TheCNC2020 - Designing the Base Support on TopSolid'design 7 #4
Designing the Base Support on TopSolid'design 7 | TheCNC2020
TopSolid 7 is a revolutionary product to meet the needs of manufacturing companies, big and small.
TopSolid 7 software includes many modules. This article will cover TopSolid'Design.
To better understand TopSolid'Design, let's learn some basic commands in Designing the Base Support to design a simple part.
After the assembly is complete, you need to determine if there are any problems. If you need to modify one of the components in the assembly, how do you do it? The content below will guide you through the editing process.
Editing a Part Within the Assembly
Dynamic 3D section
View along normal
In-place editing of the sliding jaw
Displaying and editing the driving sketch
Editing a driving dimension
Finish editing and return to the assembly
Editing a Part Within the Assembly
Dynamic 3D section
Sometimes it is difficult to see certain details when examining an assembly. Because of this, TopSolid 7 gives you the ability to create dynamic 3D sections to help you visualize your assembly.
To correct in the dynamic 3D part, it should be done:
- Go to the Visualization tab and select the Cut by Planes command.
- In the Plane field, select the face of the sliding jaw in the graphics area as shown below.
- To customize the cut, uncheck the Use shapes color and Automatic hatching boxes in the Options dialog box.
- Open the Advances Settings dialog box, select a color for the cut and then select the Solid hatching type.
- Click on to confirm the cut.
This will create a dynamic section of the entire assembly. It will make it significantly easier to see some of the inner details of the design.
View along normal
- Right-click on the face of the sliding jaw as shown
here.
- Select the View Along Normal command.
Then TopSolid'design 7 will switch to a plan view that is normal to the planar face that you select.
- Now that you are looking directly at the Sliding Jaw part, you should easily see where the values are not correct on the design. Refer to the picture below.
In-place editing of the sliding jaw
Make in-place edits to the Slide Function section, you can immediately see the results of the change.
Right-click on the face of the sliding jaw shown below and select the In Place Edit command.
Note: Another way to edit a part within the assembly is to double-click on the part that you want to edit. Now that you are in an in-place editing mode, you will notice that the part that you are editing is shown as a shaded solid model, while all of the other parts in the assembly are shown in wireframe.
Displaying and editing the driving sketch
- Double-click on the face shown below to display the driving sketch for it.
- Double-clicking on a face of a feature will either show or hide the driving elements of that feature.
- Right-click on the sketch as shown below and select the Edit command.
Note: That you are now editing the sketch that was used to
create the main extrusion of the sliding jaw. And all from within the assembly document without needing to return to the part document. The changes that you make here will automatically update the part document thanks to the PDM.
Editing a driving dimension
You will modify one of the dimensions in the sketch by Double-click on the 30mm dimension, change it to 28mm, and then click on to confirm the operation.
Finish editing and return to the assembly
- Confirm the in-place editing by clicking on the In Place Editing button at the top center of the screen.
Deactivating the 3D cut
- From the Entities tree, open the Cuts folder.
- Right-click on Cut 1 and select the Deactivate command.
- The 3D cut can also be disabled directly within the graphics area by right-clicking in the graphics area (not an object) and selecting the Deactivate Cut command.
Note: You can always come back to the Entities tree and reactivate this cut at any time.
- Save the document.
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