We do a lot of this.
We send out fully dimensioned PDFs and DXF flat patterns. We make it clear that the drawing is the master document, and that we are providing the DXF as a courtesy. We state the K factor used to generate the flat, and it is up to the supplier to adjust the DXF as necessary...
Hey OP just want to say that I absolutely feel you and sympathise. I'm a mechanical engineer, but my experience has mirrored your own even down to I attended a hydraulics course where I was the only guy in the room with a degree and once that got found out the teacher relentlessly picked on me...
So you start with a part file for the casting and then use the split feature to seperate that part file into multiple bodies, which you then save out as distinct part files, correct? In these part files you have one feature in the feature tree; your "stock" feature, which makes your part a...
I don't know for sure but I would probably start with the local council. If, for example, this occurred in Pembrokeshire then you could go on the Pembrokeshire county council website and go to "planning and building control" and they have a link to "report a dangerous structure"
e.g...
Agree with Ed,I would take a wild guess that the spring is "undesirable" because the rest of the assembly is plastic that is metled down and so they don't want to have to take it apart and remove the spring first. Using the same material to create a spring seems to solve that problem...
I know of the british standard, which I believe is based on EN standards but actually I cant find a specific reference in the relevant section. However, for your interest:
BS 8888:2017 Section 4.6.2. Metric Values:
"The decimal marker shall be a comma."
Although despite this being in BS 8888...
You could use convert entities to create a sketch element that is parametrically linked to your edge, make that sketch element a construction element, and then constrain your arc to have equal length to the construction element.
GSTP
Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer
UK
That was interesting thanks, had this one recommended after, which was interesting also (to me anyway :P)
https://youtu.be/rq6z1hShFcE
GSTP
Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer
UK
Fantastic news about the windows, they don't build 'em like they used to eh? [wink]
Any structural/materials people got any insight into what the effect of the heat could be on the stabillity/integrity of the stone structure?
GSTP
Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer
UK
Having had the good fortune to stand in the Notre Dame it is a real tradegy that the stained glass appears to have been lost. I was only a child but the beauty of the light streaming through those windows is firmly etched into my memory.
GSTP
Graduate Mechanical Design Engineer
UK
How does the FEA program measure force? If we think of the applied forces as stresses and stress fields then it makes sense that the stress distribution will not be even over the edges but will instead be higher at the top and lower at the bottom. This would be analagous to having a higher force...
Wouldn't there be 4? You could "gang" the syringes together axially/concentrically, which might make it a bit more wieldy. A flow divider could still work, and if you can't find one of suitable size I wouldn't be surprised if you could make one yourself. Maybe even machined from plastic.
GSTP...
I think 3DDave's solution is a lot more practical and elegant. I am not sure if you will be able to buy a flow divider of the appropriate size, however if you scroll down to Fig. 13-16. at
https://www.hydraulicspneumatics.com/other-technologies/chapter-13-flow-controls-and-flow-dividers
you...
