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This has been beaten to death in the past but let's get some opinions. Of course it makes perfect sense as to whether some of us have to be degreed or licensed depending on what field of endeavor we enter. But…..Let’s all get over the title thing as to whether one is entitled to call...

What is the most ridiculous question you’ve been asked at an interview? What was your answer? Here’s mine. I interviewed at a major auto parts paint plant and after the interviewer seemed to be satisfied that I qualified for the job, he asked me what motivated me most to get up in the morning...

Hi all, I have a problem at home with a cracked foundation wall and I'll try to describe the situation as best I can. The foundation wall below the stud frame and brick veneer wall at one of the front corners of my garage has a vertical crack approx 3/8" wide. The top of the foundation wall is...

Discoveries, Inventions, Improvement and Progress have been on an acceleration curve over the span of a hundred years or so which is quite staggering. Part of the Rice Stadium Moon Speech by JFK in 1962 brought this home to me then and although man has made further progress in many areas in the...

Hi all, We are using a nylon rigging sling as an arrestor in the event that the suspension of a piece of equipment partially failed. In the event of suspention failure, one end of the equipment would fall 8" before being stopped by the sling. My question is this: How many of you structural...

Hi all, I have a large plant layout made up of a number of x-refs we'll call A-Z. When the root drawing is opened, everything is fine. Here is the problem I'm having. If I start a new layout and open drawing A, then x-ref B,C,D and E, x-ref E lands way out in left field or where I'm located, is...

Hi all, At the LINE command, when I type the following, <45 enter 120 enter I get a line at 45 deg. 120 units long. A coworker does the same and his lines are infinite in length. Is there a variable setting possibly on his machine that would cause this? Thanks in advance for any tips. Haggis

Hi all, We have an electrified monorail conveyor where the rail is aluminum and is suspended with "C" hooks made of steel. The suspension method is that the "C" hooks have a HRS plate which is bolted to the 3/8" thick web of the aluminum rail. Traditionaly, our protection against galvanic...

Hi all, Can anyone tell me what variable I need to change (AutoCAD 2002). My problem is when I use the dimtedit command, only the figures move and leave the dimension lines and arrows behind. Also, I have set my dimension preferences for the text to be above the line but it still remains...

Hi all, I'll post this thread in the Materials forum as I am convinced that my problem is not structural in nature. We have an overhead monorail conveyor which uses S4 x 7.7 C-1045 rail. The rail is supported every 9'-0" with a vertical hanger and clip such that the clip is welded all round...

I have a drawing which somehow got all the elements duplicated. Exactly on top of each other. In the older versions, duplicate line showed up visibly, blue if I remember correctly. Is there a way of getting rid of the duplicayes in one fell swoop? Thanks for any tips in advance. Haggis

Hi all, I made a custom toolbar and bitmaps for 8 lisp routines that I regularly use. The problem I am having is that when I start AutoCAD, 5 of the buttons are fine and the other 3 come up with the same bitmap. 2 of these now being incorrect. The bitmaps are in a folder which I created and is...

Hi all, I think I have asked this before. I am looking for a formula to calculate safe loading on aluminum plate floor hatches to arrive at the plate thickness and the bearing area required on each of the four sides. These hatches are subject to vehicular traffic of varying weights. I do not...

Hi all, In AutoCAD 2002, I set up a bunch of drawings with plot set ups and saved them. When I call the drawings up, they show OK as far as the plot set ups being retained. When I try to batch plot, I go through the list and make sure the paper size and printer/plotter is correct. Everything...

I wonder if anyone can help with my problem. We are installing a fall arrest device for maintenance personnel within the plant. The specs on the device are as follows: Drop forged carabiner - tensile strength 5000lbs. Drop forged harness snap hook - tensile strength 5000lbs. Capacity - One...

The thread &quot;Tragic Indifferece&quot; started to get a little off track concerning the mandatory licensing of engineers. I'll start a new thread with this question which I've asked of licensed engineers who are not sure of the answer. If mandatory lincensing became a reality, who could get...

Hi all, Can anyone remind me how to put the little signs along with the message in an AutoCAD alert box. The stop sign, exclamation mark etc., Thanks.

Hi all, I wonder if there is anyone out there who could tell me if there is a way to stop AutoCAD from generating those .dwh files. All they seem to do is take up space or is there any value to them. Thanks.

Hi all, I have a question regarding welds. As an example, if I need or specify a 2&quot; lg fillet weld, I have been in the habit of specifying (2) 1&quot; welds spaced at say 1 1/2&quot; crs. My reasoning is that if a crack develops in the 2&quot; weld, it will propogate and eventially fail...

Hi all, I work in an industry where we hang overhead conveyors from building trusses and joists using bolted clamp connections. I have always believed in torquing a bolt to specs and ensuring that the clamping components are strong enough that they dont bend under these conditions. However...