A STEP file is just a text file. You'll need a 3rd party tool to wrap encryption around it (ie. ZIP, etc). There's also steganography but that's more about hiding a file.
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I'd also look at similar designs for reference when determining an approach. The first example I think of is a locomotive rail. They use a flanged wheel so no need for a lateral wheel. This is similar to the DualVee product referenced earlier where the V design provides your lateral alignment...
Guess I missed the dimensions of the I-beam. Photo makes it look much bigger than your cart depicts. Or else that's a huge cart. LOL
The tag hanging on the end should have clued me in.
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"If there's something in life you don't like, change it and deal with the...
Sounds like you are saying you would lift the entire pile and drop a single beam at a time. This sounds like a very challenging approach. Not unachievable with the right infrastructure, but maybe not the path of least resistance.
Edit: assuming you could lift from the ends exclusively, I can...
Here's a 2D nesting tool. Haven't used/seen a 3D version.
https://webclient.nestingcenter.com/
Just did a couple of searches and located a candidate:
https://www.3dbinpacking.com/en/
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I picture Planet FeC having a significant electrical potential, where iron provides a high resistance path to ground. Thus there would be lots of pretty sparks and molten slag flying. Best to wear a welding helmet while watching this fire burn.
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I'm not the best at communication so I'll admit I'm not sure how I would handle this. But have you directly tried to communicate to him how his tirades make you feel? Or maybe just ask him to be more respectful of your opinions? That's definitely out of my nature so not sure how that plays...
Well how about that. Who in the world laid out that dialog box. The whole left side has to do with the text display (font, precision, fractions, zeroes, units...) and the right side is about the lines & arrows. But there's that one leader item over there and of course I overlooked it...
I finally decided to go looking for a way to change the length of the dimension line extension in SW2017 (shown in attached image). Not sure if this is a default or something that got set in-house somewhere along the way, but I want to shorten it. Been manually dragging the handle for way too...
I tested it on Creo 2.0 and you can actually just select Plus-Minus tolerance mode and enter a positive # in the lower tolerance. I'm not sure how this is treated in tolerance analysis, etc, but I'll bet it translates correctly.
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Some anti-static Velcro straps I've seen have a tracer wire or some other conductive additive to make them conductive to avoid static buildup.
But I'm like Gunnar, I think you'll get paint buildup either way. Maybe not due to electrostatic attraction, but the powder will have plenty of...
Wonder if the 31 character limit is a Y2K type thing where they only reserved a certain number of bits for the name. 31 is ominously close to 2^5.
I rarely run into the limit since I've been trained by PTC for so long. However, I do run into a similar but unrelated limit with my hard drive...
Why a limit? Because without one, we would have parts named "thisislikethebracketusedtomountthegizmotothejiggerthingyonthewhatchacallitexceptithasaflatspotonitsoyoucansetyourcoffeecup.prt" :o)
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