I'm looking for a means to create a playable *.WAV file from either some sort of data list or equation. I'd like to combine and create a data list of combined sine waves together (creating a sawtooth, triangular, or sauare waves) then listen to the resulting noise from the data list (using...
I'd like to show a one piece plastic component that has a living hinge. What might be the a good method to construct the CAD model that will allow me to illustrate the part in both the open and closed positions. Need some general hints regarding model construction.
Has anyone had experiences calculating insertion loss or transmission loss of mufflers and silencers using comercial software packages? Presently, we're looking at two different 'non-FEA' software packages. ADEM (sold in Europe mostly) and SIDLAB. Both are under $18,000. Any comments on either...
There are a lot of technical resources around for bolt design. However, I don't seem to find a lot of similar technical resources for information about sheetmetal screws and joint design. Most books simply describe the threads/tips and heads that are available, but don't go into any detail...
Has anyone run across published physical property data for steel and/or stainless steel at high evevated temperatures? We're attempting to input steel property data into a FEA analysis for a muffler. Steel temperatures run in the 1000F neighborhood in these applications.
Our company has been asked to make an exhaust manifold assembly from 38.1 mm diameter(1.5 inch), 1.2 mm wall thickness, 304 stainless steel tubing. One of the require(!) bends is 123.5 degree bend on a 47.63mm centerline bend radius.
Our tooling engineers tell us they cannot make the tubing...
We’re building an attribute gage for production and incoming inspection. Two holes on the part are selected as a datum. There is both tolerance on the hole sizes and positional tolerance on the two holes. Should the gage pins for these two holes be sized only for variation in the hole size or...
We'd like to substitute 430 Stainless for 409 stainless for use in a muffler / motorcycle exhaust application. Our factory touts that it has better corrosion resistance than 409 and is, in their case, easily obtained. There is some concern that 430 stainless could become brittle in this...
We have an assembly drawing of a pipe (manifold assy) with two attached flanges. Both flanges are identical, each flange having two mounting holes with a positional tolerance callout between the two holes. On the assembly print there is also a positional tolerance callout for all four flange...
One of our designers is looking for a good reference regarding Wildfire 4 sheetmetal; hopefully something for the itermediate and advanced skill levels. Any recommendations?
I'm looking for an 'on-line' or downloadable tutorial to help cross-train some of our Pro-E and Solid Edge CAD operators to use NX-6. I'm not interested in full NX training or in any certified NX training program.
I've come across several tutorial programs to do this, either from Siemens, or...
Sorry for this simple question but...
Where can I find a list of steel tubing classifications and abbreviations that would include the definition of DOAK and EWST. Drawn over ??? or Electrically welded ???
We supply a lot of exhaust tube manifolds for the small engine industry. In the last few years, many of these manifold tubes have been converted from steel to aluminized steel. Engine exhaust gas temperatures in these tube are hot (about 1100 F or even higher). Some of our customers have noticed...
I've never found a good way to export either dwg or dxf drawings from Solid Edge and still maintain GD&T information. Whenever we try to do this, the GD&T symbols come out as garbage characters. The problem appears to font mapping and/or ignorance on my part. Am I missing some setting that...
We are looking for software program(s) that would allow us to convert scanned images (drawings) into DFX files. There seem to be quite a few shareware and low cost professional programs out there. Anyone have recommendations?
We are a manufacture who uses wireform or rolled metallic catalysts in mufflers used on various small engines, chain saws, etc. The catalyst elements are purchased as component parts from various manufactures. We're looking for some method to evaluate and monitor (spot check) the performace of...
We have a couple of application engineers that would like to install the free 2D software package but cannot because they need the Solid Edge Viewer that is already on their computer. Is there anyway to install both programs on the same computer?
When importing assemblies from IGS, STP, or Pro-E files I often get some component parts that import as construction surfaces while other components translate properly to solids. I can't seem to control this, so the question is: 1) Are there import settings that will enable the files to produce...
