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    Glue terminology question

    Has anyone heard of "inductive glue"? An internet search yields references to gluing machines for woodworking. Also insertion of wooden dowels. I am looking at different bonding technologies for flexible electronic circuitry and inductive gluing was mentioned as a method. -loudig
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    Flexible Circuit Bonding methods

    Thank you ScottyUK, I'll check these materials out. tygerdawg - I'll be sure to keep you informed of what I decide to do with our bond method and material type! -loudig
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    Flexible Circuit Bonding methods

    I also neglected to mention that the bonds need to be electrically conductive. Glue is good if there's a good low profile conductive variety I suppose. It needs to have a very thin bond-line thickness. The tabs are terminals on a small battery. The tab sizes are roughly .12 wide x .15 and are...
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    Flexible Circuit Bonding methods

    I have two flexible circuit materials - Polyimide (PI), and Polyethylene Terephalate (PET). I need to bond a thin metal tab to flexible circuit pads on each of these substrates. I have 4 different methods of bonding: 1. Solder 2. Ultrasonic welding 3. Laser welding 4. ICF/ACF (Isotropic...
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    Potted assembly with internal components removed

    Hello - I had a problem representing an assembly that is potted and wanted to represent the potting material without the internal components interfering during interference analysis. I edited the potting material in the context of the assembly and used the mold cavity feature to subtract out the...
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    Nickel Plated Brass Adapter Quesion

    Thank you. I will indeed ease into this. Most of the fittings specified in my product are stainless steel. However to adapt to some of them, the only of the shelf items are Ni plated brass. -Loudig
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    Nickel Plated Brass Adapter Quesion

    Hi unclesyd, Some of the most common environments would be salt spray, water, petroleum (oil, oil byproducts), detergents, solvents, textiles, UV (if outside), plastics, paints, rubber, and natural gas. loudig
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    Nickel Plated Brass Adapter Quesion

    Is a nickel plated brass adapter ok to use in a refinery or a petro-chemical environment?
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    SW 2008 Auto Trace

    How does one access Auto Trace functionality in SW 2008 professional?
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    Soldiworks Drawing Format into Word Doc File

    Does anyone know of a good way to import a Solidworks drawing format into Microsoft Word? We need a consistent look to our documents and our software development group wants to use the mechanical drawing format as a template. Thanks in advance! Loudig
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    2008 Colors and Real View Graphics

    Sueflow - Thanks for the input. The Matt Lombard color macros appear to do something although I'm not sure its doing what I'm expecting. The other macros at his site work very well. I keep getting this nagging feeling that because I am running 2008 on a 64bit machine, there are issues that...
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    2008 Colors and Real View Graphics

    Folks, I am having a heck of a time managing colors of parts, faces, features, bodies, etc, etc, etc. Now throw Realview Graphics into the mix and I'm not sure which end is up! I know there are macros and threads out there that allow you to reset colors etc for older revisions of Solidworks. Is...
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    Trying to create a circle of 850 m diameter

    Hi, If you still see the leaders of the dimensions but the text is not there, or is a small dot, try changing the Doc Properties settings to "Always display text at the same size" -Lou
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    Trying to create a circle of 850 m diameter

    Hi p2000, There shouldn't be a limit. Just for kicks, I tried this with no problems... I have SW2008, SP3.1, 64Bit
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    1/4 npt fitting and nut needs to capture plastic housing wall

    Thanks Ed, I will look for something like this today! -Loudig

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