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Cheers for the link, I don't know what manual I've been looking at but it didn't have that table in it, just some massive list of commands in amongst the text. It seems to need an end command which I need to try and understand as well, I'll check …
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I've managed to figure it out. I found on this forum a set of commands. I then managed to use those to Google and got some more commands and roughly what they are, quads, subd and so on. And I've messed about with it and managed to get a good set up…
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That type of thing yes
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There is another half to this, which is very similar to the top half. So the spindle we are looking at will fit in the hole and the top is secured to the bottom piece, which isn't shown, but like I say, very similar in size and shape
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Hi John, thanks for the reply. The clamp block is steel s275. The 5Kn comes from the spec sheet for the component it's clamping. It's a little vague the spec sheet, it says 'static clamping force >5Kn'. So to play it safe I wanted to use that as …
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Hi Victor thanks for the response. The piece being clamped is solid, so going no where. Imagine clamping a vice down to a machine bed, the vice isn't deforming. As for the bend and displacement I see what you mean by the line of action changing, I…
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Cheers John really helpful. I would normally put the piece in like you have but I don't have all the information for that piece at the moment so was just getting ahead with some ideas :-)
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Cheers for the information everyone. I'll take a look
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Cheers Victor I'll test it out thank you
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Excellent cheers!
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Contact and non linear!! I knew that option was somewhere, sorry not used this for a while so missed that option. Thanks for the pointers Victor
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Cheers Victor, it spins pretty quick but not worth worrying about. As for the tip, I wanted to see how much force the tip would take. As it's the thinnest bit, that takes the initial push from the mating gear. I see what you're saying about the…
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Hi Victor, thanks for coming back to me. I'll give it a go, might be that i need to find a node closest to the dimensions I need and edit it's position slightly. Cheers
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Got it! So Gpa is almost like a parent. So you type 275, then change to Mpa you get the zero's, change to Pa and get more zeros! Silly mistake to make by me there, thanks for the help!
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Oh no, dont tell me its that simple!!!!! So for Gpa you can just type in 275, but I would need the additional zero's for Mpa? Victor, thank you again! I think I need to go to sleep! Thanks again :-)
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Good Evening, I've been looking over this and I'm not totally convinced to be honest, I must be doing something wrong. I've broken it right down now, and I'm just applying gravity to one piece of the box section, and the bend is massive! I've fixed…
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Excellent! Thanks for coming back to me, and thanks for the pointers, I'll keep that in mind. Especially the pulling towards each other. The stations would then come into play. Thanks again
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Hi yes I'm a toolmaker by trade, had various other books similar to this going through my college years! I've got them downloaded via Scrbd website, so I can get reading up on them. If they are going to be of use to others on here, I can upload the…
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I'm looking at them now thank you . Would you say they are fairly understandable books for a beginner? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Cheers
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Awesome! I've not fully got back to it yet, but I'll hopefully have more time over the week end. I want to move on to trying other simple set ups as well, and work thriugh hand calcs and then prove them with the software. Thanks again! :-)
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Victor, thanks for your time. I must have something wrong with my set up! I'll go back over it and double check things. Thanks again
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To be honest I use the software for educating myself, so I'm just playing with different set ups really. Found it nice and easy to work in excel and copy and paste a table into displacement or whatever it is I'm doing. Cheers
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Good point! Didn't think of that. Cheers
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Hi Victor, I'm trying to change the directory with the instructions above, but I get an error each time I open Mecway, it says it needs to reset to default. Is there anywhere specific it needs to go? I've tried an attached USB drive path and a l…
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Ah ha, thank you. Got it moving in 2 directions now. A bit more editing and I think I should be able to get it moving in x 80mm then stay at x 80mm and then move in Y. Thanks again Cheers
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Hi Victor, thank you for the file That's exactly what I did but when I import the file to Mecway and run it I only get movement in one direction? I've tried different analysis types and all sorts and can only get it moving in the initial direction.…
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Hi Victor really struggling with this could you help please? I've attached a txt file which i exported out from the solver. I've tried all sorts of copy and pasting and tried following some other instructions from abaqus files, and i can't get it to…
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I'm trying to do exactly this. Something which is not initially connected, but say for example a force is applied, moves the object into another and then deformation will appear. I can't find or understand how to use the STEP functions in CCX solver…
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ok thanks for the pointers, i'll check them out Cheers
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Awesome! I think I'm getting the hang of what I'm seeing. Trying to blend that into a contact as well. Found a video on youtube where a part is rotated into the side of a fixed block. So when it contacts the force (from the rotation) keeps going and…
