Nov 23, 2011 · Hello Folks, Is there anybody with experience using this software? If yes, what is your recommendation? Does it worth investing? Or stick to traditional way of selecting material to fit for …

Dec 23, 2008 · The presentation by Socrates Ioannides is available here as "E19 Rules of Thumb for Steel Design" as a sound file with accompanying slides. Well worth listening to for anyone interested …

Aug 15, 2002 · Socrates Ioannides and John Ruddy have compiled a fairly comprehensive list of steel design rules of thumb and presented the topic at several conferences. A summary of their …

Aug 15, 2002 · I want to use Inconel 718 for a valve stem and gate nut but need to know a few things first. Is 718 susceptible to galling? If it is will copper plating the nut threads help or will this cause …

Nov 11, 2002 · I need to use the inventor equivalent of XREFs. Do they exist? Excessive accuaracy is a sign of poor breeding. -Socrates.

May 11, 2007 · I usually design steel columns for the connection eccentricity, but Socrates Ioannides has published a couple papers that say a typical sheartab connection provides rotational restraint to …

Jun 22, 2009 · Is there a 'best practices' approach to designing columns using Risa Floor and 3-D? I work on relatively straightforward low-rise buildings for the most part, but the axial loads can get up …

Sep 2, 2003 · What I don't know is how to write a ISO macro with variables for use with mazatrol, AND call it from a mazatrol program. I'm not sure how the camware dialog works to call the macro, and I'm …

Jan 2, 2003 · A little Help Required. I am looking to hot form sheet titanium of thickness 0.7mm and 0.9mm, I am currently forming parts (around 200/anum)with a press brake. This is time consuming …

Dec 12, 2002 · Remember in level flight that weight=lift...? Excessive accuaracy is a sign of poor breeding. -Socrates.