QuickTour. CimatronE 9.0 Tutorial
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3 QuickTour Tutorial i Table of Contents Part...1 Step 1 Create a New Part Document...2 Step 1a The Cimatron Environment...2 Step 2 Create a Sketch...5 Step 2a Create a Sketch...7 Step 2b Create a Sketch...7 Step 2c Create a Sketch...9 Step 2d Create a Sketch...10 Step 2e Create a Sketch...11 Step 2f Create a Sketch...12 Step 2g Create a Sketch...14 Step 3 Extrude the Sketch...16 Step 4 Create a Blend Face...18 Step 4a Create a Blend Face...20 Step 4b Create a Blend Face...23 Step 5 Solid/Cut...24 Step 6 Apply Rounds...27 Step 7 Create a Taper...28 Step 8 Create a Shell...32 Step 9 Create a Step...33 Create an Offset Curve...35 Extrude Remove the Offset Curve...36 Step 10 Create an M-View...37 Assembly...40 Step 1 Create a New Assembly Document...41 Step 2 Add the Cover Component...42 Step 3 Add the Base Component...43 Step 4 Connect the Mouse Components...44 Step 4a Connect the Mouse Components...46 Step 5 Rotate the Assembly...47 Drafting...49 Step 1 Create a New Drawing Document...50 Step 2 Select a Frame for the Sheet...50 Step 3 Create a New View...51 Step 4 Create a Derived View...53 Step 5 Create an ISO View...54
4 QuickTour Tutorial ii Step 6 Create a D-View...55 Step 7 Set Dimensions...57 Step 8 Text...58 Step 9 Section Line...61 Mold Project...64 Step 1 Open a New Mold Project...65 Step 2 Load Work Part...67 Step 2a Load Work Part...69 Step 2b Load Work Part...71 Step 2c Load Work Part...73 Step 3 Split the Model into Core and Cavity...74 Step 3a Split...76 Step 4 Draft Angle...79 Step 5 Create Parting Lines...80 Step 6 Create Parting Faces...83 Step 7 Load the Mold Base...85 Step 7a Load the Mold Base...87 Step 8 Export to Part...88 Step 8a Select Split Direction...90 Step 8b Export to Core Part...92 Step 9 Create Stocks in the Cavity and Core Inserts...95 Step 10 Export Parting Faces...98 Step 10a Export Parting Faces to the Core Step 11 Create a Pocket Step 11a Create a Pocket Step 11b Create a Pocket Step 12 Add Mold Components Step 12a Add Mold Components Step 12b Add Mold Components Step 13 Cooling Design Step 14a Cooling Design Step 14b Cooling Design Step 14c Cooling Design Electrodes Step 1 The Electrode Wizard Step 2 Extract the First Electrode Step 3 Create Blank Step 4 Create Extension Faces...129
5 QuickTour Tutorial iii Step 5 Extract the Other Electrodes Step 6 Simulate the Electrode Motions NC Step 1 Export the Model to the NC Document Step 2 Import Cutters Step 3 Create a New Toolpath Step 4 Create a Stock Step 5 Create a Volume Milling Procedure Step 6 Select the Geometry Step 7 Load Preferred Values and Look Step 8 Create a Surface Milling Procedure Step 8a Create a Surface Milling Procedure Step 9 Create a Remachine Procedure Step 10 Simulate the Procedures...157
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7 QuickTour Tutorial 1 Part The following Quick Tour is a step-by-step basic tutorial, which guides you through the main applications of CimatronE. Steps to follow: Step 1 Creating the part Step 2 Assemble the components Step 3 Drafting Step 4 Mold project Step 5 Electrodes Step 6 NC In this first chapter we are going to create the cover of a mouse.
8 QuickTour Tutorial 2 Step 1 Create a New Part Document From the File menu, select New File. Select the Part option and click OK. Step 1a The Cimatron Environment There are several groups of toolbars within the Icons toolbar, two of which are discussed below: 1. Viewing Options group Zoom All Zoom Selection Rotate to Plane Last Picture
9 QuickTour Tutorial 3 Zoom Window Zoom Pan Rotate Isometric View Top View Front View Right View Bottom View Back View Left View Edges Dynamic Section Global Render (Shade) Wireframe Hidden Lines Partial Hidden Lines Mixed Render Mode Local Render (Shade) Wireframe Transparent Render Mode Dialog 2. Short Cut filter Select All. Clear Selection. Add Mode selects all entities within a box. Remove Mode unselects all entities within a box. Visible faces Only selects only visible faces. Picked Face Only selects only the picked face Expand to pocket selects all the faces belongs to the pocket
10 QuickTour Tutorial 4 Expand to round selects the entire rounded area automatically Expand to Hole extends the selection to include a hole. Expand to Smooth extends the selection to include all smooth faces Objects. Faces. Sketches and Composites. Edges and Curves. Points. Datum. Component. In the picture below the Menu Bar (1), Icons Toolbar (2), Features Tree (3) and Display Area (4) are displayed. For further information about the CimatronE toolbar, click the icon below:
11 QuickTour Tutorial 5 Step 2 Create a Sketch Before creating the first sketch we will define main planes for the model. From the Datum menu, select the Plane/Main Planes option. Pick the displayed UCS. At the bottom-left of the Cimatron window the appropriate prompt for the function is displayed. To approve the operation, click the OK part of the screen. button in the Feature Guide in the upper-left You may also press the right mouse button to display the Feature Guide in the display.
12 QuickTour Tutorial 6 Click on the Isometric View icon to display the following view of the main planes: Practice manipulating the Cimatron work area by using the three buttons shown below:
13 QuickTour Tutorial 7 Step 2a Create a Sketch Click the Sketcher icon. Pick the XY plane as the sketching plane. (Or simply exit the selection using the middle mouse button. By doing this, the system automatically selects the XY plane as the Sketcher plane). When the Sketcher opens, the vertical Sketcher Toolbar appears on the right side of the display. Click the Rotate to Plane icon. Step 2b Create a Sketch In the Sketcher toolbar the Line option is selected as the default drawing tool. To create the first line, two end points have to be defined. To define the first end point, move the mouse over the UCS origin, point and click it.
14 QuickTour Tutorial 8 Move the mouse to the right, make sure that the dashed red horizontal line i.e. horizontal constraint appears, and then pick the second end point. When creating geometric entities, lines or points are highlighted to help you align entities relative to the Sketcher UCS or other entities.
15 QuickTour Tutorial 9 Step 2c Create a Sketch Drag the mouse to the third point as shown in the figure below and click it. You may work with the Show Constraints Constantly mode to see the constraint while creating the sketcher. By default, this tool is turned on when you enter sketcher, enabling you to view all the constraints in the sketch.
16 QuickTour Tutorial 10 Meanwhile turn the Show Constraints Constantly off, by selecting the Sketcher Tools icon. and then press the Show Constraints icon to deactivate it. Close the Sketcher Tools Dialog. Step 2d Create a Sketch Drag the mouse to the left until both the X horizontal & Y vertical constraints (dashed lines) appear. Click to define the end point of the third line.
17 QuickTour Tutorial 11 Drag the mouse downwards and pick the UCS origin point to complete the creation of the last line. Exit the line function by pressing the Middle Mouse Button. Step 2e Create a Sketch Now that you have learned the basic sketch features (line and constraints), we will recreate the sketch using the rectangle option. To undo the sketch created, either press the Undo icon four times, OR press the left and middle mouse buttons together four times. Sketch a rectangle Press the rectangle icon in the Sketcher Toolbar. Pick the UCS origin as the first point, move the mouse to the right and upwards and Pick the second corner point i.e. top right of the rectangle.
18 QuickTour Tutorial 12 Step 2f Create a Sketch Set Dimensions for the sketch Click the dimension icon from the Sketcher Toolbar. Pick the line as shown below:
19 QuickTour Tutorial 13 Move the mouse upward and click a point above the line, to locate the dimension. In the dialog, enter the value 64 and press Enter.
20 QuickTour Tutorial 14 Step 2g Create a Sketch Pick the second line, as indicated by the cursor: Place the dimension as shown and set its value to 103.
21 QuickTour Tutorial 15 Click on the Zoom All icon so that the sketch fits the entire display. Exit the Sketcher by clicking the Exit the Sketcher icon display area and selecting the option, Exit Sketcher., or by right clicking in the
22 QuickTour Tutorial 16 In the above example the dimensions were updated automatically. There is also the option to enter a dimension and manually update it at a later stage. Click on the icon below for a further explanation of the automatic and manual update options. Step 3 Extrude the Sketch Change to ISO view. After exiting the Sketcher the sketch is automatically selected (highlighted). Click on the icon below to find out about hiding the planes to get a clearer display:
23 QuickTour Tutorial 17 Unpick the sketch (by clicking on it), click the planes and then click the hide icon. To hide ALL the existing and future Datums, press the Right and Middle Mouse Buttons together, and unselect Datums. Pick the sketch, Right Click in the display area and select New Extrude.
24 QuickTour Tutorial 18 You may create the extrude by clicking Solid/New/Extrude from the main menu. Accept the default parameters. From the Feature guide, click OK to approve the operation. Click on the Zoom All icon so that the model fits the entire display. Step 4 Create a Blend Face CimatronE is a hybrid environment, which can work with closed, open or partially open solid objects. Solid, Surfaces and Wire-Frame tools can be applied on the same object. We will now create a blend face.
25 QuickTour Tutorial 19 We will then cut the object with the blend face We will now import predefined contours. Instead of receiving these contours another option would be to create the blend contours via the sketcher. A part document will be imported from the Cimatron E Explorer. From the File menu, select the Import/From Part option. From the CimatronE Explorer, select the Sketch Tutorial.elt file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory).
26 QuickTour Tutorial 20 Click the Select button. Click OK in the Import Feature Guide. Step 4a Create a Blend Face Note the three imported curves indicated by the arrows in the picture below:
27 QuickTour Tutorial 21 From the Faces menu, select the Blend function. Use the Rotate icon rotate the part. or press the CTRL key together with the Left Mouse Button to
28 QuickTour Tutorial 22 Pick the first edge of the blend face as indicated by the cursor below: Pick the second edge.
29 QuickTour Tutorial 23 Step 4b Create a Blend Face Change the display to Wireframe mode, by clicking the Global Render mode icon and selecting Global Wireframe. Note the created blend face. Define the boundaries of the blend by clicking the Pick boundaries option.
30 QuickTour Tutorial 24 Pick the contour indicated below: Click the OK button in the Blend Feature Guide. Step 5 Solid/Cut Return to the Global Shade mode.
31 QuickTour Tutorial 25 From the Solid menu, select the Cut function. Pick the solid object you have created as the object to be cut and exit using the Middle Mouse Button. Pick the blend face as the cutting object.
32 QuickTour Tutorial 26 Accept the default parameter: Remove Cutting Object. When using this option, the system automatically removes the cutting object (blend face) when approving the Cut operation. Accept the cutting direction (blue arrow) as shown in the picture below:
33 QuickTour Tutorial 27 Click OK in the Solid Feature Guide. Step 6 Apply Rounds From the Menu Bar, select Solid/Round. Pick the edges to be rounded, indicated in the picture below:
34 QuickTour Tutorial 28 Use the Rotate icon rotate the part. or press the CTRL key together with the Left Mouse Button to Exit (Middle Mouse Button). Apply the following values:30 Click OK to approve the round operation. Step 7 Create a Taper From the Solid Menu, select Taper.
35 QuickTour Tutorial 29 Leave the option set to Neutral Plane and pick the following plane: Exit. Pick the face indicated by the cursor, as the face to be tapered: All the connecting faces (apart from the front face) have been automatically selected. Middle mouse click to accept these faces, set the Taper Angle and the flip the arrow as necessary: Change to front view. If necessary, press the Flip button to change the default direction.
36 QuickTour Tutorial 30 Press the Preview button to view the result before approving it. Click OK in the Feature Guide. Create the final rounds From the main menu, select Solid/Round. Pick the corners as shown in the picture below: Hide the UCS and zoom in for easier selection of the corner points.
37 QuickTour Tutorial 31 Note that all the edges connected by this corner, are automatically picked. Exit. Apply rounds with a radius of 5.
38 QuickTour Tutorial 32 Step 8 Create a Shell From the Solid menu, select Shell. Change the thickness to 4. Pick the bottom face as the open face.
39 QuickTour Tutorial 33 Use the Rotate icon rotate the part. or press the CTRL key together with the Left Mouse Button to Click OK in the Shell Feature Guide. Step 9 Create a Step Create a composite curve, by clicking the Composite curve icon. Change the option to Faces Outer Boundary.
40 QuickTour Tutorial 34 Click on the icon below to find out about how to create a composite curve: Pick the face shown:
41 QuickTour Tutorial 35 Accept the result by clicking OK in the Composite Feature Guide. Create an Offset Curve From the Curves menu, select Offset.
42 QuickTour Tutorial 36 Pick the previously created composite curve and apply the following parameters: Click OK in the Offset Feature Guide. Extrude Remove the Offset Curve Select the Offset curve, right click and select Remove Extrude.
43 QuickTour Tutorial 37 Set the following parameters: Click OK in the Extrude Feature Guide. Step 10 Create an M-View A Modeling View (M-View) will now be created. The M-View is a user-defined view of entities which includes a profile of display parameters.
44 QuickTour Tutorial 38 At the bottom left of the screen select the M-View tab. Under the M-View tab, Right Click and select New M-View. Position the Part on the Screen as follows: Zoom, Pan and Rotate the part accordingly
45 QuickTour Tutorial 39 Click OK in the M-View Feature Guide. Click on the Isometric view icon. Under the M-View tab, Double Click on M-View1. The Part has returned to it's original orientation and size. Select File/Save and in the Cimatron E Explorer, save the file under the following name: A new document named Mouse Cover is created.
46 QuickTour Tutorial 40 Close the part document. Assembly In this chapter the parts of the Mouse will be assembled.
47 QuickTour Tutorial 41 Mouse Cover For the first assembly part document, either use the Mouse Cover.elt file created in the first chapter or the ready made file: Mouse Base For the second assembly part document, use the Mouse Base.elt. Step 1 Create a New Assembly Document From the File menu select the New File option. Select the Assembly option.
48 QuickTour Tutorial 42 Step 2 Add the Cover Component From the Icons Toolbar, click the Add component icon Assembly/Add Component. or select the option Select the file Mouse Cover from the CimatronE Explorer. To place the component on the Active Assembly Origin, select the On Assembly UCS option. The system automatically places the part on the Active Assembly UCS.
49 QuickTour Tutorial 43 Click OK in the Feature Guide. Step 3 Add the Base Component Click the Add component icon. Select the Mouse Base component, from the Cimatron E Explorer.
50 QuickTour Tutorial 44 Change the default option to 'Place By Pick', and pick anywhere on the screen. Click OK in the Feature Guide. Click on the Zoom All icon so that the assembly fits the entire display. Step 4 Connect the Mouse Components Click the Connect icon. Pick the face of the cover shown below:
51 QuickTour Tutorial 45 Now pick the face of the base shown below: Change the Natural Alignment option to Anti-Align. Click Apply.
52 QuickTour Tutorial 46 Step 4a Connect the Mouse Components Now pick the following two faces: Accept the connect options and click OK in the Feature Guide. In the Assembly Tree, at left of the screen click on the plus symbols (+) of the Mouse Cover and Mouse Base.
53 QuickTour Tutorial 47 The two connect operations appear in the Assembly Tree. Step 5 Rotate the Assembly Click the Move/Rotate icon. Toggle the Move option to Rotate. Click on the face used for the second connection, and move the mouse base. Click on the icon below to view a movie showing the remaining degree of freedom of the assembly.
54 QuickTour Tutorial 48 Rotate the part as show below and click OK in the Feature Guide. Pick the following two faces: Right Click and select Connect. Click OK upon receiving the following message: This connection was made with the default parameter set to Coincident. As the coincident option was already used in Step 4a and the faces are already 'touching', the above message appears, indicating that we have eliminated too many degrees of freedom. Change the connect parameters to those shown below.
55 QuickTour Tutorial 49 Click OK in the Feature Guide. The assembly is now fully defined. Save and close the assembly document. Drafting In the following chapter a drawing will be created for the Mouse Cover part document.
56 QuickTour Tutorial 50 Step 1 Create a New Drawing Document From the File menu, select New File. Select Drawing from the New Document dialog. Step 2 Select a Frame for the Sheet In the Drawing Tree, expand Sheet1. Double click the option NONE, and select the A3 frame.
57 QuickTour Tutorial 51 Press Apply/Close in the dialog box. Step 3 Create a New View Right-click in the display area and select View Creation. The View creation dialog appears.
58 QuickTour Tutorial 52 Click the folder icon to load the model. Select the part document created previously.
59 QuickTour Tutorial 53 To place the top view, click in the area of the frame shown below, and Exit. Step 4 Create a Derived View To create a derived view from the top view, pick the top view, click anywhere below it and Exit.
60 QuickTour Tutorial 54 Create the right view and Exit. Step 5 Create an ISO View Click on any view. In the View Creation dialog, click the Simple view projection type arrow and select the ISO view.
61 QuickTour Tutorial 55 Place the view below the right view. Step 6 Create a D-View A Drafting View (D-View) will now be created from the M-View created in Step 10 of the Part Chapter.
62 QuickTour Tutorial 56 Click on any view and in the View Creation dialog click the M-View icon. In the M-Views dialog, click OK. Place the view to the right of the views created. Exit the View Creation dialog, via the Close button.
63 QuickTour Tutorial 57 Step 7 Set Dimensions Click the Dimension icon. From the Simple2 view, pick the two end points shown below: Place the dimension as shown: Click Apply in the dialog box.
64 QuickTour Tutorial 58 From the Simple3 view, pick the two lines shown below, and place the dimension to the right of the view. Exit the dimension function. Step 8 Text We are now going to attach symbolic text to the drawing. Right Click on the Simple1 view in the Drafting Tree and select Rename. Change the name of the Simple1 view to Top, and repeat this step, renaming the other four views so they appear as follows: The text was made bigger by Picking the Text on the screen and enlarging the font size to 10.
65 QuickTour Tutorial 59 Click the Text icon. Pick an edge of the ISO view and in a space above the view:
66 QuickTour Tutorial 60 Open the Text Editor. In the right of the Text Editor window select the %%Part_Name option. Click OK in the Text Editor. In the Text dialog, click on the Attach Symbolic Text icon.
67 QuickTour Tutorial 61 Pick an edge of the part as shown below: Click Close in the Text Dialog. Step 9 Section Line Click on the Section Line icon. Click on the midpoints of the two edges below to create the section line:
68 QuickTour Tutorial 62 Close the Section Line dialog. Right Click on the screen and select View Creation. Pick the section line and click below the Top view.
69 QuickTour Tutorial 63 In the View creation dialog, set the text 10mm below the view. Close the View Creation dialog. Save your work. Save and close the file.
70 QuickTour Tutorial 64 Mold Project In this chapter the mold and the active parts of the mouse cover will be created. Stage 1 Open a New Mold Project Select Layout Stage 2 Place Work Part in the Layout Stage 3 Split Stage 4 Parting Face and Attributes Stage 5 Load Mold Base Stage 6 Export to Part
71 QuickTour Tutorial 65 Stage 7 Create Stocks in the Cavity and Core Inserts Stage 8 Export Parting Faces Stage 9 Create a Pocket Stage 11 Add Mold Components Step12 Cooling Design Step 1 Open a New Mold Project The start of every Mold Project is the Setup Wizard. From the CimatronE opening screen, click the Mold Setup icon.
72 QuickTour Tutorial 66 The Mold Project Setup Wizard is loaded. Name the main assembly: Mouse cover Select Create a new folder to place the main assembly in a new folder. Note that you may define the name of the Assembly. Text can be added to the beginning or end of the name using the Assembly Name_Generator in the preferences. Click the Preference icon. Change the Name_Generator. Ensure that the Suffix field is empty.
73 QuickTour Tutorial 67 Click OK While loading the project you can already decide on the layout and where to position your parts. You can either create a new layout part or load one from a predefined layouts library. The Mouse cover is a single cavity mold, so accept the default Layout part Layout-1-Cavmm i.e. a single cavity layout part. Click OK. Step 2 Load Work Part Note the assembly structure. A mold assembly has been created. This assembly consists of a Fixed Side, Movable Side, and Ejection System sub-assemblies. Notice the MoldDesign Guide. Both guides: Parting and Mold, guide you through the logical steps of the Mold Project process, from start to finish.
74 QuickTour Tutorial 68 There is also a Parting sub-assembly, which is activated by default and will be used first.
75 QuickTour Tutorial 69 The Parting sub-assembly will later include the work parts and parting faces parts. This helps to organize the spilt work. The outer blue box is a simple sketch that represents a preliminary mold base size. It can be edited to any size just to help with the layout until there is a real mold base built. The inner box represents the bounding box work part. Step 2a Load Work Part We will now load the work part and position it onto the UCS in the Layout part. Click the Load Work Parts icon in the Parting Guide. The Load Work Parts dialog appear. Master part: The original document received from the product designer, used as a reference for the working document.
76 QuickTour Tutorial 70 Work part : All necessary operations for the mold part creation are performed in this document. Operations include fixing the model, splitting the model, creating parting lines and parting surfaces, creating the mold UCS and the mold part objects and exporting them. The working document is associative to the master document. Click the Open file button. From the Cimatron E Explorer select the Mouse cover.elt file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory).
77 QuickTour Tutorial 71 Accept the default parameters of the Document Name, Units (mm) and Shrinkage Compensation of the part. Click OK. Step 2b Load Work Part Place the part on the layout coordinate system. This operation also creates a coordinate system in the work file called a Work UCS feature. The Work UCS is the UCS created within the work part, by which the work part is placed in a mold.
78 QuickTour Tutorial 72 Pick the UCS indicated by the arrow in the picture below: Click the Edit Work UCS button to edit the location of the Work UCS. Click Yes to continue the operation.
79 QuickTour Tutorial 73 Step 2c Load Work Part Change to ISO view, and select the Wireframe display mode. Move Work UCS to the lower middle point of the bounding box.
80 QuickTour Tutorial 74 Click OK in the Feature Guide. Click OK to approve the operation. Step 3 Split the Model into Core and Cavity Note that the Work Part now appears in the Assembly Tree. Switch back to Mixed Render mode and hide the Layout part for a clearer display. Select the Parting tab to display the parting tree.
81 QuickTour Tutorial 75 Double-click the Mouse Cover-Work to activate the part. Click the QuickSplit icon.
82 QuickTour Tutorial 76 Accept this setting and select OK. Step 3a Split Two sets are created.
83 QuickTour Tutorial 77 Move the slider to view the resulting two main groups. The gray face belongs to the unassigned group. We will attach it to the upper group. Pick the face highlighted in the picture above.
84 QuickTour Tutorial 78 To attach it to the blue (upper) set, move the mouse over the blue set and press the Middle Mouse Button. Exit the Quick Split function, via the Close button. Rename the split sets. Right click on the set Split-01 and select Rename.
85 QuickTour Tutorial 79 Name the sets Cavity (Split-01) and Core (Split-02). Step 4 Draft Angle Click the Analysis Tools/Draft Angle Analysis icon. Press the Show dialog tab. The draft angle of the model is automatically color-coded according to the default color map values. You may change the colors as well as the values.
86 QuickTour Tutorial 80 Ensure that there are no red faces (undercuts) in the model and exit the Draft Angle Analysis. Step 5 Create Parting Lines The parting curve will be automatically created. Each entity in the parting curve gets the attributes of the faces it belongs to. The preview parting lines are not only for analysis purposes. Once the preview is performed, any curve/surface that is created using the edge of the parting line will automatically get parting attributes. The parting line preview can be updated at any stage, after changes to the part. Verify that the Mouse cover-work is active.
87 QuickTour Tutorial 81 From the Parting options, click Parting Line Preview. A preview of the parting curve is created on common boundaries of every pair of QuickSplit objects (Quick sets). The internal parting curves will now be automatically created. Hide the Cavity set.
88 QuickTour Tutorial 82 Click the Composite icon. Change the option to Along Open Edges. Pick the first and the last curve in the chain. Click OK in the Feature Guide.
89 QuickTour Tutorial 83 Step 6 Create Parting Faces From the Parting Guide click Parting Surf/External. Verify the parting curve created is picked, and change the width of the parting curve to 100, as shown below: Click OK in the Feature Guide. Re-enter the QuickSplit option.
90 QuickTour Tutorial 84 Show the Cavity set. Open the slider. The parting face which was created using the parting curve, gets the attributes of the parting curve, and therefore belongs to both sets. In the 'Parting' process, main curve/face creation functions work in a way that they inherit the parting attributes of the curves/faces that are used as input for the functions.
91 QuickTour Tutorial 85 In general you may edit the Parting attributes of each parting face through the Parting Attributes tab. Step 7 Load the Mold Base Activate the Main Assembly. Click the option: Mold Base / New Mold Base. The Mold-base Plate Set Wizard appears. Select the HASCO mm configuration catalog. Select the configuration of 9 plates B (the support plate is on the Movable side) using the K Series item. Set the Catalog code (configuration size) to After the Parameters have been entered, press the Hide Dialog button to view the bounding box around the active parts.
92 QuickTour Tutorial 86 Click the Next button.
93 QuickTour Tutorial 87 Step 7a Load the Mold Base Set the parameters as shown in the picture below. Click the Next button. The system automatically updates R2 according to the size of R1.
94 QuickTour Tutorial 88 Accept the default available components. Click Finish. Step 8 Export to Part Click the option: Export to Part icon. Click the arrow next to the Pick Target Part option. Select the option: Pick Target Sub-Assembly (Export to New Part).
95 QuickTour Tutorial 89 You are now requested to select the Target Sub Assembly. You may either select it from the feature tree or from the display area. Select the Fixed Side_Mouse cover as the target assembly. Rename the new part as Cavity.
96 QuickTour Tutorial 90 Step 8a Select Split Direction Exit (Middle Mouse Button) to jump to the next step in the feature guide. Change the visibility of the Fixed Side assembly to WF mode. Select one of the faces of the cavity split set. The entire faces of the split direction is automatically selected.
97 QuickTour Tutorial 91 Select OK. Notice the new part Cavity under the fixed Side in the feature tree. Switch to the Parting tree and notice the new set: The cavity split direction under the Cavity new part.
98 QuickTour Tutorial 92 Step 8b Export to Core Part In the Parting tree, hide the cavity set of the Mouse Cover work part. Ensure that the fixed side is hidden. Click the option: Export to Part icon.
99 QuickTour Tutorial 93 Select the Movable side as the target assembly. Name the new part: Core.
100 QuickTour Tutorial 94 Exit (MMB). Select one of the core split direction faces. Select OK. Notice the new part in the feature tree and the new set in the parting tree.
101 QuickTour Tutorial 95 Step 9 Create Stocks in the Cavity and Core Inserts Activate the Cavity part under the fixed side assembly. Display only the cavity and the parting surface part.
102 QuickTour Tutorial 96 Enter the Sketcher. Exit to automatically pick the XY plane as the sketcher plane. Click Rotate To Plane. Sketch a box and set the dimensions as follows: The 75 and 80 dimensions are measured from the UCS point to their respective edges. Right Click and select Exit Sketcher. Switch to Right view and set the following parameters: Display K20 in the assembly tree to evaluate the required size of the stock.
103 QuickTour Tutorial 97 Click OK. Repeat the same operation for the Core part.(under the movable side)
104 QuickTour Tutorial 98 Set the following parameters: Click OK. Step 10 Export Parting Faces Show only the Cavity part under the Fixed Side and the Parting Mouse cover assembly.
105 QuickTour Tutorial 99 Ensure that the Cavity split direction of the mouse cover work part is shown. Select the Export Parting Faces icon. Select the previously created box ( Cavity part) as the target part.
106 QuickTour Tutorial 100 The visibility of the core part has automatically been changed to WF mode to enable an easier selection of the split direction entities. Select the face of the cavity split direction (in order to pick the parting faces belong to the indicated split direction).
107 QuickTour Tutorial 101 Exit (MMB) to jump to the next step. Accept the default option: Cut to perform a cut of the stock by the parting faces together with the export operation. Change to Right view and press the preview button to examine the predicted result. Click OK Feature Guide. Display only the Cavity part in Shade mode. Step 10a Export Parting Faces to the Core Repeat the same operation for the Core part: Show only the Core part under the Movable Side and the Parting Mouse cover assembly.
108 QuickTour Tutorial 102 Hide the Cavity split direction of the Mouse Cover work part. Select the Export Parting Faces icon. Select the Core part as the target part. Select the face of the core split direction.
109 QuickTour Tutorial 103 Exit. Ensure that the arrow of the cutting direction is pointing upwards. Click OK. Step 11 Create a Pocket Show only the Movable Side sub-assembly. Activate the K20 part. From the Menu Bar, select the option Solid/Remove/Extrude. Click the Sketcher icon, in order to create the sketch of the body to be removed. Define the Sketch plane by following the steps below: We will now select a hidden face. 1. Hold the mouse over the indicated face by the red arrow in the picture below. This face is above the area of the hidden face required. 2. Wait until the cursor changes to the Select Other Mechanism as shown.
110 QuickTour Tutorial Hidden or adjacent entities can now be picked by selecting the first highlighted face (without releasing the mouse button) and moving the cursor accordingly (in our case upwards). 4. Once the lower face of the core is highlighted in green, release the mouse button to select it.
111 QuickTour Tutorial 105 Step 11a Create a Pocket Change to Wireframe mode. Click the Add Geometry icon from the Sketcher Toolbar. Pick the lower edge of the core. Pick the other three edges.
112 QuickTour Tutorial 106 Exit the function via the Middle Mouse Button. Right-click on the display area and select Exit Sketcher. Switch back to Mixed Render mode and select the Through option. Click OK in the Extrude Feature Guide.
113 QuickTour Tutorial 107 Step 11b Create a Pocket Hide the core part in the tree to view the pocket. Repeat the same operations for the cavity pocket. Activate the K20 part in the Fixed Side.
114 QuickTour Tutorial 108 Select Solid/Remove/Extrude. Click the Sketcher icon and pick the face indicated below as the sketch plane. Click the Add Geometry icon and add the following four edges: Exit the sketcher and select the option Through.
115 QuickTour Tutorial 109 Click OK in the Extrude Feature Guide. Step 12 Add Mold Components We will now add screws to the Movable Side (Connecting the core insert to plate K20). Activate the Movable Side and set the display as follows:
116 QuickTour Tutorial 110 From the MoldDesign Guide, click the icon Add Mold Comp/Screws Bolts. From the HASCO mm catalog, select Cap Screw/Cap Screw Z 31. From the catalog list, select the Z31 / M4 X 20 Cap Screw and click OK.
117 QuickTour Tutorial 111 Click the Data button to view the Parameter Table.
118 QuickTour Tutorial 112 Step 12a Add Mold Components Pick the bottom face as indicated in the picture below: Switch to Top View. Notice that you have automatically entered the sketcher in the previously selected face as the reference plane.
119 QuickTour Tutorial 113 While in the sketcher, click the Symmetry Line icon and draw the following symmetry line: Notice that the point icon is on, draw the first point as indicated below: Draw the second point.
120 QuickTour Tutorial 114 Use the Vertical constraint. Step 12b Add Mold Components Set dimensions as follows: Exit the dimension by clicking the middle mouse button.
121 QuickTour Tutorial 115 Switch to Front View, and notice the placement of the screws. Right-click and click OK. Step 13 Cooling Design In the following steps, we will create a cooling channel. The sub-assembly in which the cooling system passes through, will now be activated. With the Fixed Side activated, set the display as follows: A plane will now be defined for the cooling sketch.
122 QuickTour Tutorial 116 Click the Cooling Design/Parallel Plane icon. Change to ISO view, and pick the lower face of plate K20. Step 14a Cooling Design Set a Delta of 32 (front view). Click OK in the Parallel Plane Feature Guide. Notice the new cooling part feature in the tree, under the Fixed Side sub-assembly. The cooling part is automatically activated.
123 QuickTour Tutorial 117 Step 14b Cooling Design Click the Cooling Sketch icon from the Cooling Design option. Verify the previously created plane is picked. Click the Top view, and create the following sketch:
124 QuickTour Tutorial 118 Exit the Sketcher. Step 14c Cooling Design Click the Cooling Objects icon. The input for the Cooling object is the cooling sketch. Verify the sketch is picked and Middle Mouse Click to accept the selection. Set the parameters as follows: With Cut. Set the Visual Analysis to On, and set an offset of 4.
125 QuickTour Tutorial 119 Here we can see an analysis of the area around the cooling pipes. When the Visual Analysis is On, a component that touches a cooling pipe is displayed in red. View the drilling parameters. Click OK in the Cooling Channel Feature Guide.
126 QuickTour Tutorial 120 At this stage a revolve operation is performed for each line. The system cuts all the plates in the active sub assembly that the cooling channel passes through. See the Cooling object feature in the Features Tree. Save and close the Mold assembly. To View the final result of the Mold Project, Unpack the Mouse cover.ctf file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory). For more information on the Unpack mechanism, access the Sets and M-View Tutorial by clicking on the link below:
127 QuickTour Tutorial 121 Electrodes In this chapter you will create electrodes for the grooves in the core part below. Step 1 The Electrode Wizard Click the Electrode Set-Up icon. The Electrode Set Up Wizard now appears.
128 QuickTour Tutorial 122 Click on the Open File icon. From the CimatronE Explorer select the Mouse Core Electrode.elt file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory).
129 QuickTour Tutorial 123 Check the Create New Folder option, and select OK in the Setup Wizard. A new folder and assembly have been created in CimatronE Explorer. Step 2 Extract the First Electrode To create a new electrode, click Extract Electrode from the Electrode Guide on the right hand side of the screen. Pick next to the right groove as indicated by the cursor in the picture below: Move the rectangle to include the entire groove. Click on a corner of the rectangle and drag it to resize and view its dimensions. Set the following parameters: Click on the expansion arrow to view the options.
130 QuickTour Tutorial 124 The faces selected are in 'Stand-by' mode. They will now be attached to the electrode.
131 QuickTour Tutorial 125 Click the Middle Mouse Button to attach the faces to the electrode. The faces turn green once they have been attached. Click the Center to Selection icon in the Feature Guide.
132 QuickTour Tutorial 126 Click OK in the Feature Guide. Step 3 Create Blank Activate the electrode by double clicking on it in the Electrode Tree. Hide the Mouse Core Electrode part. Click on Blank in the Electrode Guide. Set the blank parameters as follows: Toggle the Free Value button, so that Free Value: Base Height is selected.
133 QuickTour Tutorial 127 Click OK in the Feature Guide. Click on UCS in the Electrode Guide.
134 QuickTour Tutorial 128 Click on the point marked below: Click OK in the Electrode UCS Feature Guide.
135 QuickTour Tutorial 129 Step 4 Create Extension Faces Click on Auto Contour icon in the Electrode Guide. A contour has been automatically created.
136 QuickTour Tutorial 130 Click the Extension icon in the Electrode Guide. The contour is automatically picked. Change the Tangent option to 2 Directions. 2. Change the Minimum Distance 1st Direction and Minimum Distance 2nd Direction to Toggle the Offset option to Shift.
137 QuickTour Tutorial 131 In the Feature Guide, click on the Filler Face icon. A Filler Face has been applied to the side of the electrode. Click Apply in the Feature Guide. Change the Tangent option to Direction.
138 QuickTour Tutorial 132 Change the Length option to To Blank. Click on the Step icon and verify the Step Size is set to 1.
139 QuickTour Tutorial 133 Press OK in the Feature Guide.
140 QuickTour Tutorial 134 Show the part in the Electrode Tree. Right click on the Blank Feature in the Features Tree and select Re-Center.
141 QuickTour Tutorial 135 The Re-Center and Re-Fit operations update the Blank feature, considering any new geometry created. Save the electrode as a template From the Menu Bar, select the Electrode/Save As Template option. Set a name to the template and select OK. Step 5 Extract the Other Electrodes The Second electrode will now be extracted. Activate the Assembly, by double clicking on the assembly in the Electrode Tree. Place the electrode as shown. Change the No Template option to Apply Template, and click on Change Template. Select the previously created template.
142 QuickTour Tutorial 136 Moving the cursor over the Change Template button will show the current templates name. Exit, via the middle mouse button, to attach the faces and click the Center To Selection icon in the Feature Guide. Click Apply.
143 QuickTour Tutorial 137 Use the same template as above to extract the third electrode. Attach the faces and click Center To Selection and Fit To Selection options. Click OK in the Extract Electrode Feature Guide..
144 QuickTour Tutorial 138 Step 6 Simulate the Electrode Motions Activate the assembly. From the Electrode Guide, click the Simulation icon. Drag the slider to view the electrode motion. Save and close the Electrode assembly.
145 QuickTour Tutorial 139 NC In this chapter you will create NC procedures for the core of the mouse cover. Step 1 Export the Model to the NC Document Open the core part document Mouse Cover Core.elt. From the File menu, select Export/To NC.
146 QuickTour Tutorial 140 Click OK in the Import Feature Guide. From the Icons Toolbar, verify that the Wizard Mode is selected. When using the Wizard Mode, the amount of free space in the graphic display is maximized. When creating or editing a procedure, each dialog and parameter table can be opened separately by clicking the appropriate icon in the NC Guide. Step 2 Import Cutters We will now import the cutters to be used in the NC procedures. From the NC Guide, click the Cutters icon. The Cutters & Holders dialog appears.
147 QuickTour Tutorial 141 Click the Cutter Library button. Import the Ball 10 by selecting it and clicking on the 'Add cutters to the Selected Cutters list' arrow. Repeat the same for the Flat 16 cutter. Click OK Click OK to confirm and exit the Cutter Library. to Exit the Cutters & Holders dialog. Step 3 Create a New Toolpath Click the ToolPath Folder icon.
148 QuickTour Tutorial 142 Notice the clearance plane which appears in the display area. Set the parameters as follows and click OK. 2.5 Axis, 3 Axis, 4 Axis and 5 Axis ToolPaths are available.
149 QuickTour Tutorial 143 Step 4 Create a Stock Click the Stock icon. 'Create Stock' is a 3X procedure used to represent the stock material from which the final part will be produced. Leave the default parameters and click OK. Step 5 Create a Volume Milling Procedure We are going to machine this part using several NC technologies. We will start with a Rough Spiral procedure. Click the Procedure icon.
150 QuickTour Tutorial 144 Accept the Main Selection of Volume Milling and ensure that the Sub Selection is Rough Spiral. Click the Cutters Holders icon (Next Step) to continue. Select the Cutter FLAT16. Click OK. Step 6 Select the Geometry We will now select the Geometry. Click the Geometry icon.
151 QuickTour Tutorial 145 Click the NC Assistant icon to display the picture in the dialog below: Right-click in the Display area and select All Displayed and Exit.
152 QuickTour Tutorial 146 Step 7 Load Preferred Values and Look Click the Motion Parameters icon. In the Motion Parameters dialog, click on the Load Preferred Values and Look icon. Click Yes upon receiving the following message:
153 QuickTour Tutorial 147 The Cimatron default preferred values and look will now be loaded.
154 QuickTour Tutorial 148 Click the icon circled below, to show all the parameters of the Tool Trajectory. Show the parameter. Hide the parameter. All parameters are displayed, even the ones marked as hidden. Only the parameters marked as shown are displayed. Hidden parameters are not displayed. Enter the following parameters
155 QuickTour Tutorial 149 Click the Machine Parameters icon to continue. Accept the default values for the Machine parameters. Click the Save & Calculate icon. In the NC Process Manager, notice the created procedure.
156 QuickTour Tutorial 150 Change the Toolpath color to Blue. Step 8 Create a Surface Milling Procedure We will now create a Surface Milling procedure. Create a new procedure. Press the Procedure icon. Set the Technology as follows: Surface Milling
157 QuickTour Tutorial 151 Finish Mill By Limit Angle Select the BALL10 cutter and click the Next Step arrow to continue. Step 8a Create a Surface Milling Procedure Select Geometry: The system automatically selects the entities selected in the previous procedure. Click on the Boundaries (Optional) button and pick the face indicted below:
158 QuickTour Tutorial 152 Accept the Geometry selection and press Exit to proceed to the next step. In the Motion Parameters dialog, click the Load Preferred Values and Look icon, and click Yes to accept the preferred values.
159 QuickTour Tutorial 153 Click on the Stock,Shank & Holder, select Advanced and note that the Consider Remaining Stock parameter is checked. When the Consider Remaining Stock parameter is set to Yes, the remaining stock is calculated before generating tool motions. Execute the procedure by clicking the Save and Calculate icon.
160 QuickTour Tutorial 154 Hide the Volume Milling procedure by clicking on the Hide/Show icon circled below: Hide the Surface Milling procedure motions. Step 9 Create a Remachine Procedure Create a new procedure, define the technology as below and click the Cutter icon. In the Cutters and Holders dialog, select Cutter Ball 10 Cutter and click on the New Cutter icon.
161 QuickTour Tutorial 155 In the Cutter Properties section enter the following parameters for the new cutter: Click OK and Press the Geometry icon. Accept the geometry selection. Select the preferred values and look of the Cleanup procedure:
162 QuickTour Tutorial 156 Save and Calculate the procedure.
163 QuickTour Tutorial 157 Step 10 Simulate the Procedures Click the Machining Simulation icon. Click the double arrow to include all of the procedures in the Simulation. In the dialog, verify the Standard option is checked and click OK.
164 QuickTour Tutorial 158 The NC Simulator Application opens. Click the Start icon. The final result of the exercise may be seen in the Mouse Cover Core_NC.elt file.
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