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Menu: Part | Part clamping | Vise

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Purpose

Understanding the function

How to use

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Purpose

This menu is used to put quickly the part in a vise.

The user has to put in contact 2 (or 3)  faces of the solid with 2(or 3) faces of the vise.

Understanding the function

Generally speaking, the part is designed in a different document from that of the machining document.  The original document (the document containing the part) can be a ‘.top’ or a ‘.wir’ document. The positioning function’s aim is to position a part on the machine’s table to make it machinable.

The button appears ONLY if the TopSolid/Wire document a part is already here. In this case, it's possible to use again this part with another positioning with this button.

How to use

  1. Open the document presenting the finished part.

  2. Open a new document (the machining document itself).

  3. Select the machine.  The machine must be equipped with the necessary parts for the positioning operation (table, vice, chuck, stops, etc.).  If these elements are not present on the machine, they can be added later.  However, they must be added before positioning.

  4. Select the menu  "Part | Part clamping | Vise" or click on the  . icon.

  5. Select entities (solids, profiles,surfaces) to be positioned.

  6. Select in the first file a planar face which will be in contact with the parallel.

  7. Select in the vise, the planar face which defines the parallel.

  8. Select in the first file a planar face which will be in contact with the jaw.

  9. Select in the vise, the planar face which defines the jaw.

  10. If the user stops here, the part  will be in the middle of the vise.

  11. If the user wants to align the part not in the middle, select in the origin file the planar face to align.

  12. Select in the vise the planar face to use for the alignment.

  13. The select entities (solids, profiles,surfaces) are copied in the new document in the vise.

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