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Create Bearing Lines

Create Bearing Lines

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Create Bearing Lines

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The Create Bearing Lines macro is used to create bearing lines from 3D-bearing curves.

Prerequisites for this feature:

•3D-bearing curves should touch bearing solids and should be stored in one single component.
•If your model has more than one 3D-bearing curve (that is, if you have a hollow profile or a multihole die model) then each 3D-bearing curve should be stored in a separate component.

The bearing lines created from this macro will be stored in a new component called xxx_lines (where xxx is name of 3D bearing curve component). Once you create bearing lines using 3D-bearing curves, the Extrusion Wizard will use these lines to create bearing profiles.

 

How Do I

expand-green-10Create Bearing Lines from 3D Bearing Curves

The BC Editor can create a bearing profile from control nodes or line. Most die makers, however, provide the bearing profile as a 3D curve along with the CAD data of the model.  In order to use this information, the Create Bearing Lines macro provides a set of tools to create bearing lines from the 3D curve and manipulate them.

1.From the HyperXtrude Utility menu, click Create Bearing lines. A new tab containing the bearing utilities opens.
2.Select Lines from Bearing Curve.

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This macro will prompt you to select the component that has the 3D bearing curve defined. Each bearing profile is associated with a curve and each curve should be in a separate component.  That is, if you have a 4 hole solid profile die, you will have four bearing curves (one for each hole) and each one of the curve should be in a separate component.  These bearing curve components should have only the lines that make the bearing curve and nothing else.

3.After selecting the components, click on proceed to complete the task. A new window with the computed bearing start location will be displayed. The bearing start location is starting Z-coordinates of die opening. The wizard will automatically guess the starting position of the die and will show it in the panel; verify it and click OK to proceed.  You can change this value if it is not correct.

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