sammcf

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by sammcf 10y ago
I mean, it's a really easy issue to work around (if occasionally time consuming), most people who use the software are familiar with the issue, it's not enough to make me want to change CAD package given the massive sunk costs one
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by sammcf 10y ago
Metal isn't that expensive I guess but still, several hundred dollars and a turnaround time increase of a week+ minimum isn't always on the cards for every project. Sure, if I had unlimited time and budget, I'd physically pr
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by sammcf 10y ago
>Now admittedly the guy does put the responsibility on the operator, but it appears CAD packages can indeed calculate this for you. So long as the right info was input into the program, the formula should be programmed correctly and the
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by sammcf 10y ago
I had a tremendously embarrassing failure in a sheet metal part designed in Solidworks due to a bug in the way bend allowance is calculated. The long story short is that the flat pattern developed by SW was about 10% dimensionally inaccurat
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by sammcf 11y ago
That's super cool, thanks for the info. I might hit you up at a (much) later date for a chat about it!
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by sammcf 11y ago
Don't get me wrong, it's gonna be a while, but I'll certainly be making whatever...this...ends up being available to all
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by sammcf 11y ago
Literally started wireframing this exact thing this morning, although with the default resolution, if you will, being a week. My plan was to be able to preset a small catalogue of "templates" for various days (eg I always have to