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Nice job..........where's the ICBM headed?
"Diemaker" wrote in message
news:6n7etvgl13v3iceictip44ataa9ef4g9un@4ax.com...
> See .avi in IVCF, warning - size is 10 megs.
> Thought someone would enjoy a little levity for the holidays. This
> started as the constraints tutorial on Adsk web site. It worked so
> well I decided to keep adding till IV broke. It's not surprising I
> ended up with something that looked like a stamping press, complete
> with feeder, de-reeler and oil spray. Then I decided to get cute and
> add a sailboat to the oil reservoir... that's when it turned into a
> toy. No better way to learn than repetition, and I replicated. The
> first 5 hours everything was breaking on every move. After I figured
> it out, I couldn't believe how easy and solid it was. It's all stock
> constraints driven by the blue crank gear. No equations or macros. IV
> lasted longer than I did, but it got pretty slow to work with. I'm
> thinking IV would be very popular if it sold for $59.00 and was called
> Inventor Tycoon.
)>
>
"Diemaker"
news:6n7etvgl13v3iceictip44ataa9ef4g9un@4ax.com...
> See .avi in IVCF, warning - size is 10 megs.
> Thought someone would enjoy a little levity for the holidays. This
> started as the constraints tutorial on Adsk web site. It worked so
> well I decided to keep adding till IV broke. It's not surprising I
> ended up with something that looked like a stamping press, complete
> with feeder, de-reeler and oil spray. Then I decided to get cute and
> add a sailboat to the oil reservoir... that's when it turned into a
> toy. No better way to learn than repetition, and I replicated. The
> first 5 hours everything was breaking on every move. After I figured
> it out, I couldn't believe how easy and solid it was. It's all stock
> constraints driven by the blue crank gear. No equations or macros. IV
> lasted longer than I did, but it got pretty slow to work with. I'm
> thinking IV would be very popular if it sold for $59.00 and was called
> Inventor Tycoon.
)>>
Can someone post a "makeashorterlink" so I can show this to my non-Inventor
savvy friends at other locations? Thanks! BTW, very cool.
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Have a nice day
"Diemaker" wrote in message
news:6n7etvgl13v3iceictip44ataa9ef4g9un@4ax.com...
> See .avi in IVCF, warning - size is 10 megs.
> Thought someone would enjoy a little levity for the holidays. This
> started as the constraints tutorial on Adsk web site. It worked so
> well I decided to keep adding till IV broke. It's not surprising I
> ended up with something that looked like a stamping press, complete
> with feeder, de-reeler and oil spray. Then I decided to get cute and
> add a sailboat to the oil reservoir... that's when it turned into a
> toy. No better way to learn than repetition, and I replicated. The
> first 5 hours everything was breaking on every move. After I figured
> it out, I couldn't believe how easy and solid it was. It's all stock
> constraints driven by the blue crank gear. No equations or macros. IV
> lasted longer than I did, but it got pretty slow to work with. I'm
> thinking IV would be very popular if it sold for $59.00 and was called
> Inventor Tycoon.)>
>
savvy friends at other locations? Thanks! BTW, very cool.
--
Have a nice day
"Diemaker"
news:6n7etvgl13v3iceictip44ataa9ef4g9un@4ax.com...
> See .avi in IVCF, warning - size is 10 megs.
> Thought someone would enjoy a little levity for the holidays. This
> started as the constraints tutorial on Adsk web site. It worked so
> well I decided to keep adding till IV broke. It's not surprising I
> ended up with something that looked like a stamping press, complete
> with feeder, de-reeler and oil spray. Then I decided to get cute and
> add a sailboat to the oil reservoir... that's when it turned into a
> toy. No better way to learn than repetition, and I replicated. The
> first 5 hours everything was breaking on every move. After I figured
> it out, I couldn't believe how easy and solid it was. It's all stock
> constraints driven by the blue crank gear. No equations or macros. IV
> lasted longer than I did, but it got pretty slow to work with. I'm
> thinking IV would be very popular if it sold for $59.00 and was called
> Inventor Tycoon.
)>>
