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TopSolid 2020 Welcome to TopSolid 2020
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This section describes the enhancements made to the PDM, Design, Sheet Metal, Drafting and Unfolding
applications in version 7.14 of TopSolid 7.
User Interface
Icons
The icons of the new theme are now set as the default icons. However, you can switch back to the old theme from
the General section of the Tools > Options command.
Home page
In order to better manage very high resolution 4K monitors, three icon sizes have been added for the previews of
the latest open documents. Therefore, a total of six different sizes are now available.
In addition, you can now modify the size of the New Document, Recent Projects and Help areas located on the left
of the home page.
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Search
In the search results window, the size of the document previews supports 4K monitors.
Healing/Tolerant update
In version 7.12, the healing update icon was moved from the Home tab to the document options. In version 7.14,
you can ignore the document options settings thanks to two new options available in the Tools > Options > General
section.
Styles
The Copy and Paste contextual commands are now available in the different styles, which allows you, for example,
to retrieve a style from one document to another.
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PDM
Template memorization
When creating a new document, the templates used when creating the previous document are automatically
proposed.
Part numbering
The new Check part number during input option, available in the TopSolid 7 > PDM > Part Numbering command,
prevents you from validating a document's property dialog box, or modifying the Part Number parameter from the
Entities tree if the indicated part number is not unique.
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Revision Text
When defining the text of a revision from the Others > Revision Texts contextual command, the text of the major
revision can now contain numbers and letters.
Search
To allow for a better adaptation to the 4K monitors, the size of the thumbnails in a search document may vary
depending on the size of the screen. Three thumbnail sizes are available.
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Sketch
Profile Origin and Orientation
The 2D Sketch > Operations > Profile Origin and Orientation command's dialog box has been modified.
You can now select all profiles, several profiles or only one profile, and the clockwise and counterclockwise
directions are available.
3D contour wizard
The new 3D Sketch > Contour Wizard command allows you to create a contour based on the edges of a shape.
Arrows to select the desired direction are available at each intersection.
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Offset
In the 2D Sketch > Operations > Offset command, the Special Segments section now allows you to apply a specific
value between a start segment and an end segment. This option is available when right-clicking on the label in the
graphics area or on a line in the dialog box.
Projection
The Project command is now available in the 3D Sketch menu and supports the projection of curves onto a faceted
shape.
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Shape
Constrained block
The new Shape > Constrained Block command allows you to quickly create an extruded shape from points, edges or
planes. It also includes an Automatic mode to identify the adjacent faces, and graphical handles to adjust the
offsets.
Drillings
In the Drilling command, the new Lightweight and Inoperative options allow you to define a drilling without
performing the corresponding Boolean operation. When the Create MF (Manufacturing Features) option is enabled
in the Home tab, the drilling operation then contains all the necessary information to perform the machining
operation in TopSolid'Cam.
The Lightweight option only applies to smooth holes. The drilling is represented by a circle on the face to be drilled.
For example, this option allows you to design a sheet metal plate perforated with a multitude of holes in a few
seconds, to draft it and then to machine it.
The Inoperative option applies to all types of blind holes and allows you to redefine the drilling operation from a
cylindrical geometry that comes from an import.
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Repeated Boolean
The new Shape > Repeated Boolean command makes it possible to carry out, in a single operation, a union or
subtraction Boolean operation between a shape and the shapes resulting from a repetition.
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Offset
The Distance option has been added to the Special Faces selection section of the Shape > Offset command. This
option allows you to indicate the value of the offset distance of all faces for which no value is entered. You can then
enter an individual distance value for some faces.
In addition, the icon has been added to the special faces dialog box in order to access the face selections by
color, by edge path, etc.
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Entry points
The Entry points option has been added to the dialog boxes of the Shape > Pocket and Shape > Other Operations >
Machining Process commands. For wire EDM operations, it allows you to indicate the wire diameter and the
position of the entry points. This information is then retrieved in TopSolid'Cam.
Replacement
The Preserve new colors option has been added to the third step of the Shape > Comparison > Replace command's
wizard and allows you to keep the colors of the replacement shape's faces.
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Surface
Face copy
The new Preserve colors option, available in the Surface > Faces command, allows you to keep the colors of the
copied faces.
Tangent surfaces
The new Surface > Tangent Surfaces command allows you to quickly create a surface shape by selecting the edges, a
face and a length.
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Marking
The new Surface > Marking command allows you to either assign a property (Automatic mode), or to imprint a
sketch onto a part's face. It is often used to display the mounting index and/or manufacturing index properties of a
part (see the Manufacturing and mounting indexes section).
This command is also available in the Modeling tab of an assembly document in order to carry out the marking on
one or more part occurrences.
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Sheet Metal
Flange
The new Tangent length option allows you to define the flange length with respect to the tangent of the bend.
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Assembly
In-place editing
You can now disable the in-place editing of a part or a sub-assembly using the Edit in-place on double click option
available in the Assembly > In Place Editing section of the Tools > Options command.
Pocket
The new Modeling > Pocket command makes it possible, in a single operation, to perform a pocket through several
parts directly from the assembly document. An automatic detection option allows you to quickly select the parts in
contact with the pocket sketch. The different parts impacted by the operation are then synchronized with the
assembly document.
Local parts
The Modeling > Local Parts command's dialog box allows you to select parts even if they do not result from a
repetition.
Local assemblies
The Modeling > Local Assembly command allows you to select other local assemblies to be able to manage the
assembly levels in a bill of materials.
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Local shapes
The Enclosing Block and Enclosing Cylinder commands have been added to the Modeling > Local Shapes menu.
Slave parts
The Update Slave Part Document command has been renamed Rebuild Slave Part Document and now allows you
to update the visual attributes.
Workspaces
The new Workspaces manager document type allows you to break down the design of a project into several areas
delimited by a limitation volume in order to distribute the work among several users. From these areas, TopSolid
generates a structure of documents with one assembly per area, as well as another assembly containing the
reassembly of all areas. This concept greatly improves collaborative work, as well as large-scale projects that require
splitting into batches or sub-assemblies.
Base assembly
Workspace 1 Workspace 2
Workspaces manager
Workspace 3 Workspace n
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Bill of Materials
Comparing parts
The Compare parts geometry option has been added to the Bill of Material > Assembly command, allowing you to
compare the topology of the parts and thus to differentiate between parts having the same properties (description,
material, etc.) but different machinings.
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Visualization
Cut
The Entities section has been added to the Visualization > Cut command's dialog box, allowing you to select the
entities that will be cut and those that will not be cut.
Finishing
In a Finishing document, options for setting the textures are now available, allowing you to choose an image
document and to define the relief scale.
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Construction
Block envelopes
The new commands of the Construction > Block Envelopes menu allow you to define blocks that can be defined as
drivers in a Family document. This block is then requested when including the family in an assembly document,
which allows the component to be automatically resized according to the block size.
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Tools
Representations
When selecting one or more entities, the new Others > Add to Representations contextual command displays a
dialog box which contains all the representations. You can then select the representation(s) to be used.
Auxiliary elements
The new Not empty option available in the Tools > Auxiliary Elements > Auxiliary Elements command prevents the
validation of the dialog box when no item has been selected, or makes the document invalid when the auxiliary
elements are deleted.
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Fill pattern
The new Construction > Patterns > Fill Pattern command allows you to define a pattern by filling in a section with a
profile as much as possible, according to two propagation modes (Matrix or Quincunx).
Derivation
In order to strengthen the link with TopSolid'Erp, the Classifyings option has been added to the derivation options.
Default drivers
To speed up the inclusion of a component, the new Tools > Drivings > Default Drivers command allows you to
predefine the parameter values of the function that drives that component. For example, this allows you to include
several railings with the same height, the same distance from the ground, etc.
Annotations
You can edit the Annotations Management operation which checks the consistency of the theoretical dimensions
and tolerance information.
The Strict option helps to ensure the tolerance consistency within the solver limits (axis, flat face, cylindrical face,
conical face, spherical face and plane). Outside these limits, the operation becomes invalid.
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Parts operation
The options of the Tools > Options > Assembly section have been divided into four categories: General, Extruded
Bars, In Place Editing and Parts Operation.
In addition, the Operation on part and Operation on part list options have been added to the Parts Operation
section. They allow you to select the synchronization mode (operation on part) and either to create in-place parts,
or to derive them for modification.
Drafting
The Tools > Unsectionabilities menu's commands have been moved to the Tools > Drafting > Unsectionabilities
menu.
In a 3D document (part, assembly, etc.), the new Tools > Drafting menu provides two commands to define the
detailing elements and the schematics of the part or the assembly.
The Detailings command allows you to define the entities that can be projected such as sketches, points,
dimensions or annotations. You can then project them into a drafting by using the new Detailing section of the view
creation command. This section is also available in the view styles.
By default, the detailing elements are not retrieved in the higher assembly level. However, it is possible to inherit
them via the Others > Inherit Detailing Elements contextual command.
The In Place Schematic command allows you to define the entities to be used to replace the part or the sub-
assembly in the drafting document. This replacement is possible thanks to the Schematics Projection advanced
option of the main view creation command.
You can select the Others > Show Schematics contextual command to view the schematics in the higher level
assembly.
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Multiplicity of sheets
The new Minimize the number of different nestings option available in the Strategy tab of the automatic nesting
command allows you to reduce to a minimum the number of different nestings in order to obtain as many identical
nestings as possible.
Common cut
The new Common cut mode available in the automatic nesting command allows you to group parts that can be cut
at the same time. When this mode is enabled, a Common cut column is added to the table of parts to be nested.
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Compacting
The On the top right and On the bottom right compacting directions have been added to the Strategy tab of the
automatic nesting command and to the Nesting > Compact command.
Cluster nesting
The new cluster nesting mode allows parts to be nested according to a pattern of rows and columns. You can enable
it using the icons located at the top right of the nesting dialog box. The part distribution options are available in the
Strategy tab.
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Tube nesting
The nesting module now makes it possible to nest tubes of different sections (circular, square, rectangular, etc.). As
with flat part nestings, you have to define the nesting characteristics of the part to be nested and the support using
the new Tools > Tube Nesting Characteristics command.
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Meshing
In the Mesh > Mesh command's dialog box, the new Refinement option allows you to automatically refine the mesh
around the curves of the set to be studied, avoiding the inconvenience of managing local sizes when the study part
has mainly curved shapes.
Without refinement.
With a 5° refinement.
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Combination
In an analysis result document, the Combination Max option has been added to the dialog box of the Results >
Stresses Result and Results > Displacements Result commands. It directly displays the worst combination for the
studied part or assembly.
Measure
In an analysis result document, the result labels generated by the Results Measure command are now directly
visible as soon as they are created.
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Punctual load
You can now apply a punctual load in a Solid-type analysis using the Analysis > Punctual load command.
Imposed displacement
The Analysis > Imposed Displacement command now allows you to select a point.
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Drafting
Interrupted view
It is possible to interrupt the same view several times in the same operation. In addition, when you relaunch the
Interrupted View command and select a view containing only one interruption, the new Edit existing interruption
option allows you to edit this interruption operation.
Display priority
When several parts are superimposed on each other, such as a finished part and its stock, the new View > Display
Priority command allows you to choose which one is in the foreground and which one is in the background.
The Display Priority command allows you to put the blue part in the foreground.
View titles
You can retrieve information in the title of a view using the Edit button available in the Title section of the view
creation command's dialog boxes. For example, this allows, in documents containing several drawings, you to
display in the title of a cross-sectional view the number of the page on which its reference view is located.
Hiding profiles
The Shapes hide profiles option has been added to the Advanced Options section of the view creation commands.
When this option is checked, the hidden lines of the profiles are hidden by the shapes. Otherwise, the hidden lines
of the profiles recover the attributes of the hidden lines defined in the view style.
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Customized hatching
In a 2D modeling document, you can create hatching patterns from sketches by providing the Hatchings function.
These hatching patterns can then be applied in the drafting or in the 2D Sketch > Section command.
Axes
The Extend contextual command has been renamed Resize and now provides two graphical handles to manually
pull on the ends of the axis, as well as a precise mode allowing you to extend the axis to another segment.
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External border
When editing the frame of a drafting document, the External border option allows you to manage the display of the
external frame (blue frame).
Tables
You can place a table (simple table, dimensioning, drilling, bill of materials, etc.) on an existing table. The
modifications of a table automatically shift the tables to which it is the reference.
In addition, the Advanced Options section's dialog box now provides an option to hide the heading line.
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Coordinates table
When defining a coordinates table style, you can add prefixes and suffixes in the columns (except in the Comment
column).
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Drillings table
Two new options for grouping drillings together, By grouping criterion and By predefined groups, are now available.
The By grouping criterion mode allows you to choose the properties (type, diameter, etc.) to group drillings with
identical properties (for example, all holes with the same diameter).
The By predefined groups mode allows you to access the new Predefined Groups tab which allows you to define
explicit criteria for grouping holes (for example, all holes with a diameter of 2mm).
Dimensioning
The Midpoint option has been added to the different dimensioning commands.
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The exceedance value of a circular dimension's projection line with respect to the dimension arrow can now be
modified via the Geometry > Circle extension advanced option.
When editing a dimension, the new Length export text orientation option available in the Advanced Options >
Geometry section allows the value of an offset dimension to be oriented either horizontally or parallel to the
dimension line.
Faceted shapes
In the dimensioning commands, the new Visualization > Faceted Shape Vertex Selection mode allows you to hook
onto the points of a faceted shape.
Cartesian dimension
When creating a Cartesian dimension using the Dimension command, a new dialog box allows you to select the
origin of the dimension. You can therefore create a dimension in relation to remarkable points in the view (center,
origin, bottom left, etc.) or a manually selected point.
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Framing
The Radial mode has been added to the Format section of the note and text creation command's dialog boxes.
When this mode is selected, the origin of the arrow is located in the center of the text bounding box and is limited
by the frame.
This mode is available in the Text, Rich Text, Drilling Note, Bend Note, Chamfer Dimension, Knurling Dimension,
Difference Note, Electrode Note and Bill of Material Index commands.
Drilling note
The calculation of the number of repetitions has been modified:
- The Repetition number parameter now indicates the number of drillings in the same repetition.
- The new Identical drillings count parameter analyzes the holes of the part and counts all holes of the same
diameter (in the view direction).
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Basification
The indexes or dimensions generated by the automatic index or automatic dimension commands can now be
basified using the new Others > Explode contextual command.
The entities created by the automatic commands (automatic dimensioning, automatic indexing, etc.) are therefore
converted into simple and independent entities.
Stacking annotations
Annotations can be stacked and thus associated with the same arrow using the Stack annotation contextual
command. Once the annotations are stacked, the Reorganize annotations and Unstack annotations contextual
commands are used to move the stacked annotations and dissociate the arrows respectively.
Tolerancing
The Format button has been added to the Detailing > Geometric Tolerance command's dialog box, allowing you to
define units, precision, etc. It is also available in a design document (3D tolerancing).
Parameters
When creating a BOM parameter and the set, you can now name the parameter in the dialog box.
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Unfolding
Colors
The Keep sketch colors option, available in the advanced options of the unfolding styles, keeps the color of the
sketches when converting a sketch into an unfolding.
You need to create an unfolding template with a style having this option checked to be able to use it.
In addition, the new Unfolding > Sheet Metal Machining Color command allows you to apply colors to an unfolding
obtained from a real part (i.e. by unfolding a part).
Unfolding rules
In a Part document, the Unfolding Rules and Switch Unfolding Rules parameters have been added to the
Construction > Parameters > Other Parameters menu.
The Unfolding Rules parameter is similar to the Material parameter, while the Switch Unfolding Rules parameter
allows you to vary the unfolding rule according to the document material.
2D Modeling
The transformation commands (translation, rotation, positioning, symmetry, scaling and non-uniform scaling) have
been added to the Construction > Transforms menu.
Work
The new Work document type makes it possible to automate certain tasks such as creating a bill of materials,
producing an unfolding, a drafting or performing a machining, etc. This module is included in TopSolid'Pro. It can be
associated to the Work Manager window, available from the View menu of the TopSolid icon, which allows you to
centralize the tasks to be processed and to select them to produce work launches (via the Work documents), within
a multi-user environment.
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Translators
Virtual reality (FBX export)
You can export a part or an assembly in FBX format. This format is compatible with virtual reality software and
devices.
IFC interface
Many improvements have been made to the IFC interface.
Quantity management
The quantities (QSets entities) are managed in import and export. When importing, they are found in the
Parameters folder. When exporting, you need to provide the corresponding function available in the TopSolid IFC
library.
Localization
The Localization tab has been added to the import window. The localization data are loaded on the file to be
imported (reference frame, site information) and you can load the positioning of another file from a BIM model of
the same project.
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Material export
You can define a simple material on a document to be exported by providing the associated function and the
functions related to the material properties.
Layers
The layers are now retrieved from the parts and reassembled in the assemblies.
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PDF3D export
In a PDF document template, the new PDF > Property Parameter command allows you to create a parameter that
retrieves the value of a property. This parameter can then be displayed as text in a sketch. In Acrobat Reader, the
text is then updated when selecting a row in the bill of materials.
SketchUp
Entities can now be imported as polyhedra, faceted shapes or exact shapes.
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This section describes the enhancements made to the Machining application in version 7.14 of TopSolid 7.
Hole Machining
Drilling primitives and truncated contouring
You can access the drilling primitives and the Truncated Contouring command directly from the contextual menu.
To display the primitives in the contextual menu, you must first create a custom menu via the Tools > Menu > Add
command, then select the Customize command.
You can then add the shortcuts to the desired primitives in the contextual menu.
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Drilling intersections
As is already the case for the feed rates, you can now adjust the spindle rate in the drilling intersections.
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Gun drilling
A new gun drilling operation is available.
Since a gun drill is very long, the gun drilling process requires a pre-hole to be machined beforehand in order to
guide the drill. The purpose of drilling using a gun drill is to be able to configure the following elements, in addition
to a normal drilling cycle:
- The coolant activation before going into the hole, as well as the safety distance.
- The coolant type and pressure.
- The M3-M4-M5 rotation direction.
- The spindle rate: machining, % machining, custom (rpm).
- The feed rate: machining, % machining, Fmax, custom, rapid.
- The delay in seconds or number of revolutions once the "x" millimeters have been reached.
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The Apply depth from top element option is available in the operation settings of all drilling primitives (except
centering), only in absolute value mode.
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This option can also be enabled/disabled from the cylinder and drilling analysis control panel.
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This option is also available when applying a method to a hole stacking, as well as in the cylinder and drilling
analysis. In this case, the search will no longer be performed according to a single geometry, but according to a hole
stacking.
In addition, in order to facilitate the identification of hole groupings in the analysis, the colors of the different hole
levels are displayed in the analysis dialog box.
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In order to avoid hazardous associations due to excessive tolerances, you can check whether or not there is material
between the distant holes.
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2D Milling
Machining the manufacturing features (MF)
In TopSolid'Design, drilling and pocket operations can generate manufacturing features (MF) when the Create MF
option is enabled. This makes communication between TopSolid'Design and TopSolid'Cam even more fluid and
optimized.
In addition, you can now apply machining operations and/or methods on the manufacturing features from the
machining feature analysis.
This analysis method significantly reduces the search time for machining features since the analysis is almost
instantaneous.
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Concentric circles
Trochoids
Concentric circles
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If the feed rate is different from the machining feed rate, all the movements of the last axial passes will be carried
out at this feed rate.
The Use bounds for outline option is disabled. The Use bounds for outline option is enabled.
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The Link off stock option is checked. The Link off stock option is unchecked.
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The Swap lead in/lead out option is checked. The Swap lead in/lead out option is unchecked.
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You can also choose not to have a standard and/or specific angle.
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Zigzag chamfering
A new zigzag machining option is available in chamfering operations.
The Use outer outline for environment option is disabled. The Use outer outline for environment option is enabled.
In the example above, the Z (work coordinate system) of the selected face is below the Zmax (work coordinate
system) of the environment.
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Roughing finishing
Roughing finishing is a new machining command that is presented as a primitive of the 3D Roughing command.
The principle is similar to that of a roughing operation: the operation allows you to remove a maximum amount of
material in a minimum amount of time by managing the remaining material, even if the previous operations did not
update the stock.
However, the two following points differentiate the finishing roughing from the 3D roughing:
- The cuts (or offset curves) of the finish maintain the geometry of the part. You no longer work on a point-to-
point basis, but on the real arcs and segments of the part.
- An integrated contouring pass is added on each Z pass. In addition, this pass can use the compensation code,
but only in shifted mode.
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3D Milling
Quick access to surface and curve construction
You can now add surfaces or curves on the fly in the sketch operations from the Additional tab's Geometry menu.
Accordingly, the part is not completely machined and will require a remachining operation using a suitable tool.
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To do this, the new Sketch tool shape rest material sketch creation command allows you to define the theoretical
area to be remachined when a 3D machining operation uses a three-stage tool shape that was previously defined in
the Tool Definition tab.
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You can always search for all planar areas by clicking on the icon.
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4D Milling
4-axis machining compatible with 5-axis contouring and flank milling
You can now use 5-axis contouring and 5-axis flank milling in 4-axis radial mode using 4-axis codes only.
In addition, you can now use angular split for work and use angular split for rapid separately. You can enter a split
angle for rapid tool paths that is different from the split angle of the feed rate tool paths.
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5D Milling
Tilting optimization
When the normals of a 5-axis machining oscillate around a singular position of the kinematics (for example Z on a
table-table machine), there is a phenomenon of instability of the machine axes, i. e. large axis movements are
necessary for a small variation of the normal.
To avoid this, one solution is to force the alignment of the normals with the singular position as they approach it.
Accordingly, the machine axes have no movement to make when they get close to the singular position, which
avoids producing large unnecessary movements.
This command has also been added in 3 and 4-axis sweeping, as well as in the additional surfaces of all machining
operations.
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Turning
Constant cutting angles
Normal editing
When editing the normals of a contouring operation at constant cutting angle, a new dialog box allows you to
enable or disable the editing of normals via a check box. When the box is checked, the following three buttons are
available: Reset normals, Add normal and Delete normals.
When the normal editing is enabled, you can no longer edit the constant cutting angle values entered in the
operation settings.
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When editing a normal dynamically in the graphics area, it is directly given according to the actual rotation axis of
the machine and you cannot indicate an orientation outside of the allowed minimum and maximum angle range.
Resetting normals
The Reset normals button deletes all the changes already made when editing normals.
Adding a normal
The Add normal button allows you to add a normal on point.
Nearest point Segment start Segment end
Deleting normals
The Delete normals button allows you to select the normal(s) directly in the graphics area and confirm the deletion.
Selection by box is also possible.
Path decomposition
The Path decomposition option allows you to insert more points along the machining path.
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Anti-collision check
A warning message is now displayed every time a collision is detected.
The segment which causes the collision is identified and a point appears on the tool path in the middle of the
segment which causes the collision.
You can enable or disable the collision check for each turning operation.
In the event of a collision, a warning message appears in the Events window. In the NC Operations tree, the
Collisions and Information columns display an alert and the operation concerned is highlighted in red.
Collision check is enabled for all turning operations except those that inevitably lead to collisions such as corner
relief, edge breaking and threading operations.
However, this strategy has no priority over the other strategies. For example, if a square lead out (X then Z or Z then
X) is possible, this strategy will be given priority over the new strategy based on the tool direction.
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Virtual Jog
Link movement management
You can completely forbid the lead-ins/lead-outs in the virtual jog operation. The Link movements management
parameter has been added to the virtual jog, allowing you to choose between the Automatic mode, which behaves
as in previous versions, and the No link movements mode.
This parameter is available on the label of the 3D view.
WCS behavior
You can now force the behavior of the selected work coordinate system in the virtual jog using the three available
modes: Automatic, Milling and Turning.
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When the option to show the compatible work coordinate systems is enabled, the view displays an overview of all
the WCS solutions that are compatible with the current properties of the edited operation (tool, rotating element,
topology, etc.).
Depending on the context, there can be several compatible work coordinate systems, several solutions of the same
work coordinate system or a combination of both.
Turning with indexable part mounted on the B axis: a single work coordinate system is compatible but with several angular solutions.
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This improvement fixes most of the incorrect results obtained with the old representation of the inserts.
If it is not the case, you need to indicate, for each insert, whether the verification can use the stock update shape to
remove the material when defining the tool.
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Displaying the description of the operation or the program via the simulation window.
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Vertical tool gang with two rows of tools: one row of rotating tools and one row of fixed tools (origin point offset in X between the two rows).
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Methods
Hole stack from the cylinder analysis
When selecting one or more hole stacks from the cylinder and drilling analysis, you can now create a general
method corresponding to the selection.
If you select several hole stacks, several hole creation actions will be created, as well as the operations that go with
them.
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Loops
Two new types of loops are available.
The By Counter loop type allows you to define a start, an end and an increment on a numerical variable that is then
available for the actions included in the loop.
The Browse Elements loop type allows you to make a loop on a list of faces or elements of the same type that come
from a search or selection.
Method launch
You can now execute a method that calls other methods.
This new search function should not be confused with the machine workstation search function, which corresponds
to a driven machining spindle. In turning operations, even if the same location is used, you have to search for the
pocket.
Once the pocket has been identified, you only have to select the new Pocket button located to the right of the tool
selection drop-down list in the operation actions.
If a tool is already mounted in the desired pocket, the first free pocket will be used by default.
If the same tool is already mounted in the magazine, it will be used.
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When executed, the method will search for the selected point in the list proposed by the tool and will assign it
directly to the operation.
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Multi-selection
Multi-selection is now available when operations are pasted onto the destination part.
When the Ask for it option is enabled and the answer is yes, if the tool used in the source document (pocket 1, for
example) is already mounted on the destination machine, but in another pocket of the magazine (pocket 3, for
example), the tool already mounted in pocket 3 will not be used and the tool with the same pocket number as that
of the source document in pocket 1 will be mounted again.
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If the destination pocket is already occupied by another tool, but an identical tool is already present in another
pocket, then this tool will be used. Otherwise, it will be mounted in the first free pocket.
Post-processor words
In a method document, the new Add post-processors words function allows you to create post-processor words
related to an element (tool, work coordinate system or part).
Once the method has been applied, the list of post-processor words is available in the machining document.
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Miscellaneous
Value of an electrode's current gap
The property providing the value of current part's gap electrode is now available in the machining operations.
You can also retrieve the value of a part's gap electrode in the drafting documents. To do this, you only have to edit
the paragraph model, edit the property text, add a property, then select the GapElectrode property in the
Standard > Machining > Part sections.
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Origin editing
When editing an origin creation operation, you can now edit the parameters related to the automatic positioning of
the origin using the new Edit automatic positioning button.
The editing parameters of the automatic origin positioning are identical to the parameters available in the options,
except that it is only possible to adjust the position of the origin on the support shape (finish or stock) of the part of
the origin being edited.
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If the support shape is cylindrical, the dialog box changes to allow the editing of the origin location on a cylinder.
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Company options
As with CAD, the new Tools > Company Options command allows an administrator, in client/server mode, to edit a
company configuration file to lock the values of some machining options and suggest others. This command is
available only when the administrator is logged in.
The check box in front of each section locks the values of the relevant section's options. When a section is locked,
users can no longer change the values contained in the section.
Company option settings: The Attributes section has been checked (locked) and cannot be changed by a user.
Check boxes have also been added in the dialog box of the Tools > Options command. They allow the user to locally
modify the values of a section, unless it is locked by the administrator. When a user-modified section is unchecked,
the section values are reset to those of the company configuration.
Option settings from a user. The Attributes section is not accessible because it has been locked by the administrator. The Cutting conditions
section is checked since the user has modified an option in this section.
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If the operation applies to a simultaneously rotating tool holder/part holder, you can then edit the tool spindle rate
and the part spindle rate.
You can also define the feed rate type according to the general cutting conditions of the operation (rapid,
machining, maximum, factor) or in custom mode.
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Manufacturing folder
The new Manufacturing Folder command is available in the machining document.
The tool occurrences must be contained by a representation so that they can be projected in the related drawing
document and recognized by the bill of materials. For this purpose, a new Tool representation system
representation is available.
The command allows you to create drawings from the selected drawing templates. If a bill of materials is
subsequently required, a bill of materials that references the tool representation of the machining document is
searched for. Otherwise, a new bill of materials is created from the selected BOM template. The same bill of
materials is referenced by all the generated drawings. Finally, the generated drawings are grouped together in a
drafting bundle that is capable of nesting drawings (a bundle with the Nesting Draftings operation).
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Wire
Mitsubishi: Importing the machine technologies
You can automatically create wire technology documents from the Mitsubishi cutting condition database. This
database consists of an Excel file that contains the values of the numerical setting parameters.
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The bottom and top curve altitudes will always be defined by the boundaries of the selected faces.
Several successive bosses can be selected to calculate the wire machining geometry.
However, it will not be possible to sequence several bosses successively if their faces do not have an intersection
to calculate the minimum and maximum altitude common to all the selected faces.
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Memorized filters
In the Cut Technology Search command's dialog box, the filters are now stored in memory as long as the wire
document remains open. This saves you from having to select the filters each time a new technology search is
performed when creating an operation. The filters are lost when you close the wire document.
The filters are stored per document. You can therefore open several wire documents containing many different
filters simultaneously.
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Here is an example of the automatic association of the MF entry points from the CAD environment as threading
points in the wire machining geometry.
Machined part setup document: Sorting the materials according to the technology files
In previous versions, when adjusting the material in a machined part setup document, all the materials created for
the wire technology files were visible when selected and the wire material and part material were not distinguished.
The Only materials having cutting conditions option allows you to see only the part material in the setup document.
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This section describes the enhancements made to the Split, Mold, Electrode, Strip and Progress applications in
version 7.14 of TopSolid 7.
TopSolid'Split
Shrinkage factor
You can indicate a negative shrinkage factor to be able to process the parts intended for the creation of
compression molds.
Candidate edges
The Z axis of the opening frame is now pre-selected when the command is launched.
Planar parting surface with the option disabled. Planar parting surface with the option enabled.
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Surfaces priority
By default, the order of creation of the automatic surfaces gives priority to the planes. In some cases, the priority
given to flat surfaces during the calculation does not allow the most relevant result to be obtained. Indeed, the flat
surfaces are created in Part extension mode if no nearby surface can give direction, which can lead to large surfaces
"covering" the others. This option allows you to give priority to the extension areas when calculating.
It may be useful to start the calculation in Planar mode first, validate the desired flat surfaces, and then restart the
calculation in Extension mode.
Automatic update
If the new Automatic update option is enabled, the calculation of the preview of the created surfaces is
automatically restarted after each modification of the parting surface or manual addition of new parting surfaces
and/or vector profiles. This mode is recommended for processing parts from simple to medium complexity.
This mode can be disabled to process complex parts. In this case, the Compute surfaces button is available to start
calculating the automatic surface preview. It is disabled if no additional calculation is required.
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Parting shapes
When creating the parting shapes, you could have colored the surfaces from the molding parts with a certain color
and those from the parting surfaces with another color.
You can now distinguish the surfaces from the insert shapes by a new color.
The surfaces of the parting shapes resulting from insert surfaces are colored in blue.
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Automatic subfolders
The new Automatic subfolders option has been added to the mold document options to make the tree of the
mold's synchronized parts more readable.
If this option is checked, when creating certain documents such as plates or pins, TopSolid creates, if necessary, a
folder under the mold document in the Project tree and places these new documents there.
The created folders are similar to the folders of the following categories:
- Gating
- Block
- Mold Base
- Component
- Movement
- Cooling
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Ejection stroke
When positioning the mold base, the new Ejection Stroke parameter is automatically created. It is equal to the
distance between the ejector plate and the core cavity plate.
This stroke is used for dimensioning blade pins and shoulder pins and is also automatically associated with the
Stroke parameter of the processes created by these pins.
A centered offset in the event of reciprocal trimming. An offset without reciprocal trimming.
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Cooling analysis
The new Analyze Cooling command allows you to graphically view the influence of the cooling circuits on each point
of the parts to be molded.
Three result display modes are available and, for each mode, a color scale is proposed according to the weight
values of the cooling influence found for each point of the part:
- Minimum - Maximum: The minimum weight corresponds to 0 on the scale (red) and the maximum weight
corresponds to 100 on the scale (blue).
- 0 - Maximum: The weight 0 corresponds to 0 on the scale (red) and the maximum weight corresponds to 100
on the scale (blue).
- Homogeneity: The weight 0 corresponds to 0 on the scale (red), the median weight corresponds to 50 on the
scale (green) and twice the median weight corresponds to 100 on the scale (blue). This visualization allows
you to check if the cooling influence is homogeneous on the part to be molded.
Minimum - Maximum mode: the most 0 - Maximum mode. Homogeneity mode: a green part will indicate
"stretched" presentation of the cooling that all weights are very close to the median
influence. value of the weights.
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Runner circuit
In the Runner Circuit command, if the Projected creation mode is selected, the projection of the runner circuit
sketch is now performed only on the shapes of the detailed representation of the selected parts.
Runner process
In the advanced options of the Runner Process command, you can choose to create the runner circuit process in all
representations or only in the detailed representation of the process' target parts.
Machining processes can be associated with the runner circuit process.
Angle pin
Two positioning modes are available:
- Either the center of the angle pin head is dimensioned according to the movement's direction frame.
- Or the center of the intersection between the angle pin and the slide is dimensioned according to the
movement's direction frame.
If the angle pin positioning environment changes, and if the angle pin stroke is modified, a warning message is
displayed and the angle pin can be adjusted if necessary.
Angular cam
The Angle Pin command now allows you to include angular cams.
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TopSolid'Electrode
Exploding selections
In the Shells command, the new Explode selections advanced option allows you to explode selections such as
pocket faces or tangent faces. All sides of the selection are then selected individually and it is possible to remove
some faces of the selection.
This command is also available via the contextual menu called up on selections such as pocket faces or tangent
faces.
Lateral extensions
In the Eroding Shape command, the new Lateral extensions option allows you to automatically extend the groove
faces of a shell and add draft to the exit.
Electrode inclusion
An electrode can be considered as a standard electrode and can then be included in another electrode document
via the Include electrode command. It will be recognized as a separate electrode in the new document.
Its initial and final positions will be expressed according to the origin frame of the shape to be eroded in the new
document.
Mirror electrode
You cannot repeat an electrode with symmetry in an electrode document, since it is not possible to create a mirror
electrode part.
To create a symmetrical theoretical position, you have to choose a symmetrical pattern with a rotation
transformation type, for example.
To create a new mirror electrode, you have to repeat the eroding shape by symmetry and create a new electrode
from the new mirror eroding shape. In version 7.14, TopSolid now automatically sequences these operations during
symmetrical repetition.
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Initial positions
The new Initial positions command allows you to view the initial position of each
electrode before it dives.
The diving distance can be automatically calculated taking into account the safety
margin defined in the options of the electrode document.
The Diving Distance, Initial Position and Final Position properties are available in the
Electrode Note and Electrode Table drafting commands.
Electrode collisions
The new Electrode Collisions command allows you to detect possible collisions between the electrodes and the
shape to be eroded. In addition, collisions between the theoretical positions of the electrode and the shape to be
eroded, as well as collisions between the mandrels and the shape to be eroded, will be tested.
On the other hand, any collisions between the electrodes and the mandrels will not be tested by this command, but
by the "classic" collision analysis.
Hiding/showing mandrels
The new Hide/Show Mandrels visualization shortcut makes it possible to hide or show the mandrels included in the
electrode document.
In addition, the Hide/Show Electrodes visualization shortcut has evolved to take into account only the electrodes
and their theoretical positions without the mandrels.
Drafting
Two new properties, Shape to erode name and Shape to erode description, are available in the electrode table and
electrode notes.
Automatic drafting
Via the new Work document, you can automate the multi-drafting of the electrodes thanks to the addition of the
new Electrodes draftings (TopSolid'Electrode) treatment.
The execution of the work then makes it possible to create the multi-draftings of the electrodes from several
electrode documents.
Automatic machining
Via the new Work document, you can automate the creation of electrode machinings in TopSolid'Cam thanks to the
new Automatic machining (TopSolid'Cam) treatment.
The execution of the work then makes it possible to create the machining operations and to generate the multiple
ISOs from several electrode documents. A machined part setup document is created for each electrode gap. The
electrodes are automatically clustered on the machine.
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Area connection with tangency with border edges. Area connection with tangency constraint to the surfaces.
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Moving stations backward: the station shapes in positions 6 and 8 are moved by the user to positions 5 and 7.
- Entities 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are moved backward. The punching based on entity 9 shifts "naturally".
- Entity 5 is deleted.
- Entity 11 is created at the end of the purple station groups
Stations insertion
The new Stations Insertion command, available via the contextual menu called up on any station of the strip, allows
you to add stations to a strip, before or after the selected reference station, without editing the strip creation
operation.
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Stations information
The new Stations Information command allows you to give a description and a comment on each station of the
strip. This information can then be used when detailing the projected strip in the drafting document.
Forming area
The new Forming Area command is used to identify the different forming areas of the strip. A section is created
corresponding to the station faces projected in the strip drawing. This section is automatically projected into the
strip drafting.
For each area, a calculation of the force is based on the total length of the selected edges. It is equivalent to the
force of a cutting length, minus a correction factor.
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Strip drafting
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Cutting die
You can define the section of the second part of a cutting die by indicating a diameter value. This option is only
available for circular profiles. The minimum diameter of the circle including the cut is only given for information.
Head
The new Head command allows you to add a head to the punches and simultaneously create the process of this
head in the parts receiving the punch.
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Lateral extension
The new Lateral Extension command allows you to easily create shoulders by grinding on the punches. This
command is only available in Part documents.
Angle clearance
The new Angles Clearance command allows you to create angle clearances for wire machining operations. This
command is only available in Part documents.
Entry point
The entry points added to the machining process operations are now projected in an assembly or part drafting. They
are also taken into account in the drilling table.
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When creating a new cutting operation, the parameters available in the Lead In And Out tab of the Settings option
are the same as those of the management operation.
The labels indicate the lead type via an icon and a tooltip.
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Technology Tables
Enhanced technology tables
The technology tables have been modified to differentiate the geometric search from the cutting parameters used
in post-processors. This allows you to assign the same cutting parameters to different geometries in order to avoid
loading the tables with identical information.
Besides, instead of having parameters only by cutting condition, this enhancement also allows you to have
parameters by thickness, in order to avoid having a column which still contains the same value.
In addition, the technology tables now have two tabs. The Environment tab is used to define the environment and
the Table tab is used to define the table that contains all the technology parameters.
Environment tab
The upper part of the table has not changed and allows you to define the machine properties (the source machine
and the type of cutting concerned by the technologies), the gas and the reference material of the part.
The lower part of the table allows you to define the technologies that are common to all thicknesses. These
technologies are defined by their name and type of machining (cutting, marking, etc.). A color will represent the
type of machining performed in the machining document.
Table tab
This tab contains the lower part of the technology table of the old version.
Improvements have been made, including the addition of new tabs:
- Cutting Conditions tab: As in the previous version, cutting conditions are defined for each thickness. These
conditions are unique and each one has a different technology defined in the Environment tab. The behavior
and options available remain unchanged: copying and pasting, sorting and adding columns, changing the
order of the columns, etc.
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To avoid having a column with a similar value for all the cutting conditions of the same thickness, you can now add a
column (optional parameter) in the upper table.
- Drilling tab: This tab allows you to define the drilling subprogram for each thickness, if necessary.
- Geometry tab: This tab matches the geometry found with the cutting conditions, which automatically
identifies the correct cutting condition to be associated with the machining.
In the example below, a printed contour will automatically be marked and not cut.
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Cutting Parameters
Selecting the cutting parameters according to the color of the geometries
This feature allows you to select the cutting parameters whose color of the associated technology corresponds to
the color of the geometry to be machined.
To search for a color match, the Cutting conditions depending to color option must be checked in the SheetMetal
Cam > Cutting parameters section of the sheet metal CAM document's Options tree.
In the operation, two situations may arise when selecting the geometry:
- No geometry color has been indicated in the CAD environment and a standard topological analysis is then
performed.
- A geometry color has been indicated in the CAD environment and a color matching search is then performed.
In the labels, an icon indicates, depending on the case, how the search was carried out.
If a geometry color has been indicated in the CAD environment and the color matching search fails, the machining is
not performed and the color is grayed out in the geometry tree.
You can always modify the cutting parameters. If the Cutting conditions depending to color option of the document
is checked, the geometry color is visible in the editing dialog box.
In either case, if the cutting conditions have been forced by checking the Force cut type and/or Force technology
option, the icon also changes on the labels.
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Micro-tabs
Automatic positioning of micro-tabs
A new feature makes it possible to automate the positioning of the micro-tabs on the contours according to the
different operation's settings.
The new Microtabs tab is available in the operation's settings.
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- The Only One mode allows you to apply only one micro-tab per contour, regardless of its size, to prevent
tilting.
- The On corners mode allows you to apply a micro-tab on each corner of the contour. The inward corners are
deliberately ignored.
- The Distributed across each segment mode allows you to apply micro-tabs by distributing them over each
segment of the contour. Two distribution modes are possible:
o The Distance between micro tabs distribution mode allows you to define a minimum spacing
distance between the micro-tabs over the length of the segment. This value automatically calculates
the number of micro-tabs to be placed on the segment.
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o The Micro tabs number distribution mode allows you to impose the number of micro-tabs on each
segment.
- The Distributed across the entire contour mode allows you to apply micro-tabs by distributing them over the
entire length of the contour.
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Speed Ramps
Speed ramp management
In cases where the numerical controls of the machines do not manage speed changes, the speed ramps allow
acceleration and deceleration levels to be applied in angles and radii in order to avoid sudden changes in the
machine axes.
The speed ramp settings are available in the Speed ramps tab of the cutting parameter documents.
A speed ramp is linked to an existing technology.
The speed steps are visible through the color of the cutting parameter. The slower the speed, the darker the color
becomes.
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5-Axis Cutting
Automatic face selection
The selection tools have been improved in the Faces Cutting operation. There are now several automatic search
modes to select the faces of the cut contour, as well as the adjacent faces. The selection mode for adjacent faces is
also available in the Profiles Cutting operation.
When using the automatic mode for selecting all faces of the cut contour, you only have to select a face, then select
the Find all faces option, and all the other faces that make up the contour are automatically selected.
The Find all faces icon allows you to select the remaining surfaces.
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When using the automatic mode for selecting all faces adjacent to the cut contour, the behavior is identical to the
previous option. You only have to select a single face, then select the Find all adjacent faces option to identify the
rest of the adjacent faces.
The Find all adjacent faces icon allows you to select the remaining adjacent faces.
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Using normals
The new Use normals option has been added to the Profiles Cutting (5 axis) command and allows you to impose a
specific orientation of the tool vector at different points on the tool path. It has many advantages over the classic
Normals Modification command, including speed and ease of implementation thanks to the graphic handles on the
trihedron.
Instead of selecting support faces, you can select one or more points on the cut profile to define a specific
orientation (angles, vectors, etc.). A progressive and linear transition is then applied between two points.
The trihedron allows you to make quick changes and to immediately view the tool vector (blue arrow).
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