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  1. retiredoldflattus

    Speed up IV?

    I was looking for something else BUT, since I now have a dual core Pentium, I thought I'd speed things up if I could. Here's a link that might (???) work: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/item?siteID=123112&id=12107410&linkID=9242018 I don't know if this will work yet but I'm a gonna...
  2. retiredoldflattus

    Pipe tap problem IV 2010 Pro

    I have a cast iron hemisphere and I want to put a pipe tap in the bottom (from the outside). It has a wall thickness of 1" so I drilled a 1/4" hole thru and then counterbored 1" dia. x 1/2" deep and then tried to put a 1/4" pipe tap at the bottom of the c'bore figuring that a pipe tap into that...
  3. retiredoldflattus

    Hidden stuff in INV

    I just found a new set of tools for Inventor that I didn't know I nor you have. They're kinda like Express Tools in AutoCAD although not nearly as complete. It's just some 'stuff'. Go to the SDK directory in your main INV directory and read up on what's there. One of the utilities lets you...
  4. retiredoldflattus

    Remove item from frame generator

    Hello all: I've got IV 2010 Pro and I'm trying to delete a couple of cross members from the skeletal model I use for the frame generator. I've gone to the 3D sketch and deleted the members (sketch only) but when I go back to the model the members are still there and I can't delete them. I use...
  5. retiredoldflattus

    Changing plane orientation

    What I'm trying to do (IV 2010 Pro) is switch the orientation of the positive xy plane. You know, the old 'change the plus to minus and minus to plus' as the guy said to his buddy after blowing up his dead battery :) I'm modeling a complicated plastic part and I'm trying to avoid creating a...

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