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These are the different elements and Function-Blocks you need to know, and how they are related.
STEP 1A Select a: ➔Part: the Cam-Part ➔Profile: the Cam-Follower |
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STEP 1B Open: 2D-Cam dialog-box •Display Inner, Pitch-Circle, Outer •Display Cam as Profile, Pressure Angle, Contact-Force,, Shear-Stress*, ... •Display Color •Roller-Life, Cam-Life Note: Make sure *material-properties are correct for STEP 3A |
STEP 2A |
STEP 2B Link 2D-Cam to Cam-Data FB 1.Open Cam-Coordinates dialog-box 2.Select the 2D-Cam 3.Do STEP 3B immediately, or 3.Do STEP 3A, then do STEP 2B and STEP 3B again. |
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STEP 3A If Conjugate Cams, Add Conjugate Cam FB 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 ➔Sliding Velocity *See STEP 3A Contact-Force, Contact-Stress analysis: Configure Power Source, Mass Properties of Parts. |
STEP 3B Calculate Cam-Coordinates as Points or Arcs ➔Save as DXF, TXT, STEP ➔Transfer cams directly to SOLIDWORKS ➔Save As Points, Arcs |
2D-Cam: Elements, Parameters, Analysis, Coordinates
Usually, do these steps
1.Add a 2D-Cam - see Add 2D-Cam IF the new 2D-Cam is the second 2D-Cam of a Conjugate-Cam or a Groove-Cam (Body-Closed Cam) then 1.a. Add a Conjugate-Cam FB 1.b. Edit the Conjugate-Cam FB to add at least two 2D-Cams - see Conjugate-Cam dialog-box. Then: 2.Select the 2D-Cam or the Conjugate-Cam as the Power Source for the Cam-Follower - see Configure-Power Source Then 3.Review the 2D-Cam's Properties : Display, Properties, Life, ... - see below Then: 4.Add a Cam-Data FB - see Add Cam-Data FB 5.Select a 2D-Cam to link it to the Cam-Data FB - see Link the Cam-Data FB to a 2D-Cam Then: 6.Connect wires from the Cam-Data FB to a Graph FB to analyse 5 different parameters of the 2D-Cam - see Cam-Analysis Parameters 7.Calculate the Cam-Coordinates - see Cam-Coordinates dialog |