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Thanks for the help everyone. More reading required on my end. At least it doesn't appear that I'm missing something stupid/easy.

@metengr: Do you have any good resources regarding the effect of notch geometry on ultimate tensile strength? (I thought stress concentrations were more for yield than full fracture.) I still don't feel I can get from the inputs to a calculated failure that matches my pull value without some...

@EdStainless: RA from the MTR is 56%. So are you saying that True UTS = Engineering UTS/RA%? In this case, that would give 252000psi. Definitely closer, but not quite where I feel I could calculate the fracture point from the MTR. We need to make a bunch of these at various pull values, so my...

Hmmm...I don't remember much about engineering stress vs True Stress. How do I apply that to this situation? I measured the diameter of the neck post fracture. It's .434" (Area = .148in2). Fractured at 41,100 lbs. Now F/A stress at fracture = 277700psi? How does that relate to UTS?

The reported value on the MTR was just over 140KSI, maybe 141KSI (can't remember exact value now). It doesn't account for the large difference, since UTS would have to be 170KSI to pull at 40000 with F/A. Any other suggestions?

Hi, I'm stumped by a recent tensile test and I need someone to explain this to me. I feel like I'm missing something super basic. We have a steel component that is designed to fail at a specific tensile load, 40,000 lbs. The design is simply a threaded joint with a necked down radius that is...

Thanks for your replies! @CBL Unfortunately, it isn't my choice what versions of solidworks we use in our company. I would love to be on SW09, but when asked, the IT guys said that they have to test the software and make sure it works across our systems or something like that. It probably...

Hi, We just updated to Solidworks 2008, with SW Explorer and PDM Workgroup Server 2009 SP1.0. In SWExplorer, I'm trying to update models from the vault but I get an error "Error retrieving "filename.sldprt" from the server.". I also get an error when trying to reload parts from the vault...

Hi, Basic problem: I have ~6500 draft entities from a dxf import that I want to simplify. Is there anyway to do this? I'm using Wildfire 2. I'm trying to reproduce an old drawing from DrawingBoard Vellum in Pro/E. This program is ancient: Win 3.1 and Win 95. Anyways, it has the option to...

This tip is for those of you who work directly with the various configuration files for Pro/E, and are tired of the limitations of notepad to edit these files. PSPad is freeware text editor for windows. I've known about this program for a while (as I'm sure many of you have too), but recently...

Thanks. I know that those symbols are there. I guess I should have specified that I need to make a custom generic symbol, which I can't do because the grouping and subgrouping is not working properly. Has anyone experience this before? I am using wildfire 2. Thanks! ~Tyler

Hi, I'm trying to create a generic weld symbol with grouped options. I'd like to exclusively select the leader side, then independently choose to have a field flag, all around circle, and reference text displayed for each side. For some reason every subgroup I create after the first one moves...

Actually copying the parameter number seems like it is an unnecessary step. What is your parameter name that contains the 11 digit part number (side note: do you use Intralink?). Is there a reason why you do not want to create a drawing template instead of starting with an empty drawing? It will...

Are you talking about creating a maykey that copies and pastes something? Or about copying an existing mapkey? To copy an existing mapkey, open up your config.pro file in a text editor (Find the local config.pro, should be in home or working directory). You can copy paste and rename your mapkeys...

You have your drawing number set as a parameter in your part file correct? Something like &DRW_NO? In your drawing FORMAT (different from template) you can create a note that is linked to that parameter. That format can be defined in the template or if you create it separately, you can use it on...

You can override the dimension with '@OB' (no quotes, letter O). It should only display the B. Hope that helps.

Hi, I'm trying to create a custom surface weld symbol with a weld-all-around circle on it. I simply tried to redefine the generic surface weld symbol from system symbols, however, when I viewed the symbol groups (Leader_Side, Weld_size, etc.), the groups somehow became screwed up so the...

Thanks Jeff, that is exactly what I was looking for.

Hi, I'm new to pro/e and I've been working on editing some notes on drawings. I've notice different characters that obviously format the text/paragraph differently when inserted. This is one specific note pulled from the note properties dialog box: {0:NOTES:} * 1) SURFACES TO BE CONCENTRIC...

Thanks! I am more familiar with Solidworks and was looking for something similar to 'configurations' in SW. I like that all the features and changes to those features remain in one model. I was hoping Pro/E would work the same way. This will work fine for what I need though. Thanks again.