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I'm trying to find a different way to cut rubber boxes than our standard method. The wall thickness varies from a quarter of an inch to a half inch depending on box type. Currently we trace the...

Thanks for your input. I think I may towards a laptop with workstation graphics. I did come across something interesting while Googling. There were some forum posts about flashing a Nvidia...

Our shop has a Vanguard Unica. I was wondering if there's anyway to get it run under Windows XP. The reason being to be able to from an image file to an engraved piece. I've already email New...

I'm looking at getting a factory refurbished Dell laptop. I'm stuck between an Inspiron with Nvidia Quadra graphics or a XPS media laptop with ATI Radeon X1800 graphics.

The Quadra is definitely...

Thanks for the info!

I've talked to people who use 3D character modeling programs like Poser and they say it can export to an OBJ file. I don't know of any cad packages that will open that.

I...

Quick background: I've been in school to get a EE B.S. for sometime now (I'm not the greatests of students so things are slow). I've spent a little over a year working for a local company, dealing...

*Not sure if this is the right forum but this maching touts itself as an engraver*

The head of operations where I work wanted me to research this machine. It's an engraver\router that will cut...

Not sure if this is the right place for this but here goes:

The company I work for builds electrical distribution boxes. Of course, we use alot of flanged electrical receptacles. They usually...

Thanks guys!! Wes, the rambling was quite informative and very helpful. The primary material is flat .125" aluminum and 16 GA cold roll steel (well i think it's CRS, it's definitely not stainless). ...

*I know nothing\very little about machining and metal work*

For the past couple of weeks, I've been searching for better ways for the guys in our shop to cut\punch holes in steel and aluminum. ...

So I've learned, which stinks because programs like Alibre Design and Turbocad have a good set of features and are a good price point for students and people who don't have the budget of a large...

I'll try the Alibre web forums. I was unsuccessful when I tried before my initial post and saving as an AD_PRT file yielded the same results.

I converted an Inventor sheet metal part to a step file and brought home for use with AD. It imported fine, what I was wondering was, will I still be able to apply Alibre's sheet metal tools to the...

Background: I have very little metal working knowledge. At my internship though, I do have to model and draft metal parts (mainly sheet metal) in Autocad Inventor. Usually, I have have the part...

I went with Alibre. They having a special till the end of the month. So I'm getting Design with Sheet Metal. I think what did was the support and training offered and that they allowed customers...

I'm interested in getting a CAD package. At work we use Inventor\Autocad Mech and I had originally learned basic 3D in Solidworks. Those are out of the question due to price, but having something...

Figure I'd introduce myself. I'm an EE undergrad but thanks to my internship, I've been doing more manufacturing and CAD work. I'm kinda rethinking my education goals at the moment. I've always...

Yeah, another newbie. I have no metal working experience but hope to change that from now.

The company that I intern for is looking to get a laser system for use with metal and plastics. Several...