such as the top, bottom and leading edge. I do not want to...
I just purchased ANSYS Professional and was wondering if anyone has ever used "Tabular Loads" on a model and how it went. I am planning on getting a pressure profile from my CFD engineer and applying these loads to my model to stress analyze it. It would be interesting to know if anyone else...
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I am currently an Inventor user who finding out that surfacing capabilities etc. are not done well at all in Inventor and Mech. Desktop. I am thinking of buying a seat of Unigraphics and was wondering if there are free websites that offer Hardware (bolts, I-beams...), Tutorials, Macro's for...
For some unknown reason I am getting a wrong symbol when I use the "Feature Control Frame". I am using a copy of ANSI standards and when I select the "perpendicular symbol" I get a "bold R". Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get it back to normal?
Thanks,
Vince
I have a part that will end up becoming 11 different parts due to a change in angle for a relief area for each of the different parts. I would like the construction and/or phantom lines to appear on the drawing so that the machinist can then see the angle and center of rotation of this...
I have a group of parts that are very similar except that the angle changes from 0 to 10 degrees. I plan on doing a "saveas" command to make 11 separate (*.ipt) parts. Now I want to make 11 drawings of each but I only want to detail it once as a "*.idw", do a...
I generate a 3dmesh in autocad from a script file using "3DMESH M x N". Then I convert it to a surface using "AM2SF". When I view it wireframe, it looks very close to my mesh, but when I view it in "shaded" it seems off and distorted in some areas. Therefore...
Is there a way to make a surface with a "M x N" script file in Inventor? I am able to do this in "Mechanical Desktop" using the "3Dmesh M x N" command. Any help appreciated. Thanks,
Vince
