These are the different elements and Function-Blocks you need to know, and how they are related.

STEP 1A

Add 2D-Cam

Select a:

➔Part: the Cam-Part
➔Profile: the Cam-Follower

>>>... optional ...>>>

 

STEP 1B

Open: Cam Display and Properties dialog-box

•Display Cam1, Pitch-Circle, Cam2
•Display Cam as Profile, Pressure Angle, Contact-Force*, ...
•Display Colour

Note: Make sure *material-properties are correct for STEP 3A

STEP 2A

Add Cam-Data FB

STEP 2B

Link 2D-Cam to Cam-Data FB

2.Select the 2D-Cam
3.Do STEP 3B immediately,

or

3.Do Step 3A, then do STEP 2B and STEP 3B again.

STEP 3A

Cam-Analysis [with Graph FB]

Output-Connectors from Cam-Data FB:

*See STEP 1B to edit Material Properties

➔Contact-Force*
➔Contact-Shear-Stress*
➔Radius-of-Curvature
➔Pressure-Angle
➔Entrainment Velocity

STEP 3B

Calculate Cam-Coordinates as Points or Arcs

➔Save as DXF, TXT, STEP
➔Transfer cams directly to SOLIDWORKS
➔Save As Points, Arcs

*See STEP 3A Contact-Force, Contact-Stress analysis: Configure Power Source, Mass Properties of Parts,.

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