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  1. tazengr

    Belleville Springs Mechanica

    Thanks PetieSmo for the explanation. I have a question however on how to set up the springs in the correct direction. The springs in my model are 90° off from the direction of the force. In the attachment I show the spring definition dialog box for one of the eight springs that I set up...
  2. tazengr

    Belleville Springs Mechanica

    Thanks for your help. I got the equations from the following website. http://www.engineersedge.com/belleville_spring.htm I used a Modulus of Elasticity of 29600000 psi and a Poisson's ratio of 0.28. I also compared my hand calculation results to Universal Technical Systems' Advanced Spring...
  3. tazengr

    Belleville Springs Mechanica

    Your results look like they are pretty accurate. I am trying to duplicate them, however I get an error saying: This point-to-ground spring is not associated with any element. Do you know what the cause of this is? Was the origin of the cylindrical or the cartesian coordinate system used when...
  4. tazengr

    Belleville Springs Mechanica

    Sure. I show a cross section of the washer in the attached file. Note that 0.695 and 0.598 are the OD and ID dimensions respectively. The thickness is .008 and the overall length is .042. Dimensions are in inches. See attachment. Regards...
  5. tazengr

    Belleville Springs Mechanica

    No I still have not been able to solve it. I have tried several different methods such as using a polar coordinate system and applying radial constraints to the spring, but no still no luck. TazEngr
  6. tazengr

    Belleville Springs Mechanica

    Hello, I documented my question in the link. Basically I am inquiring about the best way to load and constrain a belleville spring. Please open and help me out if you can. Regards, TazEngr
  7. tazengr

    creating a pause in a for Loop in Excel VBA

    Hello, I have written a For loop that uses a shell command to call a batch file that replaces text in a trail file, Mytrail.txt. I then use that altered text file and use it to run Pro/Engineer by calling it through another shell command. I would like to add pause instructions to my routine...
  8. tazengr

    Running Pro/engineer from a excel VB

    Thanks for your help That did the trick.
  9. tazengr

    Running Pro/engineer from a excel VB

    Hello, I am trying to automate the process of mass creating parts. What I would like to do is write a VB command that tells windows to launch pro/engineer in no graphics mode and run a trail file that is called mytrail_1.txt I can run that trail file in pro/engineer in no graphics mode from...
  10. tazengr

    making multiple assemblies of different sizes

    Ok sounds good. I have been making a family of parts using the excel to pro/engineer method. This method yields a family of parts but they are all separate files. My next question would be is there a way to do this same excel to pro/engineer automation technique but to create a family of parts...
  11. tazengr

    making multiple assemblies of different sizes

    Hello, I found a useful post on this site to make multiple parts that are the same but they are just different sizes through making a table in excel, going thru tools--> programs in Pro/Engineer, reading the converted .prn file into Pro/engineer to generate similar parts of different sizes. Is...
  12. tazengr

    Creating a sweep, cut along a curve WF 3.0

    Disregard the previous post I found out how to remove material. However, now the problem is that the section is not the same. I would like to cut out a section that has a rectangular shape. It starts out that way but by the time it gets to the end of the cut the section becomes triangular...
  13. tazengr

    Creating a sweep, cut along a curve WF 3.0

    thanks for the responses. I have decided to go with a variable section sweep. However I can only add material when I do this. Is there a way to use this feature and remove material? Because I have not seen the remove material button anywhere.
  14. tazengr

    Creating a sweep, cut along a curve WF 3.0

    Hello, I am trying to perform a simple cut operation that has myself and a few other Pro/engineer Wildfire 3.0 users stumped. So I figured I would give this forum a try. Basically I would like to cut constant section groove along a profile into my part. First: I define the curve that is...
  15. tazengr

    printing multiple-sheet pro/engineer drawing

    Hello, I have to print out a pro/engineer drawing that is over 20 sheets long. Is there a faster way to do this than printing the drawing sheet by sheet. Thanks, Taz Engr
  16. tazengr

    Pro/Engineer table for drawing

    Thanks Marc, This looks like it is exactly what I am looking for. However, I have not any experience with Pro/Weblink. I saw that there is some sort of code so I tried to do the following: Copy and Paste it into a notepad file. Save the file as a .htm extension. Open using...
  17. tazengr

    Pro/Engineer table for drawing

    Thanks However I did not create the parts using the Family table menu. I used the method where you change the names of each variable and create a prn file from excel to create the different instances. http://www.profilesmagazine.com/p22/tips_muirhead.html I did not use the Family Table...
  18. tazengr

    Pro/Engineer table for drawing

    Hi, I have a table that has the dimensions for a family of parts in excel. I am now making the detail of the family of parts in a tabulated drawing. I know that I can create a table in Pro/Engineer by doing the following: Table--> Insert--> Table Create a table with the proper amount...
  19. tazengr

    Recording a mapkey with pause for table manipulation

    Hi, I am working in pro/enineer drawing and inserting tables. What i am trying to do should be simple: I am trying to copy the contents of 5 cells in column "A" (A1-A5) and place them into an empty set of 5 cells in column "B" (B1-B5) What I decided to: I recorded a mapkey with a two step...
  20. tazengr

    pro/detail

    I have been trying to setup a floating license on the network to use the single floating pro/mechanica license that we have. STEP 1: I first put the license.txt file that contains the mechanica license in a network folder. STEP 2: I then inserted the ptc cd and did an install of just...
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