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Quick Tour ....................................................................................................................................... 1 Part............................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction............................................................................................................................... 1 Steps to follow .......................................................................................................................... 1 Part Description ........................................................................................................................ 2 Step 1 - Create a new Part Document ..................................................................................... 3 Step 1a - The Cimatron Environment....................................................................................... 4 Step 2 - Create a Sketch .......................................................................................................... 6 Step 2a - Create a Sketch ........................................................................................................ 8 Step 2b - Create a Sketch ........................................................................................................ 9 Step 2c - Create a Sketch ...................................................................................................... 11 Step 2d - Create a Sketch ...................................................................................................... 12 Step 2e - Create a Sketch ...................................................................................................... 13 Step 2f - Create a Sketch ....................................................................................................... 14 Step 2g - Create a Sketch ...................................................................................................... 17 Step 3 - Extrude the Sketch ................................................................................................... 19 Step 4 - Create a blend face .................................................................................................. 22 Step 4a - Create a blend face ................................................................................................ 25 Step 4b - Create a blend face ................................................................................................ 28 Step 5 - Solid/Cut ................................................................................................................... 30 Step 6 - Apply Rounds ........................................................................................................... 34 Step 7 - Create a Taper.......................................................................................................... 36 Step 8 - Create a Shell ........................................................................................................... 40 Step 9 - Create a Step............................................................................................................ 42 Step 10 - Create an M-View ................................................................................................... 46 iii

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Assembly.................................................................................................................................... 49 Assembly Description............................................................................................................. 49 Step 1 - Create a new Assembly document........................................................................... 50 Step 2 - Add the cover component......................................................................................... 51 Step 3 - Add the base component.......................................................................................... 53 Step 4 - Connect the mouse components.............................................................................. 54 Step 4a - Connect the mouse components............................................................................ 56 Step 5 - Rotate the Assembly................................................................................................. 58 Drafting....................................................................................................................................... 61 Drafting Description................................................................................................................ 61 Step 1 - Create a new Drawing document ............................................................................. 62 Step 2 - Select a frame for the Sheet..................................................................................... 63 Step 3 - Create a new view .................................................................................................... 64 Step 4 - Create a derived view ............................................................................................... 66 Step 5 - Create an ISO view................................................................................................... 68 Step 6 - Create a D-View ....................................................................................................... 70 Step 7 - Set dimensions ......................................................................................................... 72 Step 8 - Text ........................................................................................................................... 74 Step 9 - Section Line .............................................................................................................. 78 Mold Project ............................................................................................................................... 81 Mold Project Description ........................................................................................................ 81 Step 1 - Open a new Mold Project ......................................................................................... 83 Step 2 - Load Work Part......................................................................................................... 85 Step 2a - Load Work Part....................................................................................................... 87 Step 2b - Load Work Part....................................................................................................... 89

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Step 2c - Load Work Part ....................................................................................................... 91 Step 3 - Split the model into core and cavity.......................................................................... 93 Step 3a - Split ......................................................................................................................... 95 Step 4 - Draft Angle................................................................................................................ 98 Step 5 - Create Parting Lines ............................................................................................... 100 Step 6 - Create Parting Faces.............................................................................................. 103 Step 7 - Create a Stock ........................................................................................................ 106 Step 8 - Load the Mold Base................................................................................................ 109 Step 8a - Load the Mold Base.............................................................................................. 111 Step 9 - Define Active Parts ................................................................................................. 113 Step 9a - Define Active Parts ............................................................................................... 115 Step 10 - Create Active Parts............................................................................................... 117 Step10a - Create Active Parts.............................................................................................. 119 Step11 - Stitch, Cut & Remove Geometry ........................................................................... 120 Step 12 - Create a pocket .................................................................................................... 125 Step 12a - Create a pocket .................................................................................................. 127 Step 12b - Create a pocket .................................................................................................. 130 Step 13 - Add mold components .......................................................................................... 133 Step 13a - Add mold components ........................................................................................ 135 Step 13b - Add mold components ........................................................................................ 138 Step14 - Cooling Design ...................................................................................................... 140 Step14a - Cooling Design .................................................................................................... 142 Step14b - Cooling Design .................................................................................................... 143 Step14c - Cooling Design..................................................................................................... 145

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Electrodes ................................................................................................................................ 149 Electrode Description ........................................................................................................... 149 Step 1 - The Electrode Wizard ............................................................................................. 150 Step 2 - Extract the first Electrode ....................................................................................... 152 Step 3 - Create Blank ........................................................................................................... 157 Step 4 Create Extension faces............................................................................................. 161 Step 5 Extract the other electrodes...................................................................................... 169 Step 6 Simulate the electrode motions ................................................................................ 172 NC ............................................................................................................................................ 173 NC Description ..................................................................................................................... 173 Step 1 - Export the model to NC document ......................................................................... 174 Step 2 - Import Cutters ......................................................................................................... 176 Step 4 - Create a Stock ........................................................................................................ 177 Step 3 - Create a new Toolpath ........................................................................................... 178 Step 5 - Create a Volume Milling procedure ........................................................................ 180 Step 6 - Select the Geometry ............................................................................................... 181 Step 7 - Load Preferred Values and Look........................................................................... 183 Step 8 - Create a Surface Milling procedure ........................................................................ 187 Step 8a - Create a Surface Milling procedure ...................................................................... 189 Step 9 - Create a Remachine procedure ............................................................................. 192 Step 10 - Simulate the procedures....................................................................................... 195

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Introduction The following Quick Tour is a step-by-step basic tutorial, which guides you through the main applications of Cimatron E. 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. Move on to the next page to begin the tutorial.

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Part Description In this first chapter we are going to create the cover of a mouse.

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Step 1 - Create a new Part Document From the File menu, select New Document.

Select the Part option and click OK.

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Step 1a - The Cimatron Environment There are several 'groups' of toolbars within the Icons toolbar, two of which are discussed below: 1. The viewing options group.

Zoom All Zoom Selection Zoom Window Zoom Pan Rotate Isometric View Top View Front View Right View Bottom View Back View Left View

Rotate to Plane Last Picture Edges Dynamic Section Global Render (Shade) Wireframe Hidden Lines Partial Hidden Lines Mixed Render Mode Local Render (Shade) Wireframe Transparent Render Mode Dialog

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2. The 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. 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 on the Cimatron E tool bar please refer to the Environment Tutorial.

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Step 2 - Create a Sketch Before creating the first sketch we will define main planes for the model. From the Datum menu, select the option Plane/Main Planes.

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 on the upper-left

You may also press the Right Mouse Button to display the Feature Guide in the display.

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Click on the Isometric view icon to receive the following view of the main planes:

Practice manipulating the Cimatron work area by using the three buttons shown below:

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Step 2a - Create a Sketch Click the Sketcher icon .

Pick the XY plane as the sketching plane.

When the Sketcher opens, the vertical Sketcher Toolbar appears on the right side of the display. Click on the Rotate to plane icon.

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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.

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Move the mouse to the right, make sure that the dashed red horizontal line i.e. Horizontal constraint appears, and then click 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.

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Step 2c - Create a Sketch Drag the mouse to the third point as shown in the figure below and click it.

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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.

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.

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Step 2e - Create a Sketch Now that you have learned the basic sketch features (line & constraints) we will recreate the sketch, using the rectangle option. To undo the sketch created, either click the Undo icon four times OR press the Left and Middle Mouse Buttons together four times.

Sketch a rectangle Click 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.

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Step 2f - Create a Sketch Set Dimensions for the sketch Click the dimension icon Pick the line shown below: from the Sketcher Toolbar.

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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.

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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.

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Click on the Zoom All icon

so that the sketch fits the entire display.

Exit the Sketcher by right clicking in the display area and selecting the option, Exit Sketcher.

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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:

Unpick the sketch (by clicking on it), pick the planes and then click the hide icon

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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.

You may create the extrude by selecting Solid/New/Extrude from the main menu.

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Accept the default parameters.

From the Feature guide, sclick OK Click on the Zoom All icon

to approve the operation.

so that the model fits the entire display.

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Step 4 - Create a blend face Cimatron E 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.

We will then cut the object with the blend face

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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 option Import/From Part.

From the Cimatron E Explorer, select the Sketch Tutorial.elt file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory). Click the Select button.

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Click OK in the Import Feature Guide.

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Step 4a - Create a blend face Note the three imported curves indicated by the arrows in the picture below:

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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

Pick the first edge of the blend face as indicated by the cursor below:

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Pick the second edge.

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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.

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Pick the contour indicated below:

Click the OK button in the Blend Feature Guide.

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Step 5 - Solid/Cut Return to the Global Shade mode.

From the Solid menu, select the Cut function.

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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.

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Accept the cutting direction (blue arrow) as shown in the picture below:

Click OK in the Solid Feature Guide. Remove the blend face i.e. the larger upper face, by picking it, clicking the Right Mouse Button and selecting Remove Geometry. Switch to the Right view for easier viewing of the face.

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Step 6 - Apply Rounds From the Menu Bar, select Solid/Round.

Pick the edges to be rounded, indicated in the picture below: Use the Rotate icon rotate the part. or press the CTRL key together with the Left Mouse Button to

Exit (Middle Mouse Button).

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Apply the following values:30

Click OK to approve the round operation.

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Step 7 - Create a Taper From the Solid Menu, select Taper. Toggle the Neutral Contour option 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.

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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.

Click 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.

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Pick the corners as shown in the picture below: Hide the UCS and zoom in for easier selection of the corner points.

Note that all the edges connected by this corner, are automatically picked.

Exit via the Middle Mouse Button.

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Apply rounds with a radius of 5.

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Step 8 - Create a Shell From the Solid menu, select Shell. Change the thickness to 4.

Pick the bottom face as the open face. Use the Rotate icon rotate the part. or press the CTRL key together with the Left Mouse Button to

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Click OK in the Shell Feature Guide.

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Step 9 - Create a Step Create a composite curve, by clicking the Composite curve icon Change the option to Faces Outer Boundary. .

Click on the icon below to find out about how to create a composite curve:

Pick the face shown:

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Accept the result by clicking OK in the Composite Feature Guide.

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Create an offset curve From the Curves menu, select Offset.

Pick the previously created composite curve and apply the following parameters:

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Extrude remove the offset curve Select the Offset curve, Right Click and select Remove Extrude.

Set the following parameters:

Click OK in the Extrude Feature Guide.

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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. At the bottom left of the screen select the M-View tab.

Under the M-View tab, Right Click and select New M-View.

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Position the Part on the Screen as follows: Zoom, Pan and Rotate the part accordingly

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.

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Select File/Save and in the Cimatron E Explorer, save the file under the following name:

A new document named Mouse Cover is created.

Close the part document.

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Assembly
Assembly Description In this chapter the parts of the Mouse will be assembled.

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.

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Step 1 - Create a new Assembly document From the File menu select the option New Document.

Select the option Assembly.

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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 Cimatron E Explorer.

To place the component on the Active Assembly Origin, select the option Place by UCS, and pick the UCS indicated by the cursor.

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Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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Step 3 - Add the base component Click the Add component icon .

Select the Mouse Base component, from the Cimatron E Explorer.

Accept the option Place By Pick, and pick anywhere on the screen.

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Step 4 - Connect the mouse components Click the Connect icon .

Pick the face of the cover shown below:

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Now pick the face of the base shown below:

Change the Natural Alignment option to Anti-Align.

Click Apply.

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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.

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The two connect operations appear in the Assembly Tree.

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Step 5 - Rotate the Assembly Click on the Move/Rotate icon Toggle the Move option to Rotate. Click on the face used for the second connection, and move the mouse base. .

Rotate the part as show below and click OK in the Feature Guide.

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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.

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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The assembly is now fully defined.

Save and close the assembly document.

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Drafting
Drafting Description In the following chapter a drawing will be created for the Mouse Cover part document.

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Step 1 - Create a new Drawing document From the File menu, select New Document. Select Drawing from the New Document dialog.

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Step 2 - Select a frame for the Sheet In the Drawing Tree, expand Sheet1.

Double click the option NONE, and select the A3 frame.

Click Apply/Close in the dialog box.

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Step 3 - Create a new view Right Click in the display area and select View Creation.

The View creation dialog appears. Click the folder icon to load the model.

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Select the part document created previously.

To place the top view, click in the area of the frame shown below, and Exit.

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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.

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Create the right view and Exit.

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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.

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Place the view below the right view.

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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. Click on any view and in the View Creation dialog click the M-View icon.

In the M-Views dialog, click OK.

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Place the view to the right of the views created.

Exit the View Creation dialog, via the Close button.

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Step 7 - Set dimensions Click the Dimension icon. From the Simple2 view, pick the two end points shown below:

Place the dimension as shown:

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Click Apply in the dialog box.

From the Simple3 view, pick the two lines shown below, and place the dimension to the right of the view.

Exit the dimension function.

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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:

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The text was made bigger by picking the Text on the screen and enlarging the font size to 10.

Click the Text Icon. Pick an edge of the ISO view and in a space above the view:

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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.

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Pick an edge of the part as shown below:

Click Close in the Text Dialog.

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Step 9 - Section Line Click on the Section Line icon .

Click on the midpoints of the two points below to create the section line:

Close the Section Line dialog. Right click on the screen and select View Creation.

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Pick the section line and click below the Top view.

In the View creation dialog, set the text 10mm below the view.

Close the View Creation dialog.

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Save your work.

Save and close the file.

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Mold Project
Mold Project Description 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 Create stock

Stage 6 Load Mold Base

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Stage 7 Define Active Parts

Stage 8 Create Active Parts & Export

Stage 9 Stitch, Cut & Remove Geometry

Stage 10 Create a Pocket

Stage 11 Add mold components

Step12 Cooling design

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Step 1 - Open a new Mold Project The start of every Mold Project is the Setup Wizard. From the Cimatron E opening screen, click the Mold Project icon.

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.

While loading the project you can already decide on the layout and where to position your parts.

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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.

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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 Parting Guide. Both guides: Parting and Mold, guide you through the logical steps of the Mold Project process, from start to finish.

There is also a Parting sub-assembly, which is activate by default and will be used first.

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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.

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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 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. 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.

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From the Cimatron E Explorer select the Mouse cover.elt file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory).

Accept the default parameters of the Document Name, Units (mm) and Shrinkage Compensation of the part. Click OK.

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Step 2b - Load Work Part Place the part on the layout coordinate system. This operation also creates a coordinate system in the work file, 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. Pick the UCS indicated by the arrow in the picture below: Do not edit the Work UCS.

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Click the Edit Work UCS button, to edit the location of the Work UCS.

Answer 'Yes' to continue the operation.

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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.

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Click OK in the Feature Guide.

Click OK to approve the operation.

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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.

Double click the Mouse Cover-Work, to activate the part.

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Click the QuickSplit icon.

Accept this setting and click OK.

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Step 3a - Split Two sets are created.

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.

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Pick the face highlighted in the picture above.

To attach it to the blue (upper) set, move the mouse over the blue set and press the Middle Mouse Button.

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Exit the Quick Split function, via the Close button. Rename the split sets. Right click on the set Split-01 and select Rename.

Name the sets Cavity (Split-01) and Core (Split-02).

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Step 4 - Draft Angle Click the Draft Angle/Draft Angle 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.

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Ensure that there are no red faces (undercuts) in the model and exit the Draft Angle Analysis.

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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 UCS is active, by Double Clicking on the UCS.

When the feature is activated, it appears in bold. From the Parting Guide, click Parting Line Preview.

A preview of the parting curve is created on common boundaries of every pair of QuickSplit objects (Quick sets).

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The internal parting curves will now be automatically created. Hide the Cavity set.

Click on the Composite Curve icon.

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Change the option to Along Open Edges.

Pick the first and the last curve in the chain.

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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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.

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Show the Cavity set.

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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.

In general you may edit the Parting attributes of each parting face through the Parting Attributes tab.

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Step 7 - Create a Stock From the Parting Guide click the Tools/New Stock.

To draw the contour of the sketch, enter the Sketcher. To define the sketcher plane either: Pick a face as shown below;

or Exit via the Middle Mouse Button to automatically pick the XY plane. Click Rotate To Plane .

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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.

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Switch to Right view and set the following parameters:

Flip the Direction Arrow.

Switch to ISO view.

Click OK.

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Step 8 - Load the Mold Base To access the Mold Design Guide, click the Switch to MD icon.

Use the arrow to scroll the guide.

From the Mold Design Guide, click the option: Mold Base/Load New.

The Mold-base Plate Set Wizard appears. Select the HASCO mm 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 346 346. After the Parameters have been entered, press the Hide Dialog button to view the bounding box around the active parts.

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Click the Next button.

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Step 8a - 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.

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Accept the default available components. Click Finish.

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Step 9 - Define Active Parts To switch back to the Parting Guide, click the Switch To Parting icon.

Hide the stock via the Parting Tree.

Switch to the Assembly Tree.

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Click the Define Active icon.

The QuickSplit sets (upper part of Define Active Parts dialog) will be arranged into what we consider as Cavity and Core blocks (lower part of the dialog). Select the Cavity set. The set with its parting faces are highlighted in red.

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Step 9a - Define Active Parts Select the Cavity Active Part. Click the Assign to Active Part icon (double arrow).

The split direction for the Cavity Active Part has now been assigned. Select the Core set and the Core Active Parts. Rotate the part to see the core highlighted in red.

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Click the Assign to Active Part icon (double arrow).

Click the Save Close icon.

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Step 10 - Create Active Parts The Create Active Parts step follows the Define Active Parts step. Previously defined groups of Active part surfaces become new parts residing in the Assembly structure. Click the Create Active icon.

In this window the entire Assembly Tree is in the upper portion, and the Active Parts groups in the lower. Select the Cavity Active Part and the Mouse cover_Fixed Side assembly. Click the double arrow, to assign the cavity to the Fixed Side sub-assembly.

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Assign the Core Active Part to the Movable Side.

Click the Switch to MD button in the dialog.

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Step10a - Create Active Parts

After defining the Active Parts and exporting the Geometry, the Parting Assembly becomes suppressed while changing to the MD Environment. The Assembly Tree now shows the result of the Export operation.

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Step11 - Stitch, Cut & Remove Geometry Show only the Cavity part under the Fixed Side and then Activate it by double clicking on it.

From the Icons Toolbar click the show button and display the Stock.

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Expand the Active Tools in the MoldDesign Guide, and click Parting Stitch.

Click the Cut icon.

Cut the Stock with the parting face.

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Click OK in the Cut Feature Guide. Remove the parting face by clicking the Remove Geometry icon.

Click the Objects Filter

from the Icons Toolbar.

Pick the parting face object and click OK.

The result can be seen here.

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Show the entire Fixed Side sub-assembly.

Repeat the above process for the Core part.

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Step 12 - 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.

3. 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).

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4. Once the lower face of the core is highlighted in green, release the mouse button to select it.

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Step 12a - Create a pocket Change to Wireframe mode.

Click the Add Geometry icon from the Sketcher Toolbar.

Pick the lower edge of the core.

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Pick the other three edges.

Exit the function via the Middle Mouse Button. Right Click on the display area and select Exit Sketcher.

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Switch back to Mixed Render mode and select the Through option.

Click OK in the Extrude Feature Guide.

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Step 12b - Create a pocket Hide the core part in the tree to view the pocket.

Repeat the same operations for the Cavity pocket.

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Activate the K20 part in the Fixed Side.

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:

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Exit the sketcher and select the option Through.

Click OK in the Extrude Feature Guide.

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Step 13 - 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:

From the MoldDesign Guide, click the icon Add Mold Comp/Screws.

From the HASCO mm catalog, select Cap Screw/Cap Screw Z 31.

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From the catalog list, select the Z31 / M4 X 20 Cap Screw and click OK.

Click the Data button

to view the Parameter Table.

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Step 13a - Add mold components Pick the bottom face as indicated in the picture below:

Switch to Top View and click the Create Sketch option to sketch the points for placing the screws.

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While in the sketcher, click the Symmetry Line icon line:

and draw the following symmetry

Click the Point icon

and draw the first point as indicated below:

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Draw the second point. Use the Vertical constraint.

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Step 13b - Add mold components Set dimensions as follows:

Exit the sketcher.

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Switch to Front View, and notice the placement of the screws.

Right click and click OK from the Add from Catalog Feature Guide.

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Step14 - 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. Click the icon Cooling Design/Parallel Plane.

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Pick the lower face of plate K20.

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Step14a - Cooling Design Set a Delta of 32. Click OK in the Parallel Plane Feature Guide. Notice the new cooling part feature in the tree, under the Fixed Side sub-assembly.

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Step14b - Cooling Design Click the Sketch icon from the MoldDesign Guide.

Verify the previously created plane is picked.

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Click the Top view, and create the following sketch:

Exit the sketcher.

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Step14c - Cooling Design Click the Cooling Channel icon.

The input for the Cooling channel is the cooling sketch. Verify the sketch is picked and Middle Mouse Click to accept the selection.

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Set the Visual Analysis to On, and set an offset of 4.

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.

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View the drilling parameters.

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Click OK in the Cooling Channel Feature Guide. 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 Channel 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, refer to the Sets and M-View Tutorial.

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Electrodes
Electrode Description In this chapter you will create electrodes for the grooves in the core part below.

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Step 1 - The Electrode Wizard Click on the Electrode Set-Up icon.

The Electrode Set Up Wizard now appears. Click on the Open File icon.

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From the Cimatron E Explorer select the Mouse Core Electrode.elt file (located in the \\Tutorial Work Files \ Getting Started directory).

Check the 'Create New Folder' option, and click OK in the Setup Wizard.

A new folder and assembly have been created in the Cimatron E Explorer.

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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:

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Move the rectangle to include the entire groove. Click on a corner of the rectangle and drag it to resize and view its dimensions.

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Set the following parameters: Click on the expansion arrow to view the options.

The faces selected are in 'Stand-by' mode. They will now be attached to the electrode.

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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.

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Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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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.

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Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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Click on Electrode UCS in the Electrode Guide.

Click on the point marked below:

Click OK in the Electrode UCS Feature Guide.

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Step 4 Create Extension faces Click on Auto Contour icon, in the Electrode Guide.

A contour has been automatically created.

Click on the Extension icon in the Electrode Guide.

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A Filler Face has been applied to the side of the electrode.

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Click Apply in the Feature Guide.

Change the Tangent option to Direction. Change the Length option to To Blank.

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Click on the Step icon and verify the Step Size is set to 1.

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Click OK in the Feature Guide.

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Show the part in the Electrode Tree.

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Right click on the Blank Feature in the Features Tree and select Re-Center.

The Re-Center and Re-Fit operations update the Blank feature, considering any new geometry created. Save the electrode as a template

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From the Menu Bar, select the option Electrode/Save As Template.

Set a name to the template and click OK.

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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.

Moving the cursor over the Change Template button will show the current templates name.

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Exit, via the middle mouse button, to attach the faces and click the Center To Selection icon in the Feature Guide.

Click Apply.

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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..

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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.

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NC
NC Description In this Chapter you will create NC procedures for the core of the mouse cover.

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Step 1 - Export the model to NC document Open the core part document Mouse Cover Core.elt. From the File menu, select Export/To NC.

Click OK in the Import Feature Guide.

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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 on the NC Guide. The NC Guide, which appears on the left of the display, provides you with all logical steps of the NC process, from start to finish.

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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. 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.

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Step 4 - Create a Stock Click the Create 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.

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Step 3 - Create a new Toolpath Click the New TP Folder icon.

Notice the clearance plane which appears in the display area.

Accept the default parameters and click OK.

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2.5 Axis, 3 Axis, 4 Axis and 5 Axis ToolPaths are available.

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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 Create Procedure icon.

Accept the Main Selection of Volume Milling and change the Sub Selection to Rough Spiral.

Click the right blue arrow (Next Step) to continue.

Select the Cutter FLAT16.

To continue, click the Next Step arrow at the bottom of the dialog.

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Step 6 - Select the Geometry We will now select the Geometry. Click the Part Surfaces field. Click the NC Assistant icon to display the picture in the dialog below:

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Right click in the Display area and select All Displayed.

To continue, click the Next Step arrow at the bottom of the dialog.

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Step 7 - Load Preferred Values and Look In the Motion Parameters dialog, click on the Load Preferred Values and Look icon.

Click Yes upon receiving the following message:

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The Cimatron default Preferred Values and Look are displayed.

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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.

Click the Next Step arrow to continue.

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Accept the default values for the Machine parameters. Click the Save & Calculate icon.

In the NC Process Manager, notice the created procedure. Change the Toolpath color to Blue.

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Step 8 - Create a Surface Milling procedure We will now create a Surface Milling procedure. Create a new procedure.

Click the Create procedure icon.

Set the Technology as follows: Surface Milling

Finish Mill By Limit Angle

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Click the Next Step arrow to continue.

Select the BALL10 cutter and click the Next Step arrow to continue.

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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:

Accept the Geometry selection and click the Next Step arrow.

In the Motion Parameters dialog, click on the Load Preferred Values and Look icon, and click Yes to accept the Preferred Values.

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Click on the Stock Management heading and under the Consider Remaining Stock parameter, select Yes.

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

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Hide the Volume Milling procedure by clicking on the Hide/Show icon circled below:

Hide the Surface Milling procedure motions.

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Step 9 - Create a Remachine procedure Create a new procedure, define the technology as below and click the Next Step arrow: In the Cutters and Holders dialog, select Cutter Ball 10 Cutter and click on the New Cutter icon.

In the Cutter Properties section enter the following parameters for the new Cutter:

Click Apply in the dialog

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Select the Preferred Values and Look of the Cleanup procedure:

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Save and Calculate the procedure.

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Step 10 - Simulate the procedures Click the Simulation icon.

Click the double arrow to include all of the procedures in the Simulation.

In the dialog, verify the Simulate option is checked and click OK.

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The NC Simulator Application opens. Click the Simulator mode icon. Click the Solid mode tool icon.

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Click the Start icon

The final result of the exercise may be seen in the file Mouse Cover Core_NC.elt.

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