Good afternoon. I am a program manager at a contract manufacturer and I am putting a project together to acquire a 2nd 3D printer for our facility. I currently have a Markforged X7 and it performs great for our uses. We are mostly using it for form fixtures to check hole positions, form...
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I have a customer part and would like to propose a switch due to material availability in my area. See below my options avialable.
Customer asked for .177-A656-Grade 50
Option 1: .1875-ASTM-A572-Grade 50
Option 2: .179-A715 Min grade is 50
The part is holding a heavy load...
Having a text justify issue. On my PC, my dimensions show up just fine, centered and all. Centered left to right and vertically. However, my justify buttons have no effect on the dimensions.
On my co-workers pc, their dimension justifies down, and the buttons also don't change anything. I can't...
Looking to see if anyone has ever used a press brake and produced custom tools with a stamping die to place part numbers or emblems on a part? I'd like to stamp a 10 digit part number into thin sheet steel utilizing a 50, 120, or 300 ton press brake. I have a stamper made for this and stamping...
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I'm working with a design done by someone else, who designed the complex part in place(not on the standard coordinate plane). I have entered a custom coordinate plane and would like to generate a top, right, and front view plane based on the x,y,z of the new coordinate system. This...
Good morning. I am a mechanical engineer and program manager. I recently was nominated to test drive the new Microsoft Surface Studio for my job and to provide a report on if it is worth the upgrade from our current Dell's or not. I'll be putting it through my normal routine which involves...
I recently purchased an X7 from Markforged. I have a couple questions:
- What parameters are you using for 3D printing text onto your part? What font and size work best when designing in SOlidworks?
- Any special parameters when you setup the print? Specific layer height?
- How do you infill...
3 Parter today.
I have a few plant layout drawings that I'd like to clean up data wise. While generating a blank layout for some co-workers, I deleted almost everything out of the file and still found it to be +50MB in size. So where is the data at that is taking up so much space? Is there a...
We do a lot of work with stamping at my business and are currently using a stand alone 3rd party software to simulate flattening, generating tooling, etc. The complexity of stamped products, especially files given to us from customers generated in a different software, requires us to have this...
I've been given 4 plant layouts and am tasked with merging them all together. I noticed that the 4 layouts have been scaled differently and drawn with different softwares. I would like to setup my units as Inches in my main drawing, and then manually scale each plant to be in the same units as...
I need to import a PDF and convert to a DWG or DXF in Draftsight 2020. I saw a video online of someone doing this with Draftsight where the video was uploaded in 2019, but I do not have the same options as what I saw in that video. Any help is appreciated! Thank you!
Brandon LaSota
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I'm in a new business that manufactures lots of parts with Press Brakes. In my previous career, we prototyped a lot of functional parts with 3D printers, but in my new business, we're looking at the possibility of 3D printing the tooling for usage in a brake press. We're looking at capabilities...
I have a whole host of problems going on today, not sure what it is, but wondering if anyone can help out. Problems listed below. I'd love to share screenshots, but haven't been given permission by the customer yet.
Problem 1: My orientation dialogue box is no more. I hit space bar and the 3D...
Wasn't sure if this is the best place for it, but wondering about Dassault PDM. I have a huge batch of files and currently, I have to click on each one individually to change the file classification. Is there a way to batch change the file classifications for files within PDM? The files are...
I've gotten a large package from the customer who included all the etch marks they require for marking and welding in their models which is awesome. The downside, is I cannot convert to sheetmetal without these etch marks being wiped away. I can select the opposite side of the material to...
Not sure I'm explaining this correctly, but is there a way to create an 'assembly' file and then individual part files with draftsight?
My best example and reason for asking this question:
I have a plant layout I'm working on that includes 4 very large condos. As we begin to plan and populate...
It's been quite awhile since I've used Pivot tables in Excel. I'm wondering how I can accomplish this task:
I've been given a raw set of data with columns across the top titled Assembly, Assm Revision, Parts, customer, etc....
I am pulling all part numbers as part of an assembly and inserting...
Figured this may be a better location for my question:
I searched through the boards and found some information that was kind of dated, but wondering what people's opinions are for the newer versions of both AutoCAD and Draftsight and how they compare? My company is making the step to purchase...
My manufacturing department generates flat patters for our laser files in a software called Bysoft. The files are sometimes generated in English, sometimes in metric. I am then able to export that data into DXF format. Because AutoCAD is no longer going to be doing floating licensees, my company...
My customer has put GD&T or FTA in Catia terms on some 3d models they supplied me. The files are all part files. For some reason, I'm not able to see the GD&T after unhiding. Can anyone tell from the 2 pictures below if there's a setting I need to activate or if my license even allows for me to...
