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    Electroless tin plating

    I used some electroless tin plating solution to tin plate the copper traces on a PCB that I made in a class in college, years ago. The stuff worked great... on copper. Anyone have any idea if it will plate mild steel? I have some small brackets I'd like to add a little corrosion resistance to...
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    3D object color changing on its own

    I have a 3D solid object (wire duct from Panduit) imported into AutoCAD 2015. I imported the .STP file from the manufacturer via the IMPORT command. I had to EXPLODE the object at least once (maybe twice) in order to be able to slice it for length and alter its color. The object's color is...
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    having custom bolts made

    Hi All, Please forgive me if I don't supply all the details correctly - I'm a controls and electrical guy. Here's my question: The repertory theater company I work for uses several hundred of these fasteners (see pic link) a year; as our scenery for each show must go in and come out at least...
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    Array over a selected distance

    Hi All, I seem to remember, several versions and years ago, that AutoCAD had an option under Array where you could pick the distance over which the array would be placed, as well as the familiar number of columns, rows, etc... For instance, say I had a line, A, 67 inches long, and I had another...
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    misbehaving dimensions in paperspace; AutoCAD 2011

    Hi All, More than occasionally, I have dimensions that have been placed in paperspace "go nuts." That is to say, when the drawing is opened, or a viewport is copied and pasted, the (correctly) placed dimensions fly off and end up somewhere WAY off the paperspace page. It seems that the only...

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