Solidworks "Redneck Garage" Toolbox

[J. Vinella]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by fixitmattman:

100MPH Tool:
Applies 100MPH racing tape to key joints.

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Add 300MPH Icon when your FEA tells you 100MPH won't cut it.

Thumb In the Air Tool:
Kind of a random number generator based on a hunch or previous experiences telling you it should be about...

[Bazanaius]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Thumb In the Air Tool:
Kind of a random number generator based on a hunch or previous experiences telling you it should be about... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Out of your arse tool:
A random number generator based upon no hunch or previous experience.

[tgman]

The it worked in CAD tool:
A tool that makes part fit in the model but then changes dimensions randomly when that part is prepared for manufacturing.

[Adambomb]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Bazanaius:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Thumb In the Air Tool:
Kind of a random number generator based on a hunch or previous experiences telling you it should be about... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Out of your arse tool:
A random number generator based upon no hunch or previous experience. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

We've already developed a scale for that. We ran into trouble with newbies, sometimes they would spend hours on the stupidest little fill panel. Then we'd tell them "it doesn't have to be exact," which resulted in parts that were 3" off. So we decided we needed a way to tell them "how un-exact" it needs to be:

[Peter7307]

Love number 10...Divine placement - brilliant.

I have not heard mention of the ever useful "Duct Tape tool".
Essential equipment for any FSAE team.

Peter.

[TacoPete]

Adambomb, that is genius!

[MalcolmG]

haha this thread is gold.

How about a slotted hole tool? Icon would be a Dewalt drill being used to cut out a complex shape. Use when you have two holes that don't quite line up so it simulates wiggling a drill back and forth to try and make them fit. It would be a good bonus if this feature never really worked as well as you'd hoped.

edit: got another one: the "can it be folded using a bench vise analysis tool", which checks your sheetmetal geometry to see whether you can fold it entirely using a bench vise