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Right click, Pick from list, select the gd&t from the list then select it again. No its not obvious but never found anything in Pro-E that was.

I'm working with A356-T6 Al that has a normal operating temp of 100 degrees C but can go up to 200 degrees C for at most 10 minutes at a shot. My ASM Book Aluminum Alloy Castings Properties, Processes and Applications book has a table (D4.26) that shows 356-T6 material properties at elevated...

You can also use Hydrocloric acid with a 3% solution of "PavPrep" http://www.pavco.com/index2.htm. It's some kind of alcohol based liquid. It keeps the acid from eating the metal. I used to work for them and used it, in small amounts, to clean up and restore old motorcycles. You can...

SW has a really nice 2D package, why buy/use two packages? You lose the fact that anytime you change the 3D the 2D doesn't automatically update. You can also change things in 2D laylouts that will translate automatically to 3D. 3D and linked 2D drawings are the way to go. Will

I've dismantled and rebuilt a lot of Briggs over the years, I've never ran into one that didn't, but I rarely rebuild any that less than 10 years old. Heres the official line from from briggs. All engine models named Vanguard, I/C, Industrial Plus, Diamond Plus, Intek Edge, Intek Pro, ELS...

Are you sure? Briggs have a metal liner for the cylinder bore and an aluminun housing poured around them. Just like your modern aluminum car engines. They've changed from the original design in that you can't remove the cylinder bore from the crankcase, its all one piece. As far as the plating...

The TI has the Eigen Value stuff built in to. The only advantage to any HP calc is I've seen cards with equation sets for each disipline, something I haven't seen TI offer not you can't download other peoples equation programs to your TI. I personally hate the Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) I...

My vote goes for the TI 89. You'll need EigenValues/Vectors for some of your classes, it does them. You can download programs to do LaPlace Transforms!, HP won't do that. There has never been any problem I couldn't handle using my 89. When i took a graduate bearing design class it did everything...

Well I think they are. The trend these days seems to be 100K powetrain warrenties, (Crysler, Kia, ect...) Engine problems, valve train, head gaskets, ect.. should be covered by the powertrain warrenty. You the consumer don't pay for it the manufacturer does. Obviously this assumes there is...

Glad to hear of someone else thats into old stuff and good experience. I've never heard of the nail polish trick be fore I'll have to keep that in mind. I understand that there are many cases where your stuck with a steel bolt into an aluminum housing, but as you said a penny or 2 of anti-seize...

I-Deas 9.0 is not supported on Windows XP, you will get no help from SDRC, or PLM/whatever if you run Windows XP and I-Deas together. VERY BAD IDEA. Will

The way I wanted to fasten them in was with bolts, instead of a boss on the housing with threads. This was the way they were originally designed. The boss was a cost save that saved $0.04. While it cost almost nothing for the boss the housing then had to have the threads machined in. The volume...

The reason that things like this get designed is that most engineers have never worked on anything old, or took wood or metal shop in high school. When I was in school, I was the only one of the mechanical engineers that took shop in high school, and had actually worked on anything that wasn't...

If you want to get a job designing any kind of auto parts, you need an ME degree. BA min, MA prefered. Ya ME is a broad major, but it's way more than Thermo and Fluids. You have your kinematics, Vibrations, Machine Design classes, Gears, Bearings, Clutches, Brakes, Springs, Stress Analysis...

While I am all for the Iron block. I would like like to point out some advantages of Aluminum. The manufacturing process for Iron is Dirty, Hot, bad on your body and equipment. Trust me I've worked in an Iron foundry producing Truck Blocks. It's shear hell. Iron needs to be produced on site...

They claim it will, and it isn't supposed to be pushed through as fast as 8 was. This will also be the last I-deas only release. The release after this will be combined with UG. Will

Well, this is my understanding of Hydrogen embrittlement. It's not very exact, but since no body else has chimed in I'll give it a try. Hydrogen embrittlement is caused by the Hydroclauric acid that the parts are initially dipped in before plating. They are dipped to clean the parts from...

Synprene From a company called PolyOne has worked for us in auto grommetts, I'm not sure about the temp char. but they might be able to help. Way better compression set than Santoprene. Will

Machinery's, is good, Mark's is good. But I'd also get older versions (20's-40's) of them, as they often contain information that the new ones no longer cover. I love my 11th edition Machinery's, and 4th edition Mark's. But get the new ones too, and check there first, then break out the old ones...

I was also was once a GMI student or almost, I was accepted, and obtained a Co-op job through GMI. I got messed up on a motorcyle and didn't go. But anyways I work in the auto indusrty for Yazaki-NA, making wire harness componets for Ford, and have worked 2 internships for Ford, and 4 at MTD. I...