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Well, I have lots to learn :yesnod: I ended up taking my toy header out of the assembly and creating it seperately. MUCH easier. However, after I did it (and before seeing your post), I realized that I didn't leave myself a good marker for mating these parts as the engine model does not have flange patterns. At this point I'm totally just playing around... The nice parts of the eDrawing (the dummy and engine) are from dpcars. I just made up some imaginary headers as an exercise.

Another thing to *possibly* look out for... Some engines are internally balanced - others are externally balanced. I don't know which is the case with the Zetec. If it is externally balanced, just bolting the flywheel any old way may result in vibrations down the road. There are enough Zetec gurus here to point you in the right direction.

You mentioned Cosmos Express... does that apply to CosmosWorks as well? also, just to clarify what you mean as "in context"... what I've done is add a new part to the assembly, so that the part can still be designed by itself. What I'm trying to do is get the available space and mating dimensions of a part such as the header. Ultimately, I'm guessing that I will end up with subassemblies of parts, such as the pedal assembly, which I would drop into the master assembly. It's been a LONG time since I even touched a FEM program. Last time I played with this stuff, I wrote my own 2D plate stress analysis program in QBasic :lol:. I was one of two guys in the class to have a working program, and the only one that got correct results at the end... funny thing is, I was so into it, I wrote the whole thing in the first 3 weeks of the semester. I also played with COSMOS back when Compaq 286 was the top of the line PC. Of course, I've dumbed down now, and can't remember even the simplest matrix manipulation stuff. :nonod: So for all intents and purposes, I'm a COMPLETE rookie.

Most of the time, you can just use the "Quick Reply" at the bottom of the page, so you don't have to go to the page that has the smilies.

D'oh, you can create a new part in an assembly. :hurray:... [goes off to solidworks window again]

Alright, I went to the local borders, and not one single book on SolidWorks :banghead: I've made decent progress both on learning things and finding iges files. So far, I have an engine model and a human model to use. And am able to build a spaceframe, and perform basic stress analysis on it - the thing that took the longest time there was to find the place where I could specify treatment of frame members as beams... Anyway, where I'm stuck now is to figure out what is the best way to use the dimensions of one part when making another part. In other words, I already have a model of the engine... it doesn't make sense to go back and forth to that model when designing the frame. Eventually I'll make an assembly of all the parts, but there should be a way to reference the engine dimensions while making the frame part. I did see some help files regarding "external reference", but they seemed to apply to assemblies.

:willy: It's ALL backwards :willy: :rofl:

Well, I have not driven an Ultralite, but in general, Yes, it's tight in there. I once had an autox instructor hit the gas and brake (before I had massive brakes) at the same time while trying to slam the brakes at the end of the run, and damn near climbed the curb. It is something you'll adjust to - driving shoes help too... they're popular around here.

At least one of two :yesnod: I didn't have it on at 7/7/7, but I have one of the (now obsolete) XM PCR USB adaptors. I also have about 800 MP3's loaded for REALLY LONG trips

So I'm rolling through the neighborhood in the vette, top down, sun glasses on... These two kids have setup a lemonade stand. They come running to the edge of the road, waving their sign, etc... I wasn't in the mood, so waved at them and drove on. Then I decided what the heck, so went around the block, pulled up and asked for a lemonade. Kid's like that's $1.00 . So I said A DOLLAR for a lemonade? So he says, OK, 2 for a $1.00. I say so how about 1 for 0.50. :lol: I KNOW i'm a cheapass, but damn... My kids sell 'em for 0.25 a cup. Anyway, it's yellow, and sort of tastes like a lemonade :leaving:

Van Halen - Panama :yesnod: The beat kinda makes the throttle go down a little more Jump back, whats that sound ? Here she comes, full blast and top down. Hot shoe, burnin down the avenue. Model citizen zero discipline Dont you know shes coming home with me? Youl lose her in the turn. Ill get her! Panama, panama Panama, panama Aint nothin like it, her shiny machine. Got the feel for the wheel, keep the moving parts clean. Hot shoe, burnin down the avenue, Got an on-ramp comin through my bedroom. Dont you know shes coming home with me? Youll lose her in the turn. Ill get her! Yeah, were runnin a little bit hot tonight. I can barely see the road from the heat comin off of it. Ah, you reach down, between my legs, Ease the seat back. Shes blinding, Im flying, Right behind the rear-view mirror now. Got the feeling, power steering, Pistons popping, aint no stopping now! Panama, panama Panama, panama

I'll have to come out and take a look at it. I'm hoping someone out there has a Solidworks model of it that they would share.

I ran over a 4X4 in the Rotus... I was following someone in traffic, and had nowhere to go... ran over it with the driver side wheel. not a good feeling - although it didn't hit any other part of the car.

I had to read that twice... I thought it said "a two-timing Se7en owner :crazy:

There is a Members' Rides section. Start a thread there, and post up as many pics as you want / can... reduce the size of the pics to 640X400, so it won't take people forever to load the page. Also, any other info, specs, etc... about the car would be great.

Me too... the angle of attack looked very close to digging in.

No chance to get out this morning... Gail just got back from night shift. I think i'll go for a spin in the afternoon.

well, i voted twice, but the correct answer for me is

my oil pan and bell housing hang WAY below everything else :nonod: You should have added 0-2" and 2" to 5" in there too.

cool... I'll try those.

I'm going to start playing with it, in hopes of completely designing a car a couple years down the road... I started going through the tutorial tonight: http://216.151.224.146/solidworks/pressureplate.htm

Looks like some damage to a whole lotta components :nonod: But at least she went out on top :thumbs: and you're here to tell us all about it.

he posted in the video section here. Could've been alot worse I guess.

Glad you are OK! Looks like the car took the impact pretty well. I think this would have been alot worse if it had happened on the street.

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