Might be interesting to some folk.
http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/building/sqtubing.htm
http://www.ihpva.org/people/tstrike/building/tubebend.htm
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Laurence,
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"Sean Dotson" wrote in message
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> You are right but typically it's the larger unzipped files that give OE
> trouble however if anyone has problems with it let me know and I'll repost
> it zipped.
>
> Metric? They make metric tubing? Send me over some tables of sizes
and
> I'll make one up.
>
> It's an AutoNew() VBA function. When the user starts a new file from this
> template, you create the form, get user input and then pass these values
to
> the model.
>
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> "Laurence Yeandle" wrote in message
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> > File is not zipped, I know is causes some problems though it worked ok
for
> > me.
> > Looks neat Sean where's the metric file? 🙂 and how do you do that like
> > prompted entries?
> >
> > --
> > Laurence,
> >
> > Power is nothing without Control
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> >
> >
> > "Sean Dotson" wrote in message
> > news:1A68F7D641DD2E0ED55BEE591E40AEF0@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > Check CF under the same topic. I created this template part as we
deal
> > with
> > > a lot of structural steel tube. Place this part in your template
> > directory
> > > then begin a new part from it. It will prompt you for a width,
height,
> > wall
> > > thickness, length and material.
> > >
> > > I was going to make the widths and thickness change depending on the
> > > selected height etc.. but that got to be a lot of code. For now the
> only
> > > thing it will do is stop you from making an impossible part (1.5 x .75
x
> > .5
> > > wall) but it's up to you to make sure someone actually makes the tube
> you
> > > are creating.
> > >
> > > You can add materials to this template if you'd like as well.
> > >
> > > Let me know if you can break it. Seemed to be pretty stable to me.
> > Figured
> > > I'd share it with the group.
> > >
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> > > Sean Dotson, PE
> > > http://www.sdotson.com
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