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  1. tmoxam

    What is the main advantage of having a separate document for the BOM

    If the bom and the drawing are separate documents it is possible to up rev one document and not the other. if using a PLM/PDM system then only one document needs to be checked out. the problem is that the revision levels will be different for each document. They will not match and some...
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    Need Help - Font Sizes/Sheet Sizes

    Note sizes, title sizes, bom items should all be the same height from drawing to drawing. The note on an A size is the same as the note on an E size sheet. However, if you are trying to print all of these onto the same size sheet of course you will have a problem. One of our customers has a rule...
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    Balloon quantity standard ??

    [thumbsup2] thanx guys its been a good conversation Tim Moxam Senior Mechanical Designer Aversan Inc. Toronto,Ontario,Canada
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    Balloon quantity standard ??

    thanx KENAT and thanx MechNorth i AM interested in the paragraph number but, i will look harder for it now. I always use 2X when referring to a number of features, holes etc. but, i don't recall any specific reference to a "balloon quantity" in any standard. I look forward to being corrected...
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    Balloon quantity standard ??

    This is a drawing question regarding the placement of quantities beside callout balloons. We are having this discussion in conjunction with the establishment of company drawing standards. I (personally_ prefer using "x2" positioned to the lower right of the balloon. My colleagues use either...
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    Scale specific dimensions

    I am trying to create a series of blocks to be used for panel cutouts. There are about 20 different sizes. I want to draw and pre-dimension these blocks for insertion into a drawing as need be. We do all our drawings on D sheets per customers standards and some of the blocks may be placed on the...
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    standard containing rules for use of dash numbers in drawings

    just to be clear, irstuff and ewh I am not speaking about revision or version levels of a part. this is about the part number. Particularly the dash number, often called a tabulation. In a reasonable situation the dash numbered assys or parts are the same thing (but different). its the same...
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    standard containing rules for use of dash numbers in drawings

    thank Kenat, i originally posted this issue on the GD&T forum ....and it was removed. that's when i posted here. Tim Moxam Senior Mechanical Designer Aversan Inc. Toronto,Ontario,Canada
  9. tmoxam

    standard containing rules for use of dash numbers in drawings

    I had a read through DOD-100 which has a section based on ASME y14.24. It states that dash numbers can be used for parts, assemblies, mono and multi-detail drawings. So i am not any better off than i was before. My customer is asking for "kitchen-sink drawings" with the BOM being a large as it...
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    standard containing rules for use of dash numbers in drawings

    can anyone point me to the rules defining the proper (or permitted) use of dash numbers in part and assembly drawings. i learned the rules over serveral years at a defence contactor and now with a different customer there is a serious difference of opinion on the use of these types of numbers i...
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    Harness and cables - workflow for export to Inventor

    i have been struggling with some cables, trying to export wire information from AutoCAD Electrical 2010 to Inventor 2011. It seems that each time i try, that there is something that i forgot to do in one or the other program. For instance, when i transferred the first time i forgot the splices...
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    Workflow methodology for cable and assembly import

    i have been struggling with some cables, trying to export wire information from AutoCAD Electrical 2010 to Inventor 2011. It seems that each time i try, that there is something that i forgot to do in one or the other program. For instance, when i transferred the first time i forgot the splices...
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    create (real) thread in part

    obviously that method is fine if you are forced to show thread detail , but, you wouldn't want to do all your threads that way because of the increase in file size with each extra thread. Tim Moxam Senior Mechanical Designer Aversan Inc. Toronto,Ontario,Canada
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    export of wirelist to Inventor 2011 from ACAD electrical 2010

    Although i have done this task sucessfully in the past, it is not working out for me this time. I am trying to export a wirelist from ACADE 2010 to Inventor 2011. I have followed the steps for export and when i get to the final dialogue box there is a radio button to choose for either project or...
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    Nailboard view goes missing on edit. - no update - wire id's

    i have 2 questions re: nailboard drawings. When i try to use the edit button on the nailboard tab in order to add dimensions to the harness sketch. the environment changes and the harness sketch disappears. This makes it hard to dimension using the harness dimension button. can someone tell...
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    how to represent sheilded cable in 3D

    I am currently working on a series of cables in Inventor and am using Autocad electrical to generate the schematics. i have created 3d cables and transferred the info to Autocad to create the schematic. I have created the schematic in Autocad and transferred the info to create a 3d cable. all...
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    harness and cables - routing question - re splice inclusion

    working with cable assemblies. I have 2 large connectors (128 wires)wired together. around 30 wires have splices. I connected the wires. ok created the splices and subsequent wires. ok. created a segment. ok......but, when i routed the wires automatically it didn't pick up the spliced wires...
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    Feature grouping

    i would like to gather a series of workpoints into a "group" so that i may create an i-part with several groups of points that i can supress or un-supress depending on the version of the part. Can someone point me in the right direction please?
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    looking for "braided hose" decal

    i was thinking of decal from inventor but, in AutoCad i ended up using a material i created from a jpg of a braided hose. thanx
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    Add a decal to model?

    thanx guys, after posting i figured out i needed a material in this case. I copied a picture of a braided hose. cropped it in paint and saved as a bitmap. Created a new material called metal braided. Looks good . thanx again

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