Tutorials

Surface Model for Pan Handle

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In this video, I made a drawing of a pan handle made of injection plastic process. Because this is a plastic product, determining the position of the parting line is important. There are several surface commands that I use, including: - Loft surface - Swept Surface - Planar surfaces - Extend surface - Surface Trim - Knit Surface - Thickened Surface Enjoy following. Hope it is useful.

DIBUJANDO en SOLIDWORKS - 33 - Banco

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DIBUJANDO en SOLIDWORKS - 33 - Banco

"Failsafe" ESPHome Fireplace Controller

0 0 Intermediate
When asked what smart switch to use to control their gas fireplace, you see a lot of replies "do you want to be one software bug away from your fireplace turning on?" Granted, modern gas fireplaces have safeties in place to prevent un-lit open valves, runaway heating, etc., but some people would still rather have a hardware switch standing between them and fire. This project aims to be the best of both worlds: by running 5v power to the low-voltage switch box holding my fireplace wall switch (in my case, this involved pulling 5-conductor thermostat wire using the existing 2-conductor wire), you can power an ESP board running ESPHome. By running the actual thermostat switch signal through both a DPST and a (ESPHome-controlled) 3v relay, we can be sure that the fireplace is only "active" if the manual switch is turned on.