Cam-Coordinates dialog-box
See Add Cam-Data FB
The commands, elements and dialogs that are related to 2D-Cams are: |
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STEP 1A |
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STEP 1B Edit 2D-Cam dialog-box |
STEP 2A |
STEP 2B Edit the Cam-Data FB to link the FB to a 2D-Cam. Close the Cam-Data dialog-box and do 3A and/or do 3B. |
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STEP 3A Do Cam-Analysis (with Graph FB) |
STEP 3B Edit the Cam-Data FB again. Calculate Cam-Coordinates |
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STEP 3B: Open Cam-Data FB dialog-box
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To open the Cam-Data dialog-box:
The Cam-Data dialog-box is now open. |
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Save Cam Surface as : |
Bi-Arcs |
Equal Machine Angle Increments |
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N/A |
Internal, External as Surfaces |
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TEXT : |
Internal, External |
Internal, External, Pitch-Curve |
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DXF : |
Internal, External |
Internal, External |
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Direct export to SOLIDWORKS as : |
Internal, External |
Internal, External, Pitch-Curve |
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Table of 2D-Cam file-types and formats |
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STEP 3B: Cam-Coordinates dialog-box
 Cam Coordinates dialog-box - MD14. |
Top-Tip: To 'paste' cam coordinate data directly into Excel® 1.Select the 'Tab' delimiter 2.Calculate the Data with the Recalculate button 3.Click the 'Copy all data to the Clipboard 4.In excel, Paste Special |
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Clear Data in the table |
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Save as File types •STEP •DXF •ASC •TXT |
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Copy Data in table to Clipboard |
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Calculate Coordinates for •Internal Cam 1 •External Cam 2 |
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Toggle : Equal Increments: Calculate Cam-Coordinates with equal increments of Master Machine Angle with the 'Number-of-Points' as entered in '# Points' (10). Chord Error: Calculate Cam with Biarcs, with a maximum Chord Error equal to the value in Box (10) |
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Calculate Cam Coordinates as: XY-Points as Equal Machine Angle Increments Bi-Arcs with a Chord Error |
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If SOLIDWORKS is not open, this button will start SOLIDWORKS®. If SOLIDWORKS is not open, but a Part document is not active, nothing happens. You must open or start a SOLIDWORKS® Part document. If a SOLIDWORKS Part document is open, this button sends the Cam data to the active SOLIDWORKS® Part document. Bi-Arcs are sent to SOLIDWORKS as Arc sketch entities. Points are sent to SOLIDWORKS as a list for the Curve feature. You use Convert-Entities to convert the Curve to a Spline sketch entity. See Note 4 |
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Traffic-Light Red - Click to calculate coordinates. Traffic Light Green - Cam Coordinates are ready. You can save them to disk or export to SOLIDWORKS® When you click this icon, the Cam-Coordinates are calculated with the selections: • • • |
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(Does not do anything (MD14+)): Closed Cam: When you calculate the Cam-Coordinates, the first and last cam point become different. |
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(Does do anything (MD14+)) Open Cam: The first and last coordinate become the same. The cam will be closed. |
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Click to display a Cam 'plot' of actual cam-points that are calculated. |
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Enter Maximum Chord Error Use with Chord Error option. (Minimum ~0.1µm. Experiment!) |
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Enter Number-of-Points Use with Equal Increments option. (Maximum ~100,000. Experiment!) |
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'Save Options' button (See 'Save Options' box, below) Delimiter for a Cam Save as TXT file: Comma (,); Tab ( ); Colon (:); Space ( ); Semi-Colon (;); Dash (-). STEP File Options: Spline with End Corrections? Spline to Interpolate 'actual' Kinematic Points? |
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The Cam Coordinates, using the button settings detailed above. |
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Save Options:
 'Save Options' box. |
Click the Save Option buttons to show: Delimiters When you save the Cam data to a text file, you can add a different 'delimiter' between each column of data at each cam 'index'. This is useful for those customers that have a ',' as a decimal-separator, and the default ',' as a number delimiter. The two ',' will confuse programs when they import the data. STEP Save Options: ◉End Correction ◉Interpolate kinematic points. |
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