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  1. liegev

    Drawing for part with multiple common features

    jassco, Absolutely perfect. The incorrect concept that "material" and "raw material" are synonymous was keeping me from seeing how obvious this was. The second I stopped thinking about it that way, everything fell into place. I've got a drawing "X" that documents the 20 or so features that are...
  2. liegev

    Drawing for part with multiple common features

    Mintjulep, That's perfect. I tossed a callout on there and it makes a ton of sense. jassco, I'd like to dig a little deeper here. X makes the bends and the common holes. Y1 has all the features for that specific product. What I'm missing is the way in which you would annotate the drawing in...
  3. liegev

    Drawing for part with multiple common features

    thread1103-411884 So it's been some time now and KENAT's suggestions seems to be the next logical step for me. What would the best way to call out the more generic drawing within the more specific drawing. Say there is bend and a hole location that is on the specific drawing but not called...
  4. liegev

    Single Drawing - Multiple Hole Configurations

    Good Morning, CheckerHater, ewh, thank you for your insight. CheckerHater a special thanks for responding so quickly. I spent the weekend googling "tabulated drawing" and I think I'm there. Let me start by stating that the "family" will definitively grow. I can expect a minimum of 6 products...
  5. liegev

    Single Drawing - Multiple Hole Configurations

    Hey Guys, In an effort to maintain fewer drawings I'm attempting to consolidate some sheet metal drawings. Two products have identical features except for one hole. In part X310-0063 there is hole and in X310-0064 there is not a hole. I'm thinking of creating a drawing called X310-006X. My...
  6. liegev

    Aluminum Extrusion Advice

    Hey Guys, Thank you all so much for your feedback. It was immensely useful. Take care, C.
  7. liegev

    Aluminum Extrusion Advice

    Good Afternoon, Our products in the past have had a folded, stamped and anodized aluminum chassis. I'm working on a new chassis design and we want to use an extrusion process. I've never design for that process and wonder if there are any good resources out there for me to use in order to avoid...

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