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  1. jethro511

    LCD swivel hinge...where to buy?

    Neither of them have the pivot option
  2. jethro511

    LCD swivel hinge...where to buy?

    I've been tasked to build a piece of equipment which there is a display that needs to act like a notebook/tablet PC where it can flip up and down while pivot 180deg. I went looking for where I can purchase these, but I can only find unknown companies mostly selling used hinges. I'm not sure...
  3. jethro511

    Selling PDM to a beancounter

    We have been at the point where we NEEDED PDM for a while. In fact I've been asking about it since I started 3 years ago (and actually brought it up in my interview). We have 3 other groups that use SWX independently and our group that brings it all together. We have all 4 managers on board, but...
  4. jethro511

    BOM causing crash

    So after SWX & MSO was reinstalled, I finally got an answer back from our VAR. It was one part that had a configuration in it that had a space at the end of the name. All the assemblies I was working on/testing with had this part in it. The extra space messed up excel causing the crash. I...
  5. jethro511

    BOM causing crash

    I cleaned it the old fashon manual way. I did not know there was a software one. What is a decent regisrty cleaner? It only happens with the excel BOM. I will pass the MS Office info onto the IT department and get them to repair it and let you know.
  6. jethro511

    BOM causing crash

    Yes, reinstalled and cleaned the reg. The other machines can do this fine. Other machines can open the drawing with the BOM after I created it.
  7. jethro511

    BOM causing crash

    We just switched to 2005 about a month ago and this issue started this week, so I'm not sure if this is related or not. I created an assembly drawing in 2004 and it had a BOM in it, everything was fine. I went to update the assembly, opened up the drawing in 2005 (SP 0.1) and it crashes. Thru...
  8. jethro511

    PDM...need help convincing management

    We are in the same boat, management looks at it like an additional cost, not as a savings. I used PDMWorks in 2000 and it works pretty slick. We only have 2 draftspersons and 5 designers and a whole other group that takes the assemblies when we're finished. On occasion we work on each others...
  9. jethro511

    Inventor is unusable on files larger than 140MB

    Our top level assemblies are roughly 200kb, with 14000 parts (6000 unique). We did have one particular top level file that hit 3.5M, but I opened a new assembly file and reconstrained it (really easy as we work with sides so we only had to reconstrain 5 assemblies). If thats not it, what are...
  10. jethro511

    Looking for other companies that use Inventor 6

    To get you started, try this link http://www.caddman.co.za/Large_Assembly_Design1%5B1%5D.4.doc This lad sat down and put some thought into it. Downside we couldn't apply some of these because of the way we work (ie network). We've already had some of these in place, but some adding other...
  11. jethro511

    Compatiblity of Inventor with other design programs??

    drobbi is right, Inventor can open sat and step files, BUT be careful if you are creating large assemblies and modifing these files. Before I started here, they were using Autocad 3D and thought they'd convert everything into sat files. When changes came around they modified parts which made...
  12. jethro511

    Rearranging the Model Tree

    Anyone out there know how to rearrange parts in the model tree? It was a nice handy feature that they seemed to have removed from IV6 On another note, how do people feel about 6? Personally I find they spent too mcuh time on extra 'nice to have' stuff instead of speed and stability Jeff
  13. jethro511

    Speeding up Tweeks?

    Anyone have a tip on how to speed up the first tweek of a presentation? I have an assembly with roughly 12000 parts and it took 4 1/2hrs to tweek the first part (I turned the visibility off of all parts and assemblies that I could). I did the next 12 tweeks in about an hour after. This appears...
  14. jethro511

    Constraints

    Is anyone else getting VERY annoyed by some of the constraint that inventor puts in without you knowing? Anyone know how to turn them off? PLEASE!!! I'm spending alot of time moving my mouse around so these constrains pick the proper line or removing some of the constaints I don't want. I'm...
  15. jethro511

    Angles in Inventor

    Anyone having issues with the angles in inventor? For example I have a track that must go around 4 points. I constrain them so you can fix one end and move it all over the screen and it acts like a chain but doens't twist. I brought one end back to the start and began to run it throughout...
  16. jethro511

    Initial sketch constraints...

    Ahhh, another SWX person using Inventor. I still do a derivative this in Inventor as I don't like the idea of fixing something to nowhere (kinda like hanging something in mid air) I'm thinking that you're trying to draw a box, a diagonal line and fix the midpoint of the diagonal to the...
  17. jethro511

    For you colour-blind people....

    Here's a great link for anyone who is colour blind and is having problems with a couple of the colours on the screen. http://hjem.get2net.dk/opad/ It's called colour scheme organizer and it has really helped me as I had a hard time with black & red and yellow & green. Now when I pick...
  18. jethro511

    What's in those computers using Inventor?

    Virtual Mem maxed out, have the latest drivers. Funny thing yesterday one of the guys (with a machine like mine) had his view 'go 'precise' in 7 min while anothers crashed (and he has a dual processor)
  19. jethro511

    What's in those computers using Inventor?

    I just want to see what the other Inventor users are using for their PC and what the files are like. I'm having frequent crashes and error messages like 'Out of Memory' and 'Serious Error- No more memory available-Attempt to allocate 4 regions of memory failed' I'm running an HP Vevtra with...
  20. jethro511

    Transparent & high heat

    I am looking for a material that is transparent and does not deflect @ temps below 150C. The piece only needs to be 200 x 100 x 15mm. Something with Lexan's strength and transparency and can withstand heat like ultem (and of course, the cheaper the better!). It can be slightly translucent...

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