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| dwg vs STEP | 11/3/2009 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: Can I open a dwg file in STEP or IGS format? ANSWER: Hi Ed, Can you open a *.dwg file in STEP or ...
A: No ... what I meant was that if you're working on a design in AutoCAD and you want to send your file ...
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| dwg vs STEP | 11/3/2009 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: Can I open a dwg file in STEP or IGS format?
A: Can you open a *.dwg file in STEP or IGS format ... well the short answer is: It depends It all ...
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| License Error | 9/9/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: I had Inventor installed for 10 months. My hard drive was hit by a power spike, and wouldn't run ...
A: You will need to call Autodesk and get an answer from them. I have had this happen before and they ...
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| pltw | 8/27/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: Hey Alan, we met last summer at the IED certifacation at Rockville HS. I had my computer reimaged so ...
A: ...good to hear from you. You will need to go onto the PLTW.org website. login in to the Virtual ...
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| Downloading of Questions | 8/14/2009 | Arben Allaraj |
Q: I was willing to practise a few figures of Engineering Drawing just for enjoyment. Please tell me is ...
A: Nice to meet you again here. In fact the best of this is buying books (used) about Engineering ...
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| image to cad - stl file | 8/5/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: i have image vision system, so by use that an component is scanned and stored as image, i want to ...
A: I don't think you can convert STL to a CAD model file. STL format is supposed to be a big blob of ...
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| Adopting a subject as a hobby | 8/4/2009 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: I was planning to enhance my skills of Engineering Drawing in which I am very much interested. ...
A: In my honest opinion, the CAD tool you pick to learn depends greatly on what you plan on using it ...
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| choice of subject | 8/4/2009 | Arben Allaraj |
Q: I was planning to enhance my skills of Engineering Drawing. Please tell me is it beneficial to ...
A: Computer graphics is a primary medium but Rules remain Rules- sad prof James H Earle. So What I ...
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| differentiation | 6/24/2009 | George Moustris |
Q: sir i have 2 arrays,one of torque and the other of time and i got its plot.Now,how could i find out ...
A: when you say "arrays" do you mean vectors? If so, by "differential" i assume you mean the derivative ...
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| plotting/printing | 6/15/2009 | Arben Allaraj |
Q: my name is Martin and I have a question about printing in AutoCad. My father is an architect but he ...
A: Ok try to work about:_publish command. And see this way : All the default options for each ...
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| dimension (angle and arc length) | 6/9/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: i want to dimension an 3 point arc with its angle on top and arc length below it in a single ...
A: The only way know to do this is to write your own AutoLisp application. I don't know HOW to do it ...
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| dimensioning | 6/5/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: how can i dimension an arc with its angle on above dimension line and arc length below it (all ...
A: I think to do it in this fashion you would have to write a LISP. See the previous answer. I would ...
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| dimension (angle+arc length) | 6/5/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: i want to dimension an 3 point arc with its angle on top and arc length below it in a single ...
A: I did not know how to do this myself, so I went to a users group archive and found this explanation. ...
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| plotting | 4/11/2009 | George Moustris |
Q: i plot a figure with many points(i can get their coordinates) but i want to count them.how can i ...
A: I'm not following what you want to do exactly. If you plot points on a figure, then you can count ...
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| making a screw with threads | 2/24/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: i need help making a screw with AutoCAD 2008. my callout is 10-32 UNF, and i am not sure how to get ...
A: Druidia, in my experience drawing a screw (w/ full detail) is useless. If you're just trying to ...
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| 2008 conversion to 2000LT | 2/8/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: I receive files in newer full Autocad versions (06 to 09)which are saved as a 2000LT version,( I ...
A: Fire up Trueview, click on 'DWG Convert'. From the dialog box there's about 5 clustered icons, click ...
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| 2008 conversion to 2000LT | 2/6/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: I receive files in newer full Autocad versions (06 to 09)which are saved as a 2000LT version,( I ...
A: Joe, if the base is not a TrustedDWG, we'll have to use 'TrueView' by Autodesk: ...
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| cad | 2/3/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: Respected Sir I am a collector of coins. Many times a coin is minted with different Die ...
A: Som, what CAD platform are you planning on using? Basically, this is what were doing: *gather some ...
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| cad | 2/2/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: Respected Sir I am a collector of coins. Many times a coin is minted with different Die ...
A: Som, just about all mainstream cad platform can accomplish this. All you need a hi-resolution image ...
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| SolidWorks - Dealing with solid bodies | 1/27/2009 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: Is there a method to import a solid model into another solid model and then cut the imported model ...
A: .. I believe what you can do is create an assembly with the two parts, mate them in the position ...
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| CAD/CAM | 1/22/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: ..
A: the main comparison between the 2 is that CAM is the manufacturing end & the depedent system since ...
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| Cadkey CADL or CDE batch conversion to DXF | 1/9/2009 | J. B. Borge |
Q: I have been reading this forum up and down, but I have not found the proper resource to modify/write ...
A: It's been a while since i've used Cadkey but if i remember it correctly, the CDE is a separate ...
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| how to start with cad | 1/6/2009 | ALan Zube |
Q: can i learn cad by myself but i dont know how to start with.i need to know the job opportunities for ...
A: There are plenty of tutorial books that you can use to teach yourself CAD. Most CAD programs have ...
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| MATLAB function trapz/cumtrapz | 12/27/2008 | George Moustris |
Q: I need your help for my uni project. I have a data vector (e.g; znew=[0.089; 0.076; 0.068; 0.065; ...
A: apparently you have overloaded the cumtrapz function. In other words, you have created a file with ...
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| MATLAB function trapz/cumtrapz | 12/7/2008 | George Moustris |
Q: I need your help for my uni project. I have a data vector (e.g; znew=[0.089; 0.076; 0.068; 0.065; ...
A: if a get it correctly, you want to perform numerical integration on the data points contained in the ...
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| adding non-standard thread to hole wizard in solidworks | 10/29/2008 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: We use a lot of non-standard high pitch count threads for fine thread and differential thread ...
A: I apologize that I haven't gotten back to you sooner. I've just recently changed jobs and my email ...
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| cad ctb files | 10/16/2008 | J. B. Borge |
Q: what does ctb stands for, full form for ctb plot file extension
A: The acronym CTB stands for color-dependent plot style tables - its a setting where an object's color ...
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| Threads on a screw | 9/5/2008 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: I am trying to create threads on a screw, bolt and also a nut. How do I do this? I am very new to ...
A: Sorry I didn't respond sooner, but I didn't check my email over the weekend and just saw your ...
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| Add-ons removal from excel 2007 | 8/23/2008 | Arben Allaraj |
Q: I had installed an Add-in by the name of "password" to recovery my files for which I had forgot the ...
A: Ok Marzia If this doesn't function please make it question the Office Experts. 1. Click ...
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| Finite Difference Method | 6/28/2008 | George Moustris |
Q: Sir, I am using finite difference method to solve second order differential equation in one ...
A: i don't see a clear way out of your problem. A N=100000000 is pretty big. At first, if i were you i ...
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| Exporting data from MATLAB R2008a to Excel 2007 | 6/20/2008 | George Moustris |
Q: I want to know how can I export one matrice of data outputs for example "data1" file which is saved ...
A: you can export matlab data to Excel using the xlswrite function. As i told you in your previous ...
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| import Excel data to Matlab | 6/15/2008 | George Moustris |
Q: "Hello Sir I want to know how can I import one numerical Excel 2007 data sheet to Matlab 2007b.I ...
A: this error is a path error. The command you issue (xlsread('w5data.xls')) implies that the file ...
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| Matlab to a Cad format | 5/19/2008 | George Moustris |
Q: Expert, I have a model of a human body where each section of the body is a matrix and each number in ...
A: matlab supports various formats, even some 3D extensions. I don't really understand how your model ...
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| cut solid model | 4/16/2008 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: I am interested in creating a leaf spring assembly in SW07 but notice the mating of each leaf dosent ...
A: Jim ... I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, but for some reason your follow-up is just ...
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| dwg to pdf conversion in lot | 4/10/2008 | ALan Zube |
Q: I want to convert hundred of dwg files in to pdf format. It is not at all logical to open individal ...
A: According to my friend Tom White at Project Lead the Way...PDF Printer is the term associated with ...
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| Re: AutoCAD Certificate | 4/10/2008 | J. B. Borge |
Q: I took upper division AutoCAD class at ASU. How do I get certificate in AutoCAD so I can get better ...
A: Typically you have to go thru about 1-2 years in college or a technical school to get your ...
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| looking for software | 3/27/2008 | ALan Zube |
Q: I am sorry if this is totally outside of your expertise, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I am looking ...
A: AutoDesk Inventor will do this for sure. It has an emboss and a decal feature with the ability to ...
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| plotting in acad architectural desktop | 3/8/2008 | Brian Mazejka |
Q: I want to use the scale lineweights option, but it I am unable to do so as that option in the plot ...
A: .. This question is out of my area of expertise as I only use SolidWorks (I haven't used AutoCAD ...
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| autocad linking | 1/25/2008 | Arben Allaraj |
Q: i want to make a link between autocad(or any other graphical program) and a aerospace software.i ...
A: I can say there is a many ways to link AutoCAD and Aerospace software,but one of way is the drawing ...
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| 3D plotting | 1/7/2008 | J. B. Borge |
Q: I have created an exploded view of our pump assembly for the maintenance manual and once it is ...
A: For AutoCAD, you have to create a renderering of your objects - your must assign mat'ls to the ...
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