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  1. bpops

    Bound mates in assembly?

    Theophilus, thanks for the tip. I tried it, and it does work, however, it doesnt limit how far it can slide, and the lbracket can slide indefenitely. The coincidence mate takes the centerline as well as imaginary extensions of it into infinity. CorBlimey, I see what you're saying as well, but...
  2. bpops

    Bound mates in assembly?

    I'm interested in making a mate as such: I have an L Bracket which, instead of having a standard through-hole, I have a rectangler hole (ends filleted) so that the L Bracket can be bolted onto another part, then adjusted. So I'd like to make a mate so that the screw can lie anywhere within this...
  3. bpops

    Lighting 2001

    If I understand your situation correctly, I believe the solution is simple. When making point light sources, I usually create a 3D POINT first where I can later place my light. So if you had a cube, for example, you could create 3D POINT, right click, click Translated, click the corner of the...
  4. bpops

    Ray tracing "bounces"

    I'm currently using the ray-tracing tool in I-Deas to determine where light will fall on a project of mine given that it bounces of walls, etc. I know ray-tracing is probably not meant to be used for analysis, but rather for asthetic purposes, but I find I have no other alternative. The problem...
  5. bpops

    Multiple Light Sources don't show up?

    I'm currently working on a project that requires me to make about 40 separate light sources (to analyze where shadows from my project fall). I made the first six, which, added with the defaults (Observer, Right Sh, and Left Sh), makes 9 in my list. When I added a tenth, it acted as though it...
  6. bpops

    Ideas Autocad DWG export

    thanks a lot for your help. I'm out of the lab for the weekend, but will try this monday and let you know the results. Brent
  7. bpops

    Ideas Autocad DWG export

    I've used the Drafting Tool to create a drawing of a specific part. But when I export it to DWG, it goes through the process asking for file name and such, but doesn't ever actually create the file. I've tried the same thing using DXF, and it works fine (except for the fact that the dimensions...
  8. bpops

    changing on-screen size of dimensions?

    feadude, thanks a lot. I've a project that must be finished today.. and the huge dimensions were slowing me down. You've help a great deal!
  9. bpops

    changing on-screen size of dimensions?

    i've been using ideas for about 5 weeks now, and have worked on several projects with it. Yet I still haven't figured out how to change the size of dimensions (they're visible size on the screen. There is a slider in the Viewing Options that changes the sizes of Labels, but dimensions remain the...
  10. bpops

    exporting assemblies (arc, pkg..?)

    thanks for the help. I finally managed to figure out the libraries (atleast enough to export the assembly). So I used that to perform the task. But thankyou!
  11. bpops

    exporting assemblies (arc, pkg..?)

    I have an error in a file I've been working on. For some reason, I'm no longer able to "sketch" anywhere - the workplane or on surfaces. So I can't really change any parts (with the exception of scaling, painting, or moving). I would like to solve the problem by exporting all of the parts and...

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