You know you are getting old when...

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by TOP, Sep 22, 2006.

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    TOP Guest

    The hourglass goes away on a drawing and you can't remember what you
    were doing before the rebuild started.

    You have to take notes before a rebuild to remind yourself what you
    were doing when you hit CRTL Q.
     
    TOP, Sep 22, 2006
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    Diego Guest

    true, so true

    thanks for reminding me of my 50th birthday last week

    peace, Diego
     
    Diego, Sep 22, 2006
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    fcsuper Guest

    Is it a bad sign that I'm encountering this in my mid 30's?
     
    fcsuper, Sep 22, 2006
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    j Guest

    So thats what the new tablets are for with the 2007 upgrades
     
    j, Sep 22, 2006
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    Bo Guest

    A bad sign of what....

    Bo
     
    Bo, Sep 22, 2006
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    TOP Guest

    And to think that I thought 2007 wasn't ready for big time.

    Today was a good example of why I forget what I was doing. In a drawing
    I moved a section view, got the hourglass, shuffled some papers, took
    them up to the mezzanine for filing, unpacked two new computers,
    carried a box of old drawings to the dumpster, then went back to my
    desk to wait some more for the hour glass. Now if I could just remember
    what it was I was going to do after moving the section view.
     
    TOP, Sep 23, 2006
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    Steve Guest

    I have ran across a design issue. Our company makes cement mixers. I
    want to model the flights so they can be flat pattered. The issue is
    the section of the internal screw has a "J" bend nested on an several
    arc segments. The "J" bends speed mixing of the slurry. Also there are
    "J" bends on the discharge side to speed the exit of material. I can
    make the flight as a solid model but when I try to make it into sheet
    metal it gives me an error it can't be made. Is there any sites who
    works with screws in SW? This is a simple concept a screw in a drum but
    complex to make because of the tapered cone used for the discharging the
    slurry.


    Thanks

    Steve
     
    Steve, Sep 24, 2006
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    Bo Guest

    The guys who are experts in developed surfaces from flat plate are the
    designers who do boat and ship hull design.

    There are a few people in this group who have noted they are in yacht
    design and maybe one of them could address this if you post it in a
    separate new topic.

    Bo
     
    Bo, Sep 24, 2006
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    Bo Guest

    Humor indeed makes us think a bit more about the "real" situation.

    I really do not know whether I am going to put 2007 on my desktop yet.

    Other things have a priority, and they cost a lot more than the SWKs
    maintenance $s, so I may just have to see what works with 2006 for
    quite awhile longer, and then maybe indeed, it will by 2008 by then.

    Bo
     
    Bo, Sep 24, 2006
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    TOP Guest

    Humor??? I wish it was. Wait a minute. What were we discussing anyway?
     
    TOP, Sep 24, 2006
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    TOP Guest

    My bread and butter is helical augers. Can you describe the J-Bend or
    point me to a picture?
     
    TOP, Sep 24, 2006
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    Steve Guest

    The "J" bends are on the inside of the auger Picture an auger in a drum
    and a hole in the middle with "J" bends blending the slurry.

    Steve
     
    Steve, Sep 24, 2006
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    Steve Guest

    We have 07 but its not installed,,, I start bitching so 07 will do a
    flange along a non-straight edge?

    Thanks
     
    Steve, Sep 26, 2006
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    matt Guest

    It will do a flange on a curved edge, but the curve looks like it has to
    be on a flat face (other than the thickness), so you couldn't pull a
    flange off of a shape like the top of a mailbox, but you could use a
    flange to make the top of the mailbox if you start from the end of the
    mailbox, if that makes any sense.
     
    matt, Sep 26, 2006
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    TOP Guest

    Is this thread showing up hijacked on other newsreaders besides Google?
     
    TOP, Sep 26, 2006
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    matt Guest

    Yes, the Mixer Flights is in there. I'm using Mozilla
     
    matt, Sep 26, 2006
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    Steve Guest

    That would work.
    Thanks
     
    Steve, Sep 27, 2006
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    TOP Guest

    Google has a problem then.
     
    TOP, Sep 27, 2006
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    Jeff Howard Guest

    Or Steve hit Reply, changed subject line and ?

     
    Jeff Howard, Sep 27, 2006
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    WT Guest

    I suspect that's the problem - I'm seeing them mixed here from
    teranews.

    WT
     
    WT, Sep 27, 2006
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