Finally! Side Entrance Done!

It took a few months but our side entrance is finally done! Well, apart from cosmetic clean up. It was a serious pain, but at least it’s done and we saved a ton of cash doing it ourselves.

I can’t thank Nancy’s brother enough. Without him, I would have had a wet basement all winter for sure. Love ya brother! Seth and Rob too; they did grunt work and helped me with the concrete. And of course Nancy; she helped and put up with my constant frustration.

I messed up with the base foundation of the concrete, but I’ll fix that in the spring. I’ve had enough for now.

Anyway, on to some pictures.

What we inherited:

Part way through:

Finished!

An article by LYoung

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Nov
26
2009

EPDM

EPDM API: Rename Files Using a Serial Number

In our organisation, we’re going to start renaming our files to a new part number when a part no longer fits the “form, fit, or function” rule. Meaning, when a part is not interchangeable with the last revision, we don’t up-rev, we create a new part number. Helps with costing and all that jazz.

Since we use serial numbers to generate our part numbers and we don’t allow duplicate file names, we run into a problem. We could have tried ‘save as’, generate a serial number, note the number and use that, but the returned serial number would be reused on the next save. We could also try to maintain our part numbers outside of EPDM, but we’d be missing a feature already built in and would in all likelihood run into duplicate part numbers.

So, I built an add-in to handle this for us. The add-in renames all selected files with the next serial number. The serial number generator is currently hard-coded, so you’ll want to change that if you use the code. (I can’t do everything for you!)

So, does it work? I was worried about file references so I decided to do a quick test. Here is a simple assembly before the rename:

And after:

Are the file references updated? Let’s check:

All is well.

Download here: EPDMRename.zip (148.01 kb)

An article by LYoung

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Nov
11
2009

General

Lest We Forget

As is my personal tradition, I went to Streetsville for the Remembrance Day ceremonies. I have been going every year since I was 13 years old and I have noticed the diminishing ranks of veterans. It’s humbling.

This year there was a special moment when the father and sister of Marc Diab placed a wreath at the cenotaph: the crowd began to clap. It wasn’t expected and it was touching. It was awesome to see so many people pay tribute and understand what sacrifice was made. (Marc Diab was a soldier from Mississauga that was recently killed in Afghanistan.)

To those that have served and are serving: Thank You.