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Drawoh, Correct. I didn't hire any of them. Plus, I refused to work with the contracting company that screened them! Failed by HR, Management, and the recruiters. Sad story. This runs us back full circle to my original statement about management must take responsibility for ensuring that there...

One of the problems in industry is that the term designer is actually applied to anyone that uses CAD. I've asked people in interviews if they were a CAD Operator or a Designer. They always say "Designer" even when the results of the remainder of the interview prove to me otherwise. The...

civilperson: I could not agree more. Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

Drawoh, What you are describing is using CAD for conceptual or functional geometry. This is absolutely fine in my process. Plus, it is being developed by an expert in the subject matter. I strongly encourage this and have presented on this at conferences. My big gripe is the substitution of...

I think in some areas, like vehicle dynamics, the automotive industry gets it right. Most of the time, the dynamics simulation group is making models that are not dependant on CAD geometry and simulating the performance of the vehicle against the functional requirements and the resulting...

Don't feel too bad, Congress tried to get Shakespeare and ended up with the "stimulus" spending bill. Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

IRstuff, The whole point was that this is not a "in the good old days we did X". However, much of what we have now is an automation of an old design-build-break-redesign... loop. There is still room to (re)introduce some engineering fundamentals and discipline before unleashing the hoards of...

I thought you might enjoy my rant in reply to an article in Machine Design Magazine: Changes in the Engineering Profession Over 80 Years Thoughts? Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

Does anyone know of an easy/automated way to collect the output of free edges or faces from a preprocessor (HyperMesh or Patran) into a format that can be imported into a CAD package (STEP, IGES, VRML, etc.)? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

SimOffice and SimXpert are not the same software: http://simoffice.mscsoftware.com/index.php http://www.mscsoftware.com/products/simxpert.cfm?Q=131&Z=433 The target markets are very different. Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

That is more what I was thinking about. I'll try the linking of the design to a design table and into Excel. Are there any online tutorials for something like this? Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

Thank for the replies. While I can't describe the actual mechanism problem I can describe a similar problem that is easily solvable with BMX in Pro/E and I'd like to be able to solve similarly with SolidWorks. I have two vertical posts of length A and B separated by a distance L between them...

Is there an optimizer for SolidWorks? I'm not talking about within COSMOS, but in the core modeling module. I'm looking to optimize some of the geometry of a mechanism. For those that are familiar with Pro/ENGINEER the equivalent is the Behavioral Modeling Extension (BMX). Does anyone have any...

I am having difficulty patterning an assembly cut in SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1. I have a multi-part assembly that is machined after welding so modeling the cuts as features of the assembly represents the correct modeling approach. When I can't seem to select the feature for patterning; SolidWorks is...

Independent surface features; i.e. not stitched. Would that help? There are no solid bodies. Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

I'm going the other way: the SolidWorks data is native and I am exporting out in a STEP format for HyperMesh to read. The part just looks awful inn SolidWorks with gaps and protruding surfaces... Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com

Tick, You hit the nail on the head: I have a physically large model (major feature element is an 85ft diameter weldment) with ribs that have features with geometric details on the order of inches. The main circular feature is rendered with visible faceting in the model and shows gaps in the...

I am trying to change the part accuracy/tolerance in SolidWorks 2007 SP3.1. I did a search in the help files, on this site and with Google and did not find what I was looking for. I found settings for the rendering quality, but not the part quality. In Pro/ENGINEER what I am trying to do is...

Alibre Design is not used in mainstream automotive engineering. I've never run across it in my work in any industry, in fact. JAFDias, why are you posting about this tool in this thread? Best regards, Matthew Ian Loew www.daxcon.com