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by Gerardf
Wed Dec 13, 2023 1:32 am
Forum: How To Questions
Topic: Pipes in 3 dimensions
Replies: 8
Views: 2997

Re: Pipes in 3 dimensions

Thanks all. Great! Arthur: Umm...I went back to basics and wiped what I had to restart. But I'll have another go at it tomorrow. zxys001: The water output goes to existing pipestands which comprise 11 sprinklers to dump water on the house's roof. I calculate about 1 litre per second per sprinkler. A...
by Gerardf
Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:45 am
Forum: How To Questions
Topic: Pipes in 3 dimensions
Replies: 8
Views: 2997

Pipes in 3 dimensions

OK. Background: We live on 10 acres in a rural location. This location has extreme summer fire risk. We have a 76kL pump to reticulate fire-fighting water and I have to rebuild it using SW to recreate some 2" pipe fittings. I made a sketch using '3D Sketch' which works OK....mostly. Because of ...
by Gerardf
Mon Dec 11, 2023 11:24 pm
Forum: CAD Agnostic
Topic: why so many solidworks users ??
Replies: 11
Views: 3575

Re: why so many solidworks users ??

I'm not sure about SW users on this Forum but if you mean generally then there's probably several reasons. One of the main reasons I think is the relationship Dassault has with tertiary institutions. My first exposure to SW was at Uni. The student licencing is free so long as you have a Student ID. ...
by Gerardf
Fri Dec 08, 2023 5:47 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: Hi from Australia
Replies: 8
Views: 4154

Hi from Australia

Hello All, I'm newly arrived here and am looking forward to getting to know the site and the site's users. For me, I'm a newly minted engineer albeit of mature age. I kinda did my career in reverse, you might say! I'm highly experienced in digital electronics (self taught, mostly) but now am heading...