 |  Performance Benchmark
Database -- The following performance benchmarks have been submitted by
the I-DEAS user community and this database of tests and results is provided by WAMware as
a service to that user community.
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| Sections and Constraining -- an
excellent training tutorial prepared by Mel
Boss of Abbott Labs. Discusses key techniques in defining stable
sections, including when to use and when not to use 'stop at intersections'.
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| Driving I-DEAS from Excel --
how would you like to be able to "drive" I-DEAS from a Microsoft Excel
spreadsheet? We provide here a step-by-step demo script that leverages
the work done by Mark Crawford
of SDRC Integration Services. All necessary example and linkage files
are provided as downloads. All you need to get started is I-DEAS
Master Series or Artisan Series (on Windows NT or Unix) and Excel on
Windows.
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| Dragging Assemblies -- a
tutorial on how to setup assemblies models so that you can dynamically drag
underlying control sketches.
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| Rounding and Truncation -- this is a
brief article, guided by information from David
Sanz, on how to use rounding (and truncation) within macros, part equations, and
assembly equations.
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| Converting Unix Movies to Windows -- Neil Rothwell contributed this thorough
analysis and recommended approach for converting I-DEAS movies generated on a Unix
platform to an efficient format playable on Windows and Windows NT.
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| VGX Degrees of Freedom -- a very useful table is
provided courtesy of Alan McDougal and the SDRC Hotline to clarify which degrees of
freedom are removed by various I-DEAS variational constraints.
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 Conditional
Equations -- the little-known ability called Part Equations can be used to
describe conditional relationships amongst part variables and thereby offer the ability to
capture additional design intent. Also provided is an excellent Tutorial on Part Equations by Mel Boss and an
example of Modeling Gap Conditions,
courtesy of Andy Wells.
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| How to
Get Photorealistic Renderings from I-DEAS -- Do you ever find yourself using
trial-and-error to get a good image from I-DEAS? Are you mystified about how the
Appearance attributes, Light Sources, and Shaded Options all work together to make the
image look real? Then this in-depth technical paper courtesy of Jim Ross will certainly become your favorite
reference material. This paper will remove the mystery and help you generate
beautiful, photorealistic renderings directly within the I-DEAS system.
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| Surface-Surface Blending with
Variational Sweep -- As users of I-DEAS, we look forward to the explicit
ability to fillet between two non-intersecting surfaces. But in the meantime, the
Variational Sweep functionality in I-DEAS is an effective and (in most all cases)
productive workaround. Furthermore, as we master Variational Sweep we find that
this very powerful tool can be of great benefit in a wide variety of advanced surfacing
situations. This example is intended to motivate you (and colleagues and
soothsayers) to use Variational Sweep for these and other interesting applications.
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