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I've faced similar issues with my camper batteries running low, especially when relying on them for essentials like a vent fan during trips. After some research, I decided to look into portable solar...
Hi Drake,
IMHO the best way to do it:)
Again, IMHO the best way to do it:)
Bit of a problem here - the forward swept wing moves the COL (Center Of Lift) forward, thus allowing you to move the...
Send me a couple of sample PDF's and I'll see what I can do.
For Christian and all others who want to get hung drawn and quartered, shot at dawn and then asked to leave the country, all because they disobeyed "good" engineering practice, I looked up the...
Words of wisdom, and I'd go even further and state that it is not "good engineering practice" to dimension bend lines or even the flat patterns themselves. The engineering drawing is a legal...
With all due respect Drake, you're comparing apples to watermelons - It's illegal to use your $100 edu SW for commercial product development, and when/if you want use your personal IP that you...
A million times I've said don't exaggerate!
FreeCad seems to have great potential - I started learning it back in August - Version 19 - and today I downloaded Version 20. Haven't looked into it...
Hi Peter,
Words cast in rock:(
To some extent I feel insulted by the situation, having spent no small effort and time supporting the EAA & hobby users of SW for nearly a decade. And in return...
Michael S, I'm right behind you. Here's my 2 cents worth of bedtime reading:
I retired last year with 50+ years of professional engineering experience under my belt with CAD/CAM software...
As far as "...the usual combinations of sketches, extrusions, etc." is concerned, this is an issue of expectations. There exist international standard cross-platform translators - IGES, STEP,...
FreeCAD
https://www.freecadweb.org/downloads.php
Seems to be a pretty good piece of open source engineering software. (And free!)
Unfortunately I'm not the guy to speak to about this and I don't know who is:confused:
Yes, it would certainly be possible, and a wheel with or without a wheel spat would be a very good exercise on the learning curve. I suggest you try 4 CFD test runs:
1. Wheel only.
2. Wheel with...
Hi John,
I like using SW so please don't get me wrong if this post takes the wind out of your sails and enthusiasm;), but I feel the necessity to explain the order of magnitude of the problem you're...
Are you trying to run a CFD on a whole airframe? If so, stop trying, because without knowing what compute resources you have, I can safely assume you haven't got enough:rollseyes:.
Also, CFD on a...
Thanks Alain,
Useful information:) - especially so since I don't have any experience/tools/knowledge/authority on installation issues.
I guess the question now is what version is supported by the...
I think I mentioned this before - perhaps in another topic.
Unless I'm mistaken, the SW Student edition lags behind the commercial edition. A bit like buying bread - If you want today's bread, come...
Hi Ron.
Method 1: Loft a segment of the cone (say 30 deg.) using two identical guide curves. Then circular pattern the segment into the complete cone.
Method 2: Loft the nose cone without the...
Hi Patrick,
I'm guessing you're looking for libraries of non-isotropic materials?
I'll be happy if I'm wrong but I suspect you'll have difficulty finding such a "library", because non-isotropic...
Turns out you can get official support from:
https://www.solidworks.com/support/student-form
Can't guarantee that you'll get a quick reply - first-come-first-serve basis, but you'll certainly...
Hi again Floyd.
This might help:
http://eaaforums.org/showthread.php?9763-SolidWorks-Install-Fails&referrerid=4242
Jeffrey
Hi Floyd,
(Hope you don't mind my inferring your name from your username;))
The answer "No" is always better than the answer "don't know", so for the moment my answer to your question is "No, I...
Can't say I understand what you're trying to do. Try Insert>Boss/Base>Sweep... or you can find Swept Boss under Help with detailed explanations on how to use it.
Also, could you share some...
Can you live without the "curved edge flange" feature for a few months?
In the vast majority of cases ( I would even gamble on saying "always") there's a work-around: In the meantime maybe you...
Once again, installation issues are not my forte, but I know that you are not "stuck" with the version you installed. As I said in my last post the Student edition lags behind the commercial edition...