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  1. Buckshott00

    Process Setting for Improved Over-molding to prevent delamination In Molded Hytrel

    Hello All, Sorry for the cross-post thought maybe there might be more visibility here. I'm looking for tips to improve over-molding of two very similar grades of Hytrel. I'm trying to improve the molding or other process parameters to get better bonding between extruded tubing of Hytrel 4056...
  2. Buckshott00

    Process Setting for Improved Over-molding to prevent delamination In Molded / Extruded Hytrel

    Hello All, I'm looking for tips to improve over-molding of two very similar grades of Hytrel. I'm trying to improve the molding or other process parameters to get better bonding between extruded tubing of Hytrel 4056 and the Injection molded 3078, hopefully resulting in better component...
  3. Buckshott00

    SmartSolve (QMS Software IQVIA SmartSolve) Automate multiple entries?

    Hello All, It's been a long time!! Does anyone else use this POS software? If so have you found a way to automate entries other than an Excel/VBASIC Macro. Our Document Control is exceedingly anal about the referenced documents and when creating a BOM it can literally take hours to reference...
  4. Buckshott00

    Capacitive Coupling / Parasitic Capacitance Questions

    Hello All, I have (2) questions regarding Capacitive Coupling. I am pretty out of my league here as I am ME, and been a long time since I've had a circuits class. Any help is appreciated I am designing a handle for monopolar surgical instrument. Now the handle itself has quite the irregular...
  5. Buckshott00

    Metrology Material (liquid metal) Cerlo or Sirlo sp?

    Hello all, I was hoping someone could help me. I am looking for the name of a liquid metal alloy. It is used in metrology. It is solid (mostly) at room temp, but if you place it over a heat element, it becomes liquid. It's great for holding tolerance and checking ID grooves and such. I...
  6. Buckshott00

    Material Info and Recommendations, Help Please

    Hello, I am new to Composite and Polymer design, so please bear with me as I try to ask the right questions. I am looking for information to compare various materials head to head. The ideal material is foremost repeatably autoclavable, colorable and preferably opaque, and generally...
  7. Buckshott00

    17-4(H900), Weck's Lube, and Actuation Mystery.

    Hello All, I was wondering if you could help me figure out something. I have an assembly I am testing. It was using rivets before and now I am trying it with grooved pins. Everything except the pins are 17-4 H900. I assemble my piece. It actuates smoothly but slowly. Through various...
  8. Buckshott00

    17-4 Galling, Water Soluble Lube and actuation Mystery

    Hello All, I was wondering if you could help me figure out something. I have an assembly I am testing. It was using rivets before and now I am trying it with grooved pins. Everything except the pins are 17-4 H900. I assemble my piece. It actuates smoothly but slowly. Through various...
  9. Buckshott00

    Solidworks 2013 Trouble Apply apperance to faces

    Hello All, This one seems very straight forward but I just can't get it to come together. I want to apply colors and transparency to certain faces to highlight a hole that goes through the entire assembly. However, even if I select the face level in the adjust appearance menu it's not coming...
  10. Buckshott00

    NX 8.5 Setting

    Hello, I'm running NX 8.5.1.3 on a 64-Bit Machine Windows 7 Pro. 2 questions: 1) Which setting do I change so that, when I hover the pointer over an object, I don't get a shadow version of the feature. IE if I subtract a revolve, if I hover over that profile I don't see the revolved...
  11. Buckshott00

    Instanced Hole / Array / Promotion

    Hello All, I'm running NX 7.5.4.4 on 64bit Windows 7 Pro. I thought there was a way in NX to dissolve an instance feature or to turn off an instance so that it was no longer parametrically linked to the other features in the array. i.e. I have cylindrical solid and I create a hole on the OD...
  12. Buckshott00

    Viewer for NX (parasolids)

    Hello, My office runs NX 7.5.4.4 windows 64 bit. Can the viewer be installed without installing the rest of NX? If not where can I find a free viewer to demonstrate some parasolids? Thank you!
  13. Buckshott00

    Ideas Needed Lathe Threading Lead help G76

    Hello, I am having some issues, I am running a Mori Seiki SL25 lathe(Fanuc), and I was using a G76 Threading cycle to cut some id groove threads. I recently switched inserts and have been able to get much better chips. However, on a part that I just ran today. I adjusted only the depth of...
  14. Buckshott00

    Machining Cronidur 30

    Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has actual experience with machining Cronidur 30. We are having a hard time and blowing through tooling trying to machine this stuff, and we were wondering if anyone else has had experience or tips they could share. Thanks!
  15. Buckshott00

    NX 7.5 Swept Through Detailed Thread Thru Face Error Help!

    Hello, Running NX 7.5.5.4, Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit workstation I am trying to subtract a swept feature through a cylindrical part with different diameters on one of those diameters there is a detailed thread. I am trying to make a spline and sweep my tooth profile through those...
  16. Buckshott00

    Title Block Text not loading

    Hello, Running NX 7.5.5.4 XP 32 Bit We use a saved part that contains our title blocks and import the title block part into our existing part. When someone else in the office saves a title block for me I am able to open the part and the title block with the text in the title block is...
  17. Buckshott00

    Reverse Engineering Solid Body from Facet Body (STL)?

    Hello, Running NX7.5.4.4 Win7 64bit I was wondering if there is anyway of reverse engineering a Solidbody from a facet body? I have the NX freeform (basic I think) but not Shape Studio. I have tried Rapid Surfacing, but it looks like it was meant for surface or sheet bodies and not for...
  18. Buckshott00

    How to view conflicting constraints within a sketch

    Hello, I am pretty sure that this is on here somewhere, but I cannot find the solution. If you are checking a sketch and it is over-constrained or has conflicting constraints how do you check to see which constraints or dimensions are in conflict? Thank you
  19. Buckshott00

    Selection Highlight and quick pick menu in 64Bit machine

    Hello, I recently upgraded to a 64-bit Windows 7 workstation. We are still using NX 7.5.4.4 after the upgrade we've had some selection intent problems. The quick pick menu isn't always coming up, and especially in drafting and sketching the highlight feature might not be working or it won't...
  20. Buckshott00

    Can't dimension Sketch to datum plane

    Hello, I am running NX7.5.4.4 on Windows XP Pro 32bit. One of my settings is off. When Sketching I am unable to dimension to a plane. When I save a part on our network if another engineer opens the the sketch they are able to dimension to the plane, but I am unable to. I have looked at the...

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