Defining Component Specifications

You can define Component Specifications to prepare the positioning of Components into the Tool without populating it with the actual instances of the Components. From your selection (axis systems, points or already existing Component Specifications), Define Component Specifications creates the required geometry, feature, publications, and intelligence.

Note: You can also create Component Specifications from the context menu of an axis or of a sketch of points.

  1. Activate a 3D Shape representation where you want to create the Component Specifications.
  2. From the Mold Design section of the action bar, click Define Component Specifications .
  3. Click and select the type of the component expected by Component Specification.

    • The selected type is memorized and proposed when you next enter Define Component Specifications.
    • It applies to all Specification Inputs.

  4. From the Specifications list, choose a creation method.
  5. To create Component Specifications from a pattern, see Defining Input Patterns.
  6. If you have selected Individual Specifications, select points or axis systems.

    • Multiselection is available.
    • Use the same context menu to create a missing point or axis system.

  7. Expand Axis System Modification.

    Modifications apply to all Specification Inputs. Z Direction lets you select a linear geometry used as the Z direction of the Component Specification. You can also select the default or the Absolute Z direction from the context menu.

  8. When creating an Component Specification from a point, use the context menu in Reference Axis System.
    • Default (Absolute): The axis system is created like the default one.
    • Current Axis System: The axis system is created like the current one.
    • Create Axis System: You create one axis system from the dialog box that appears.
    • Create Axis System from Robot: Position the Robot, then select this item to create an axis system from the Robot position.
  9. Click List View to list the Component Specifications with their destination in the tree, and their type.
  10. Click OK to create the Component Specifications.
  11. Right-click an Component Specification and select Properties.
    1. Optional: In the Tooling Properties tab, click the type, and select another one from the Types browser.
      The dimensions relevant to the selected type are displayed in the Tooling Properties tab.
    2. Enter the values for the proposed dimensions of the expected Component, either as nominal values, or as a range of values.

      The proposed dimensions vary with the type of the Component. They can be:

      • Diameter
      • Width
      • Height
      • Length
      • Thickness

      The expected type and dimensions are used to apply filters when searching for a Component

    3. Enter User Information, if any.
  12. To edit existing Component Specifications:
    • Double-click an existing Component Specification.
    • Right-click an existing Component Specification and select Definition.
    • Select one or several Component Specification and select Define Component Specifications from the action bar.
    You can edit the type, and axis system directions as explained above.
    Note: If the Component Specification has been created with an older version, the Axis System Definition dialog box opens instead.
  13. Right-click one or several Component Specifications and select Delete to delete them.
  14. To modify the position of an Component Specification, modify the position of its input (point or axis system).