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  1. PieBoy

    New to Cosmos. Model conrod help

    Good morning all, I race model planes, and we tune the engines to get the most out of them. I have made some conrods, that have failed, but rather than just beefing them up I thought I'd use works cosmos to see where they need improving. I have never used cosmos, just had a bit of a play...
  2. PieBoy

    Swept Cut that returns path

    Hello all, When using ProE and i wanted to produce a slot for a spherical ended key, i would sketch a line, and sketch half a ball nose cutter, and ProE would follow the line of the cut and return on the line to produce the round ends. When I try the same on SW 2007 SP4, the swept cut only...
  3. PieBoy

    Offset feature Dim Display

    Good morning all, I'm fairly new to SW (2007 SP4) I have a back ground of Proe, and like to produce models with dimensions that i can stick straight into the drawing. My problem is when i produce a shaft with different dias, i create it with offset cuts, but these offset dimensions dont...
  4. PieBoy

    Swepth Cut Normal to a Surface

    Hello all. I'm pretty new to SolidWork and so am finding a few difficulties. I have a fixture that has a surface created from the customers part. The fixture uses a vacuum to hold the part to it. I have created pockets for the vacuum, but i need to produce an "O" ring groove to sit around...
  5. PieBoy

    Mandrel Grip force Calc

    Good evening all, I am in the process of designing an insert type mandrel (My first) and require what I hope is a simple calc. The mandrel had a body Dia OD 60mm, with five inserts. These inserts have a 7 deg angle base which matched to a horizontal wedge plunger with the matching angle. I...
  6. PieBoy

    NX4 Save As NX2

    Hello all, probably a simple answer, tried to search but it's not working. We have a guy doing some design work, he is working on NX4, our customer requires NX2 files. Can someone guide me thro' the method of "save as" or exporting to NX2. Thanks in advance for your help.
  7. PieBoy

    Part Weight in Repeat region table

    Hello all, I have had a good search around this forum and the net for a solution to my problem. I wish to put individual weights in a table on the assy drawing. My model is in mmNs, and I want the weight in Kg's. I followed this tut...
  8. PieBoy

    Wildfire on XP64 with AMD Dual Core.

    I believe we are working on Wildifire2 M150, I have been asked to inquire on upgrading our systems. My questions are... 1. Will this version of wildfire work on XP 64 bit? 2. Is the AMD dual core officially supported? 3. Has anyone ran Wildfire2 on the AMD dual core CPU? Cheers for any advice.
  9. PieBoy

    Reverse Wheel zoom in Wildfire

    I've had a search but not found anything suitable. I use Autocad 2005 LT amd Wildfire 2.0. As you may know the zoom wheel on the programs are the oppersite way around to each other. It's only a little niggle when moving from one to another but is is possible to change ProE Wildfire zoom to...
  10. PieBoy

    CALLOUT_FORMAT

    Hello all, I'm trying to mod my *.hol files to remove unusual tap sizes (ISO) but also to customize the note. Wildfire M150. I have read the following http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=114269 http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=131628...
  11. PieBoy

    Returning leadscrew-Same direction rotation

    Hello all, I'm looking for a solution to lay cable on a drum at a fixed rate. The problem being that the motor on the leadscrew will always be in one direction. Is there a standard part (leadscrew) that has a full helical loop that a hub could follow? My company have used them in the past but...
  12. PieBoy

    American Box section info

    Hello all, I have been hunting the net for American box section data. We have to design a frame for manufacture in the US, and I want to make it out of readily available material. Can someone guide me to the right info? Or maybe send me the data? Thanks in advance to you all Mark.
  13. PieBoy

    Incremental Pattern? Different Ctrs?

    Hello all, I've used ProE for a few year but have been away from it for 2-3 years now. Also I have been introduced to Wildfire! I have a group of features e.g. an Extrusion ,Cut & Rads. I want to pattern/copy them at individual/different increments to each other. Can this be done? Sorry for...

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