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  1. Irwinfletcher

    Rope stretch/Pulley Calculations

    I have a pulley constrained by a single rope fixed at each end to beams in the ceiling. The beams are at different heights giving different "rope" lengths. If I apply a large load to the pulley, how do I calculate the rope loads? Do I take the stiffnesses in parrallel, like two separate springs...
  2. Irwinfletcher

    Just looking for some helpfull advice

    Not sure if this will do exactly what you want, but could you do the end cutout first (dimension it 4 inches from the end of your protrusion) then do the pattern as described above and constrain this to the end cutout yuo just did, and then mirror them both. The end result is that you get your...
  3. Irwinfletcher

    File naming conventions

    I would suggest not trying to build any inteligence into the file names. Use the same, dumb, unique number with no letters or spaces for both the part and the drawing (providing this is possible with your MRP system). Different file types can be distinguished by their file extensions and...

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