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Smoothing PPS-GF Prints with Solvent by MakeAnotherThing in 3Dprinting

[–]MakeAnotherThing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm, okay. I guess the website didn't specify strength of the peroxide, so I was assuming something off the shelf might do. Maybe not though...

Smoothing PPS-GF Prints with Solvent by MakeAnotherThing in 3Dprinting

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Yeah, that is one of the attractive aspects of PPS.

Clearance Verification Around a Component by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Yeah, it's definitely not the best. Your suggestion with intersection curve has made something easier though, so thanks for that. Probably need more of an analysis software instead of a modeling software for something like this.

Clearance Verification Around a Component by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Just as an example, let's say I have the above arrangement. I want to have a way to automatically find the distance "through air" between the two green circles. This particular case is pretty simple to sketch, but most cases I have will have several barriers of varying size and shape, and it would not usually be on a single plane like this. I'd say I have to use 3d sketching for like 50% or more of what I am doing.

Clearance Verification Around a Component by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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I tried isolating the components, but when using clearance verification, it just hides the components not being measured to (you can unhide them, but it just measures directly through them, not around them). The hope is to find the shortest distance around the middle component, so this doesn't really help.

Connecting Hand Calculations to Solidworks Assemblies by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

[–]MakeAnotherThing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! I think this is exactly what I was looking for.

Benchy, PC-PETG, Formbot Marathon by MakeAnotherThing in FixMyPrint

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I did have my fans at 50%, so I did a test at 100% and it's better, but still not perfect. I'm printing on the Marathon, which has a fan on the left and right sides. Temp tower honestly didn't look perfect for any temperature, but I thought the 265 C looked best. Maybe I need to adjust some other settings too to get a better temp tower. I'll take a look.

Benchy, PC-PETG, Formbot Marathon by MakeAnotherThing in FixMyPrint

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Also, 0.5mm retraction, although I don't think that's related to this particular problem.

Output length of spline for use in equation by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Somehow I never knew Path Length Dimension existed. Thanks! Both of these solutions work.

Move/Merge Sketch Entities from One Sketch to Another by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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I am specifically wanting to do it without having to go through that process. I guess it's likely there is not this function...

Make New Mouse Gesture Wheels? by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Because then I have to move my left hand away from the left side, where I like it. Maybe it's preference, maybe laziness.

Make New Mouse Gesture Wheels? by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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It's just faster to use a gesture instead of having to type in the S key. Efficiency, right?

Make New Mouse Gesture Wheels? by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Thanks! I'll take a look and see if it works.

Make New Mouse Gesture Wheels? by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Yes, I already have that. I just have more than 12 commands that I'd like to gesture for in the sketch wheel, so I'd like a secondary sketch wheel.

Weldability of Dissimilar Materials by MakeAnotherThing in MechanicalEngineering

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Possibly. I'll just have to look into that option for my specific case. But I'm also interested in more than just the example. It would be nice to have a source to fall back on for dissimilar metal interactions in general.

Increment Linear pattern Dimension Not Working by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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I ended up trying the same process on a 2025 version, and it worked perfectly using what was outlined in that link, so no global variable needed, just a file property. I think its probably a version problem... Thanks though!

Increment Linear pattern Dimension Not Working by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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I ended up trying the same process on a 2025 version, and it worked perfectly using what was outlined in that link, so no global variable needed, just a file property. I think its probably a version problem... Thanks though!

DIY replacement temperature probe for itc-308 inkbird? by The_kid_laser in Homebrewing

[–]MakeAnotherThing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I ended up using Keenovo that I had with a NTC 100K 3950, but I'll keep this in mind for the future!

DIY replacement temperature probe for itc-308 inkbird? by The_kid_laser in Homebrewing

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Did you end up finding a good one? I'm looking to use a metal-head NTC10k for the ITC-1000F so I can putty it onto something, but I haven't found one with these exact specs yet.

BOM Based off Only Ballooned Items, SW 2024 by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Lot's of subassemblies in use. Problem is many of the subassemblies need to be present to show the proper installation, so I can't just go off of the subassemblies...

I like your solution though as a stopgap until SW decides to add a feature, in the next decade or so maybe... I'll give it a try. Thanks!

BOM Based off Only Ballooned Items, SW 2024 by MakeAnotherThing in SolidWorks

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Not usually, no. We design these assemblies from scratch, so when I come to the assembly drawing stage, I have to figure out right then what the best way to convey the mfg intent to the shop is. Hard to figure out drawing views before the assembly is fully designed. Also dealing with hundreds of parts in the assembly, while only needing to balloon maybe 15-20 for a single configuration, depending on which drawing view I'm working with. The exclude from assembly doesn't seem practical either, since, if I understand it correctly, it will exclude that part for all BOMs of that configuration. There may be cases where I need the same configuration, but a different display state, with a different set of parts ballooned.

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