Here at Sparx Engineering, we utilize a variety of fabrication techniques to take conceptual ideas and create actual working prototypes. The ability to quickly and readily fabricate functional proofs is vital in our work. It allows us to confirm ideas and possible solutions to the design problems that come along. Recently, we’ve started exploring theRead more
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National Pipe Thread Taper or NPT threaded pipes and fittings are deployed in a variety of fields where transportation or containment of liquids, gases, steam, or hydraulic fluid is required. The NPT geometry allows internal and external thread surfaces to further engage when torque is applied to the thread assembly. This creates a fluid-tight seal.Read more
SolidWorks and PTC Creo are two of the most popular 3D modeling platforms on the market. Fortunately, I have had the opportunity to use both of these. I used a combination of ProE Wildfire 3, Wildfire 5, and Creo 2.0 for about 3 years, and have been using SolidWorks for almost a month. When comparingRead more
SolidWorks is a great program for mechanical CAD but getting it customized for your organization can be troublesome. As with most powerful software applications, there are a ton of different options for each file type and many ways to do the same the thing. One way to make things faster when generating parts, assemblies, andRead more
SolidWorks is a great tool for designing mechanical parts and assemblies, but I find myself using it as a marketing tool fairly often as well. Whether it is needed for proposals, presentations or just visualizing a new project, I’m often asked “can you just make it look real?”. Luckily when using off the shelf components,Read more
Today we’re helping present at the Definition of Insanity Tour to showcase Altium Designer 2013. If you’re unfamiliar with the Altium Designer software, it is by far the best electronics design software package for rapid design. The integrated approach used by Altium (they call it “Unified”) for board design is one of the secrets toRead more