> I do not like this time of year. It does seem to bring out the best and worst of people, though I would submit that the tragedy of the beating was simmering for a long time. Abused women are all too often trapped either emotionally or financially. Abusing men are usually head cases that are undiagnosed. A tragedy to be sure. I am sorry to hear this.
> I stumbled onto http://frontpanelexpress.com awhile back.... >So, I measured my ADC 6.7" and my gearbox...what went wrong.. Hmmm? Do you have the original drawing saved on your PC? How wrong are they? Offset by a certain amount? Located in the wrong place? It couldn't be a simple as metric vs. english could it? Even NASA contractors have messed that up. > Assuming I measured wrong... I began reaquainting myself with my ancient copy of AutoCAD LT. I started out just drawing circles and soon remembered an essential tenet of using these programs. It is essential to establish the **base unit** of measurement. Though I set the drawing space size to encompass the bike, I failed to realize the base unit of the drawing size is used in ALL drawing functions. The first circle (there are lots of circles on a motorcycle) I drew didn't show on the screen. 20 minutes into the puzzle the discovery was made. The circle I drew was so large as to exceed the bounds of the screen. My second attempt employed using the base unit as a millimeter. Much better results. > So, that's what I did over my holiday break. What'd you do? We played host to friends and family during the ice storm we experienced. With over 1 million people in GA, SC, and NC without power, lots of slumber parties were thrown together quickly. Our longest guest stayed 4 days. Work wise, the same day of the ice storm, we placed a new MRI magnet at St. Francis Hosptial in Greenville, SC. I liken running around in the freezing rain to be a factor in a 3 week cold I am still dealing with in a very minor form. Putting together an MRI system is simple enough, but making it into a functioning system is another thing altogether. Just this week, the contractors finished their work so that I could proceed with calibrations and setups. <sigh> I bought a read the book "Electric Dreams" by Caroline Kettlewell. Check my blog for details. I signed up for another class in my degree quest. Thursday nights will find me in an Automatic Control Systems course. I suspect it will involve much Diff EQs that focus on Over, Under, and Critically damped systems. After that class, I will have about 5 class till completion. Two of those are Senior Project Proposal and Senior Project. Anyone want to guess what the Senior Project might be? Think E-Cycle battery management OR E-Cycle system management. With the small number of batteries we carry, monitoring and predicting them wouldn't be such a hard thing. No firm circuit decisions yet, but I'm thinking about what I want it to do. Mike, thank you for allowing us a place to meet and focus on our passion. Two thumbs up for you! --=Doug
