Add Active Parts



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Add predefined Active Parts to MoldDesign sub-assemblies. This entails:

- Selecting the active parts from the Cimatron E Explorer.

- Mapping the active parts to the appropriate mold sub-assemblies.

The Add Active Parts dialog is displayed together with Add Active Parts Feature Guide:

This dialog displays:

  1. The Assembly Tree.

  2. The Active Parts list, after Splits and Locations have been assigned.

Icons:

Part in the Assembly, created when assigning Active Parts.

New Assembly in the Assembly Tree.

Unassigned Active part.

Buttons:

Create a new Assembly.

Delete: Assigned Active Parts become unassigned.

Load the Active Parts (via from the Cimatron E Explorer).

Assign Active Parts to Assemblies.

Unassign Active Parts from Assemblies.

Delete an Active Part: Assigned Splits / Locations become unassigned.

Access the On-line Help for this dialog. As usual, this can also be accessed by pressing the F1 key.

Save and Close the dialog.

Cancel.

 

 

Required Step 1

Load the predefined active parts (via from the Cimatron E Explorer) and assign them to the appropriate target assembly.

  1. Load the active parts.

  2. Assign the active parts to the appropriate target assembly.

 

Button Display

The Assign/Unassign, etc. buttons are displayed only when a legal operation can be carried out. For each operation only the relevant buttons are displayed.
Example:

 

Approval Options

Having completed the assignments, select the appropriate approval option:

Save the results of the Active Parts assigned to Assemblies and close the dialog.

Close the dialog without saving. All information entered in the current session will be lost. A warning message is displayed.

 

Required Step 2

Place the active parts on the Layout UCSs.

  1. Pick the Layout UCSs to place the Active Parts.

Only Layout UCSs can be selected, so you can either:

pick individual UCSs,

or pick by box.

The Active Parts are placed on the selected Layout UCSs.

Press OK or Apply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

When completed, the added active parts will appear in the Feature Tree as follows:

The Feature Tree before the Active Parts were added.

The Feature Tree after the Active Parts have been added.

 

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