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1. Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 33 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Create Side Axes Allows defining the forming steps for the top bottom and side rolls After having quit the Modify Machine Data dialogue box the Machine data dialogue box automatically appears Station Information shows the number of passes available and the roll space of the machine high lighted in the Machine listing list box Base Diameter Shows the root diameter of the first station of the top and bottom roll for the ma chine highlighted in the Machine listing list box Distance Machine Side Here the reference side for the available roll space is defined This is quite helpful with both asymmetric and symmetric profiles whose point of unfolding is not in the centre of the machine Left lf selected the left side is regarded to be the reference side for the distance be tween the beginning of roll space and the point of unfolding or section forming point The distance is defined by the to Pt of Unfolding edit box Right lf selected the right side is regarded to be the reference side for the distance be tween the beginning of roll space and the point of unfolding The distance is de fined by the to Pt of Unfolding edit box Reference for Allows selecting the reference point for the entered basic diameter on the basis of several options Point of Unfolding The point of unfolding is the reference poin
2. Info partl Create Station Accessories Save Delete Free designed Rolls Create new roll Save Roll Add contour Edit rolls parametric Split Join roll Modify width Set Grip Point Remove over determined grip points Save Roll roll to axis Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Table of Contents ook h 9 10 Save Roll axis to roll 9 11 To convert rolls 9 12 Settings 9 13 Write Inventor Interface 10 The tool bar Clone rolls j j 1 10 1 Clone roll s manually in current Pass 1 10 2 Clone rolls to clipboard 1 10 3 1 roll automatically in current pass 1 10 4 Selected roll automatically in current pass 1 10 5 all rolls automatically in current pass 1 10 6 1 roll automatically in pass selection 1 10 7 mirror and clone tool 1 10 8 mirror and clone roll 1 10 9 copy and clone roll 1 10 10 Copy roll 1 10 11 move clones in pass position variant 1 10 12 resolve 1 clone interactively 1 10 13 resolve selected clones automatically in current pass 1 10 14 resolve all clones automatically in current pass 1 10 15 resolve all clones automatically in pass selection 1 10 16 usage for 1 clone 1 10 17 edit color 1 10 18 Settings 4 j j j 11 The tool bar clone clipboard 11 1 Scroll Back 11 2 Scroll Forward 11 3 insert roll s 11 4 assign to roll 11 5 Cancel 2 The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 1 Standard Roll Dimension
3. Please take care whether main or idler station is chosen see left side on top of the box Depending on your choice either the numbering for the main or the idler stations may be defined 1 The Column Selection Please select here which information you want to add to your individual roll num ber Furthermore the option Delimeters is available You may add e g a hyphen between two chosen information in roll numbering 2 The Column Format Depending on your needs you may add the information complete or as short cut E g drawing number complete or DNo abbreviated gt see also Abbrevia tions on next page 3 Selected elements Your selection is displayed here The line Example at the bottom of the dialogue gives you a preview on how your definition will look like later lf you need to delete an element from list mark it please e g Pass number Ara bic number and click this symbol the symbol is available between the Format and Selected elements column Click this symbol lt lt for deleting all available elements at once the symbol is avail able between the Format and Selected elements column For changing the sequence of two chosen elements in top direction you may use this symbol The symbol is available between the Format and Selected ele ments column If you want to change the sequence in bottom direction you may use this symbol g The symbol is available between the Format and Selected e
4. 4 2 Save all Rolls aE Function Save all rolls By using the feature all rolls of a set can be transferred automatically into the da tabase You have three possible options Automatic Roll Number The roll numbers are set automatically due to COPRA standard No further user input is necessary Detailed Definition of Attributes lf selected the single stations are shown and the rolls are numbered through As soon as you press the enter or blank key the dialogue box for inserting roll attrib utes appears The roll attributes can be modified individually at this point The automatically suggested roll number is COPRA standard and is marked auto matically In this way the automatic suggestion can be overwritten at once If you have modified values incorrectly you can restore your original data by using the Standard Values option When transferring the side rolls you can optionally define the bearing of the side rolls As soon as the with Bearings key is set the values 118 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Save Get toolbar can be modified if necessary You can also add another attribute for a roll class This class enables you to search for rolls later in the database with only an exactly defined type of roll e g cylindrical rolls that are defined as class 1 Spacer rings are not transferred into the database Only Material and Roll Number Similar to th
5. COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Template station You may select a template in the field File via enabling the toggle templates from file Please define the path the path the template dwt is saved to COPRA will open the template in the background and all respective drawings will be created in this template Enabling the toggle Cur Template creates the drawings in the cur rently available template Title You may define a template for the complete assembly plan in here Either a differ ent one to the one for the single drawings or the same one Please enter as ex plained above the path under which the template of your choice is saved to Ena bling the toggle Cur Template creates the drawings in the currently available template Open CADFinder In case that your COPRA RF CADFinder is not yet loaded it will be loaded when enabling this toggle Further the drawings will automatically saved to COPRA RF CADFinder Delete Layouts and Model Space The single drawings will be closed after creating them if you enable this option The drawings stay available but will not be opened Combination With or whithout RG in case that you have already created the assembly plans you may decide whether to recreate them when selecting the function again or if you want to use the already existing drawings Dimesioning Provides the options Dimensioning of machine center Total width and Form ing diameter as well as Outs
6. Dimensioning Radii Defines where the radii are to be dimensioned Dimensioning shows the selected type of dimensioning Reference Shows the selected reference edge Info line Shows the position of the rolls to be dimensioned Show it Displays the roll and its default settings If the dialogue box is closed by clicking Dimension roll the program control is opened A description for the Program Control is in the next section Goto next Skips the current roll and goes to the next roll 2 1 9 Program Control Switches to Program Control which will be described in the following same Roll Dimensions the same roll again Same Pass Dimensions the same pass again Next Roll Dimensions the next roll Next Pass Dimensions the next line Settings Switches to the dialogue box containing the pre settings AutoCad The roll can be edited with the help of the AutoCAD options If you work in Auto CAD mode the following toolbar with three options is available Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 89 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 1 9 1 The Roll Dimensioning toolbar Roll Dimensi Same Roll Again Dimensions the same roll again Continiou Switches to the next roll Cancel X Cancels dimensioning 90 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 2 Tube Roll Dimensioning md Function
7. Function Modifies the roll geometry Also the roll geometry of a database roll can be modified without the need to de lete the roll from the database and transferring it again If you choose this feature you will get a dialogue with important settings By confirming with Continue you prepare the roll for any geometry modifications lt can be modified e g for new demands with the roll editor functions As soon as the modification is finished the roll geometry from Change CRDB function must be called again After reconfirming the changing of the order roll geometry it will be saved in the database 7 The CRDB Search toolbar CADE Seara 7 1 Search CRDB F Function Search for rolls in the database If selected a transferred roll according to different criteria from the database can be searched for and subsequently be applied 7 2 Search Ep Function Search for rolls according to certain criteria If selected you will be asked to identify the roll you wish to search for After choos ing your roll with the mouse you will get the Search Criteria dialogue box In this dialogue box all the options for a detailed roll search are listed The more criteria are given the better the found roll will fit The less search criteria are given the higher the hit quote Roll Characteristics searches according to entity assembly e g RC Radius Cylinder Class Only searches for rolls with a defined class Material O
8. 1 3 3 Read Roll Set E su Function Read Roll Set from file If selected all entity and roll data of the current pass will be overwritten by the data loaded from the exchange file A dialogue box with the saved roll sets appears Here the desired file can be selected All existing entity and roll data will be overwritten lf necessary use the shortcut to reload the data of the current pass from the database without saving the changes This function is only to be used if individual passes have to be copied For com bined rolls use the Write Part of Passes T B function 22 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 3 4 Write Part of Passes T B Fe Function Write pass sequence to file Combined roll sets are used if not the shape but only the dimensions of a section are modified Typical examples would be U or C channels The basic idea of com bined roll sets is to design rolls only for a primary roll set which usually is the smallest dimension Using the COPRA features for combined roll sets will then create all the other dimensions To be able to create the required offset the top and bottom roll have to be split into four parts Top left of the section forming point Top right of the section forming point e Bottom left of the section forming point Bottom right of the section forming point For each of the roll parts listed above an ex
9. Create dimensioned single roll designations incl transition points with the help of forming files 2 2 1 Type of Dimensioning lf selected the Dimensioning of Single Rolls dialogue box will be loaded It of fers two different possibilities for the dimensioning of the rolls All Entity intersection Points lf selected the Single Roll Dimensioning dialogue box is opened The functions Dimensioning and Reference are not active as the reference points for dimen sioning have already been defined with the transition points For a detailed de scription of the Single Roll Dimensioning dialogue box refer to point 2 1 under Standard Roll Dimensioning Acc To Dimensioning Files erv Dimensioning files have the following structure and syntax File Syntax All dimensioning files are located in the directory lt COPRA gt SET ERV It has an arbitrary name and needs to have the extension erv For any roll type at least one shape type file has to exist Ww The file name a erv is not permitted see also section dimensioning 2 2 1 1 File Structure Shape Type Files are put together from Comment line header Roll characteristics combination of entities e K Cone entity R Radius entity e Z Cylinder entity e g KZRRKZ Cone Cylinder Radius Radius Cone Cylinder While reading a shape type file the system will control whether or not the entity combination of the current roll corresponds to the entry in the fil
10. Hatch I Identification Index Card Bore Index Card General Index Card Stamping groove Index Card Treatments Infopart L Layout Length of Cone Length of following Cylinder Limit Geometry Check M Machine Machine Side Make Attribute visible Make Attributes invisible Material Thickness Mirror 56 83 100 97 111 86 99 83 100 118 96 93 84 99 54 91 69 44 106 110 116 117 56 87 83 101 42 44 45 116 87 97 105 70 86 99 86 100 33 36 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Index Model Modify a roll Modifying in data base Move a block of entities Move a roll Move an individual entity Move rolls Move side roll axes N NC Code NC Geometry Data Numberation P Pass Numbers Pass Selection Plane of Unfolding Point of Unfolding Prefix No CRDB Roll Prefix Order Roll Preview Print roll data Program Control R Radii Read Roll Set from file Reference Reference Pass Relativ Renaming Replace a radius entity by a cone Roll Attributes Roll Number Spacer Numbering Roll Numbering Roll Parameter Roll Weight Roll Widths Root Diameter Rotate a roll Rotate Side Rolls symmetrically Round off Rounding S Same Roll Again Save Drawing Search for rolls in the data base Select Selecting a roll Selection of Machine Selection of Material Sequence of Rolls Settings Side Roll Side roll axes Copyright by data M
11. Shortcut woa Function Automatic definition of the roll axes for top and bottom rolls This function provides two possibilities The roll axes of the top and bottom rolls can either be defined automatically for all sections saved in the database Or the existing roll axes can be modified If e g the machine has to be changed or some of the diameters have to be adapted In this case the diameter of existing rolls will be adapted automatically Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 31 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar The function is automatically executed by COPRA as soon as the Rolls Module for a section is loaded for the first time or if no passes with axes or rolls are saved in the database In this case or if the function is selected from the screen menu a dialogue box is loaded providing all necessary options Machine listing Automatic axes definition depends on the machine names All machines ever set up with Create will be listed To select a specific machine from the list pick it with the crosshairs It will be highlighted and the corresponding machine parameters will be loaded One machine file called channel is delivered with the standard COPRA set up files Create lf selected the axes parameter dialogue box will be loaded It provides the possi bility to enter the axes parameters globally or individually for each station Identification Enter a unique identification filename for
12. set Follow these steps Enter the filename of the exchange file e g LEFT for left side roll A com ment is shown in the command line indicating the side roll for which the file contains data Enter the horizontal offset of the side rolls in reference to the primary flower This is usually equal to the change made in the primary flower Enter the vertical offset of the side rolls with reference to the primary flower This offset is required if not only the dimensions but also material thickness of the section has been changed The current number of passes and the number of passes detected in the exchange file will be displayed Enter the pass number from which on the side rolls are to be inserted The default pass is 1 Enter the pass number up to which the side rolls should be inserted The default is the current number of passes Enter the pass number from which on the side rolls should be read from the exchange file Usually this number will be identical with the first pass num ber However with this feature it is also possible to exchange rolls between different shapes e g between U and C channels which have a different number of passes The side rolls of the selected passes will be loaded from the exchange file If done the previously current pass will be displayed with all loaded rolls 26 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 4 The WZ Axes toolbar
13. COPRA uses entities Every entity of a top or bottom roll has a left and right side entities of side rolls have a top and bottom Change Angle lf the Angle function was selected the Modify Angle dialogue box will be opened showing the current angle of the entity Various possibilities for changes are pro vided COPRA uses entities Every entity of a top or bottom roll has a left and right side entities of side rolls have a top and bottom Change Fillet If selected the current radius will be displayed and COPRA asks for the new fillet radius in the command line If the radius entered is too small a warning will be displayed and the minimum radius will be shown in the status line If the fillet en tered is negative the radius created will be concave if it is positive the radius created will be convex 1 6 3 Split Entity Ty Shortcut elt Function Split an individual roll entity If selected individual roll entities may be split into several parts This may be help ful if an entity automatically created by COPRA has to be split into two parts 1 6 4 Delete Radius Entity ial Shortcut rel Function Delete a radius entity by extending the adjacent entities to their intersection point If roll entities have been created with the Create M or Create A function following the section concave radius entities will be created too Here the intersection point between the two adjacent entities is often required U
14. Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 93 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Width Dimensions and Dimensions in or perpendicular to Axis Direction The first point specified defines the reference edge All subsequent points will be sorted according to their co ordinates and dimensioned starting from the reference edge COPRA will automatically place an offset between the dimension lines Any chosen number of width and axis dimension commands may be saved in a shape type file with as many matching points as necessary The automatic grad ing of auxiliary lines however will start at the same height with each new di mensioning command If you intend to create a dimension chain with e g four width dimensions you have to specify the width dimensioning command four times in succession with two points to be dimensioned each Diameter The first point specified is the split point for the position of the dimension lines and will not be dimensioned For all other points the above explanations are valid Any diameter found left of the split point will be positioned left of the roll any diameter found right of it will be placed on the right side of the roll Characteristics of the Intersection Point Calculation SP Generally the contour intersection points or their prolongation of two different entities may be calculated in any chosen combination as far as it exists The following entity combinations can build valid inter
15. Defines the G02 and G03 parameters xX The NC data are saved to the Rolls CNC subdirectory in the Project direc tory The data record can be read in via the AutoCAD command MTEXT and can be positioned in the drawing Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 113 COPRA Roll Technology NC Geometry Data Read NC Data into Drawing An existing NC data file is inserted in the current drawing To do so start the command MTEXT and select the point of insertion as well as the opposite corner point of the text window Then the MTEXT dialogue box is loaded Standard AutoCAD function for inserting text files Use the function Import text and open the file to be inserted Quit the dialogue box by selecting OK 5 6 Roll drawing Options Here different options for roll drawings can be chosen Show Borehole and Stamping Groove In the NC code the roll can be shown optional with the borehole and the stamping groove Activate for that With Borehole and Stamping Groove NC CONTOUR DATA E x 0 Read existing file W Top roll create D amp F files only W Bottom roll f DAF file f COPRA roll file Ailenanme fw Lett roll Pass selection fv Right roll Accessory roll from station 9 to 18 Files Roll processing NC Code P Automatic file name same for all rolls f for turning different for each roll Origin automatically at F left C righ bigger smaller Roll drawing U
16. left and right side roll are often identical The Mirror Side Rolls function copies the right side rolls to the left and vice versa No mirror line needs to be specified Of course the base diameters of the left and right side roll have to be the same If no side rolls exist the respective error message will be displayed in the status line 1 4 9 Driving Diameter Th Shortcut tda Function Change the root diameter of a roll The root driving or pitch diameter of a pass is fixed during the axes definition It may however be necessary to change the root diameter of individual passes If selected a dialogue box appears allowing you to select the driving diameter to be changed The New Driving Radius function appears in the command line radius modifica tion lt O gt Now the new driving radius can be entered If confirmed with Enter the value by which the driving radius is to be modified can be entered You can pick any point of the roll with the crosshairs to make it the reference point for the driving diameter Command Feature The roll contour position will remain constant the axis position will be adapted 1 4 10 Change Roll Diameter Ht Shortcut rda Function Change the root diameter of a roll The root driving or pitch diameter of a pass is fixed during the axes definition It may however be necessary to change the root diameter of individual passes 36 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH
17. COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Command Feature The roll contour position will remain constant the axis position will be adapted The root diameter will be adapted instantly 1 4 11 Rotate Side Roll Axes ASN Shortcut srs Function Rotate side roll axes Sometimes the accessibility of a bend can be improved by using rotated side rolls After defining the side roll axes they can be rotated with the help of the Rotate Side Rolls function Besides a dialogue box with the following functions appears Rotation Angle 90 lt x lt 90 Enter the angle by which the side roll axes should be rotated The valid range of rotation angles is between 90 anticlockwise rotation and 90 clockwise rota tion By Crosshairs If crossed the base point of the rotation has to be selected with the crosshairs In this case the edit boxes X and Y for a numeric definition of the base point are dis abled X Enter the X co ordinate of the rotation origin Y Enter the Y co ordinate of the rotation origin In Reference to left Roll The rotation origin entered refers to the left side roll axis Depending on the posi tion of the base point the origin of the right side roll will be re calculated Only be enabled if both side roll axes are rotated In Reference to right Roll The rotation origin entered refers to the right side roll axis Depending on the posi tion of the base point the origin of the left s
18. The created contours will be instantly shown on the screen 1 5 3 Entities for Parts of Passes Hi Shortcut eea Function Predefine roll entities for selected passes To avoid a complete new design of the rolls the roll contour can automatically be predefined for user defined passes In addition COPRA provides roll forming specific editing features that can be used to finish the roll contour During calcula tion COPRA displays the pass currently being processed and saved Undercuts will automatically be recognised by COPRA In areas like that no entities will be created The created contours will be instantly shown on the screen After the cal culation the previously current pass is made active again 1 5 4 New Type of Entity i Shortcut eln Function Design individual roll entities obsolete method This function allows designing individual roll entities based on the following shapes cylinder cone radius and strip guide Except for the strip guide func tion this method is quite obsolete and there are better methods for designing indi vidual roll entities Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 39 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 5 5 Entities with Crosshairs rr Shortcut elb Function Design individual roll entities with the help of the crosshairs This allows designing individual roll entities by simply picking points with the crosshairs If an arc is to be created an A
19. This is to avoid buckling and to decrease strains when the material is running through the ma chine From fir ion lf selected the associated edit box on the right will be enabled and the step upper station can be entered The value for the step up refers to the diameter The step starts with the second station of the machine The parameters of the first station will not change All other stations will be recalculated and the parameters in the list box will be updated If it is disabled again the parameters will be reset to the initial values This function allows entering the first station with a specific root diameter From ion If selected the corresponding edit box on the right will be enabled and the step up per station can be entered The value for the step up refers to the diameter The step up starts with the first station of the machine The parameters of the last sta tion will not change All other stations will be recalculated and the parameters in the list box will be updated If it is disabled again the parameters will be reset to the initial values This function allows leaving the last station with a specific root diameter Material Thickness Shows the current material thickness Can be used to check the vertical centres which are composed of half of the top roll diameter half of the bottom roll diameter and the material thickness r Top B m Axes Allows defining the forming steps for the top bottom and side rolls
20. WZ Anes OZN AF PRe TE wes When starting roll design roll or tool axes have to be defined at first All required functions can be found in the WZ Axes toolbar 1 4 1 Axes Function A dialogue box appears allowing you to select the functions described below 1 4 2 Axes Top Bottom Shortcut wom Function Definition of top and bottom roll axes for all or individual passes The Axes T B function is the older version of the Axes Aut function It provides the possibility to automatically define roll axes for all passes provided that no roll axes have been defined so far If roll axes are already defined only the axes of the current pass can be changed If selected a dialogue box appears The parameters meet the following conditions If no roll axes are defined yet COPRA provides internal default parameters for the roll diameters The forward slip toggle is enabled If roll axes are already defined COPRA shows the roll diameters of the current pass as default Modifications will only be applied to the current pass Root Diameter At Any Point lf set and the settings in the dialogue box are accepted with OK the reference point for the roll axes has to be picked with the crosshairs The diameters entered for top and bottom roll will refer to that point This may be helpful if the root diame ter of the rolls is not at the section forming point e g if downhill forming should be used y In this case the material t
21. at the to changing roll e g around a created crimp Click onto the icon Add contour and choose the Polyline you have drawn before Now the roll has the new contour 1 9 4 Edit rolls parametric You can modify a parametric roll via the icon te Edit Rolls lf COPRA identify the roll as parametric roll the roll can be edit via the opening roll parametric dialog Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 71 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 9 5 Split Join roll You can split or join the rolls via the icons ij Split Roll and Join Roll To split the roll please choose the icon Split Roll and click into the roll on the po sition on which you want to split your roll To join two rolls e g the roll you split before please choose the icon Join Roll and click into each to joining roll 1 9 6 Modify width FD Modify width Via the icon 5 Modify width the width of the roll can be changed Here you can choose if you mod ify the width via the Crosshairs or if you want to predefine a new width New Width mm i right l Changing Width mm C On both sides Cone Length mm M Overlap e a Changing mm LIOSSr alls X When you Click into the roll to change the width always the eon regarding element is changed Modify Width 1 9 7 Set Grip Point ig set a new Grip Point by clicking at the icon and defining the point Y
22. be recalculated The vertical centres will not change until the user changes them or selecting Fixed locks one of the three other corresponding values Bottom Roll Enter the diameter of the bottom roll referring to the selected reference point The top roll diameter and the gear ratio will automatically be recalculated The vertical centres will not change until the user changes them or selecting Fixed locks one of the three other corresponding values Gear Ratio Enter the ratio of the gearboxes between top and bottom roll The top and bottom roll diameter will automatically be recalculated The vertical centres will not change until the user changes them or selecting Fixed locks one of the three other corre sponding values 28 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Vertical Centres Enter the distance of vertical centres The top and bottom roll will automatically be recalculated The gear ratio will remain constant except selecting Fixed locks one of the diameters Fixed selecting fixed can lock one of the parameters listed above This allows creating any combination required for parameter set up When using the Axes Aut func tion the horizontal position of the section within the available roll soace needs to be determined This can be done via the Distance Point of Unfolding to Ma chine Side section Left Enter the distance between the left edge of the r
23. cone width and cylinder width The value may be user defined to e g get an even dimension for the width of the roll The Reference Pass Block Diameter Shows the maximum diameter of a roll if it just covers the leg of the section Only available if the current section will be the reference pass Length of Cone shows the cone length of a roll if it just covers the leg of the section Only avail able if the current section will be the reference pass Width of Cone lf the current pass is the reference section it will show the cone width of a roll if it just covers the leg of the section If the previous pass is the reference section it shows the minimum cone width required avoiding marks 42 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Current Pass The roll parameters will be calculated with reference to the current pass This op tion can be used if the bending angle is almost 90 degrees In case the previous pass option is selected the roll to be designed would have a very large diameter Previous Pass The roll parameters will be calculated with reference to the previous pass This should be the default for most situations The roll diameter calculated is the mini mum diameter required to avoid marks on the material The Block Diameter From lf selected the minimum diameter will be calculated by COPRA but the actual diameter used will be taken From the
24. database Use this item only after consultation with the data M support department Limit Geometry Check If a fitting roll has been found in the database you can use this one directly in your design If there are any intersections with existing rolls this parameter enables you to determine how big the allowed variation of intersection can be If the actual in tersection impedes this value the neighbouring roll will be automatically dissolved and the element lying within the intersection will be deleted 116 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database Parameter Add Drawing Number The respective drawing number is shown in the drawing This setting can also be changed via the COPRA settings pass and roll number command Each comple mentary value will be automatically adapted Prefix No CRDB Roll By using this item a drawing number can be shown for rolls that are not saved in the database Prefix Offer Roll Rolls can be marked which were transferred only in the temporary database Prefix Order Roll Rolls can be marked which come out of the order database Skip Rolls in Roller Technology lf active roll that were inserted from the database into the design are neglected when making the following drawings and lists Cutting list Roller weight Single roll dimensioning o NC data and contour creation Use Database If not active the database is de activated and the respe
25. diameter list The diameter list can be changed and completed by the user Round to If selected the minimum diameter will be calculated by COPRA and rounded up to the diameter that can be divided by the value in the corresponding edit box List lf selected a new dialogue box will be opened The available roll diameters are shown in a list box The diameter currently used in the Roll parameter block is highlighted New diameters can be added to the list using the new edit box lf selected the diameter in the Roll parameter block will be exchanged with the next higher diameter in the diameter list All dependent parameters are re calculated automatically lf selected the diameter in the Roll parameter block will be exchanged with the next lower diameter in the diameter list All dependent parameters are re calculated automatically Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 43 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar The Flange Roll Block Flange This enables the user to switch between flange and edge rolls Edge rolls are sim ply extended in length to avoid marks Flange rolls have got a second angle They are used as a strip guide and to avoid marks If not selected COPRA will create an edge roll The Angle and Relief edit boxes are disabled The slide will show an edge roll If selected the Angle and Relief edit boxes will be enabled The slide will show a flange roll Angle Enter the angl
26. during data transfer into the database Saving the data should be made with the defined option if the whole set of rolls can not be assigned to one class Searching for a roll which you have not yet designed in a new order Enter the archive data Rolls of the Example project change to e g pass 3 and de lete the right lower edge roll Measure the angle of the profile leg Search roll Click on the area where the roll is to be positioned go to Search and enter the following search criteria assigning a wildcard e g R_RZR roll geometry cone with measured angle and which element number Now start search The found rolls may have to be mirrored and an insert point has to be defined You have the option of creating and working with more than one database On your COPRA CD ROM there is a blank database without contents Copy this database into the desired directory and rename it accordingly In the DBMS settings you can choose the option browse and select the desired database at any time Contents of database In order to check the contents of your database open the mdb file in your database menu You will need Microsoft Access for this purpose Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Index Index A Absolute Additions ASCI Format Assembly plan options Automatic File Name Automatic roll design B Base Diameter Block Strategy Block Width Bore Details C CadFinder Cancel Change the geometric proper
27. fillet radius at the conic face The value may also be set to 0 Preview All changes made will be discarded 1 7 18 5 Side Roll right lf selected the forming roll left of the section forming point will be designed For a detailed description of the Settings function refer to Side Roll left in this chap ter 1 7 18 6 Top Roll left If selected the holding roll left of the section forming point will be designed Settings lf selected the Settings top roll left dialogue box will be opened It provides a variety of different possibilities for the layout of the holding rolls Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 67 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Align to Bottom Roll The width of the holding roll will be aligned to the width of the forming roll To achieve that result a cylinder will be added to the roll The roll may be designed with or without strip guide Conic Roll The holding roll will be designed as a conic roll The roll may be designed with or without strip guide Cylindrical Roll The holding roll will be designed as a simple cylindrical roll Conic Roll Block The options and edit boxes of this block are only enabled if the conic Roll is se lected Create even Spacer Ring lf selected the width of the conic roll will be designed so that the remaining roll Space is a multiple of the value in the corresponding in steps of edit box This is very useful if the spacers should
28. fin diameter and fin width X A new material can also be created via new After closing the dialog with OK choose the changed material in the attributes lf you want to have for all rolls the same additions of the same material choose the same material by the rolls Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 115 COPRA DBMS Roll Database Contents COPRA DBMS Roll Database 1 Contents All COPRA database features are first described in detail Before showing the respective caption all respective icons are shown in order to give a better overview about the structure of the menu Secondly the approach for introduction in the database is described step by step 2 COPRA Database When installing COPRA a still empty database is established automatically You will find this database in the COPRA root directory subfolder CRDB Via the COPRA pull down menu DBMS settings however you also have access to an other database file For example this file could also be saved on a Server 2 1 DBMS Settings L L Function General settings for roll database For the settings of the COPRA database a dialogue box with the following options is available Data Base Displays the latest active database More Last Browse Allows selection from several databases Code Just for internal check SQL Logfile Allows you to make a protocol of all the actions carried out while you are working with the
29. first edit box as many rolls as possible will be created with the width shown in the sec ond edit box The value in the first edit box always has to be greater than or equal the value in the second edit box If not the value in the second edit box will be up dated automatically Result for the parameters of the example above 1 roll with a width of 100 00mm will be used Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 61 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Step 2 0 After the roll soace has been split into the rolls as defined in Step 1 0 some space may still remain If the remaining space can be divided by the value shown in the edit box then it equals the width of the roll Result for the parameters of the example above The still remaining roll space is 54 5mm and thus not divisible by 10 This step will be ignored Step 2 1 lf the remaining roll space to be filled up exceeds the value in the first edit box it will be reduced by the amount shown in the first edit box The value is displayed in the comment line for the purpose of information and is linked to the value in the edit box This new dimension is rounded up to the next value shown in the second edit box Together with the still remaining roll space it yields the final roll widths If the remaining roll space is less than the value shown in the first edit box this re mainder is the roll width Result for the parameters of the example above The remaini
30. for arc has to be entered after having selected the initial position After having selected the final position the radius has to be entered numerically 1 5 6 Delete one Entity pd Shortcut elo Function Delete individual roll entities by picking it with the crosshairs After selection individual roll entities can be deleted from the current pass by pick ing it with the crosshairs Entities picked will be removed The function is active until it is cancelled If the entity selected is already part of a roll the roll will be ex ploded and the entity picked will be deleted 1 5 7 Delete Block Ak Shortcut ebl Function Delete a block of roll entities by picking it with the crosshairs After selection a block of roll entities can be deleted from the current pass by pick ing it with the crosshairs Pick the first and last entity All entities between those two will be removed automatically The function is active until it is cancelled If one of the entities selected is already part of a roll the roll will be exploded and the corresponding entities will be deleted 40 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 5 8 Move one Entity l Shortcut elv Function Move an individual entity by picking it with the crosshairs Pick the entity to be moved with the crosshairs The displacement can be defined by picking a base point and a target point with the crossha
31. for the selection of the similar roll to the mother roll 1 10 3 1 roll automatically in current pass hhh Function Clone 1 roll automatically in the current station This icon is used to group rolls individually i e each type of clone is formed by manually selecting a mother roll Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the mother roll Later COPRA prompts a message containing the information about the number of rolls present in the group formed 1 10 4 Selected roll automatically in current pass hhh Function Clone the selected roll automatically in the current station This icon is used to group all type of identical rolls present in the current station Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the first roll 76 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Again COPRA prompts for the selection of the second roll Later COPRA prompts a message containing the information about the number of rolls cloned 1 10 5 all rolls automatically in current pass hhh Function Clone all rolls automatically present in the current station This icon can be used to clone all rolls automatically present in the current station Just after selecting this icon all the rolls present in the current pass are cloned into their respective groups automatically 1 10 6 1 roll automatically in pass selection iL Lif ll
32. forming work If a U channel is formed by the bottom rolls the roll soace refers to the bottom roll If it is formed by the top rolls the roll space refers to the top rolls COPRA automatically recognises how a section is formed Forming Rolls flexible Left If selected the forming rolls actually bending a leg left of the section forming point will be created In most cases the forming rolls will be in the bottom roll if e g the leg is formed towards the top roll Forming rolls can be compared to edge rolls COPRA automatically recognises how a section is formed so that a section can also be formed upside down Forming Rolls flexible Right lf selected the forming rolls actually bending a leg right of the section forming point will be created The same conditions as for Forming Rolls flexible Left described above are valid Holding Roll Left lf selected holding rolls will be created left of the section forming point Holding rolls are the counterparts of forming rolls They are necessary to fix the material so that the forming rolls can do the shaping work The holding rolls are always oppo site of the forming rolls If the forming rolls will be in the bottom roll the holding rolls are in the top roll and vice versa Holding Roll Right lf selected holding rolls will be created right of the section forming point The same conditions as for Holding Roll Left apply 60 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH CO
33. have even widths Create even Roll Diameter lf selected the smaller diameter of the roll will be extended until it is a multiple of the value in the corresponding in steps of edit box This is useful if at the smaller face of the roll an even diameter is required Settings Block Gap Width The definition of the gap width depends on the type of roll selected lf the align to Bottom roll is selected the gap width defines the distance of the cylindrical parts between top and bottom roll If the conic Roll or cylindrical Roll is selected the gap width defines the distance between the roll face and the strip edge This gap is especially required to avoid contact between the roll and the Strip edge when designing rolls for C channels Relief Angle Enter the relief angle of the holding roll with reference to the forming roll or to the leg of the section The relief angle is necessary to avoid friction between strip top and bottom roll caused by different velocities The edit box is disabled if a cylindri cal roll is being designed Offset Enter the offset of the radius of the holding roll with reference to the section Usu ally the offset is set to 0 Depending on the conditions it may be necessary to de fine a little offset e g to avoid squeezing of the material in the bends 68 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Minimum Length of Conic Part Enter the min
34. it needs to be converted for use with COPRA Select CAD Roll from the screen menu and follow these steps A new dialogue box is loaded Select the type of roll the polyline was designed for Only rolls with axes can be selected Pick the first contour polyline and press the lt ENTERs gt key The polyline will be converted into COPRA entities If cond poly line needs to be converted use the CAD Roll option again To design e g cylindrical entities use the F8 function key to switch the Ortho mode on The AutoCAD command fillet may be used to round off the contour The command may also be used for creating accessory rolls The contour of the roll can be created as an AutoCAD polyline Then it maybe converted into a roll using this function Requirements are that the axes have been created via the function Accessory Rolls from WZ Axis toolbar Wy Undercuts will not be converted correctly 1 6 The WZ Modify Entities toolbar Wee Modify entitie MZ Modity entities EJ mf a mm A th A TI IT A Independently of the way of roll creation COPRA or CAD options they very often will have to be adapted to the current design situation The options of the WZ Modify Entities toolbar provide all necessary possibilities to apply those changes 1 6 1 Modify Entities rT Function Opens a dialogue box providing the functions described below 46 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Roll
35. less as possible spacers on the edge symmetrical on the inside COPRA will fill up the shaft space on the edge and inside according to the values entered in the Block Top Bottom rolls and Side roll or the option grid and width from list with ass less as possible on the edge and symmetrically inside The Top Bottom Roll Block Add Rolls lf selected the remaining roll space is filled up with spacers for the selected passes The spacers inserted will be treated as if they would be normal rolls It is not possible to remove them from the passes by enabling Remove spacer s As far as COPRA standard numbering is concerned they have their own roll num ber They will be dimensioned via an automatic single roll function and appear in the cut list as well as in the final roll weight list Add Spacers lf selected the remaining roll space is filled up with spacers for the selected passes The spacers inserted will be treated as actual spacers It is possible to remove them from the passes by enabling Remove spacer s As far as COPRA standard numbering is concerned they will not have their own roll number They cannot be dimensioned via an automatic single roll function and do not appear in the cut list or the final roll weight list Remove Spacers lf selected the spacers inserted with the Add spacer s will be removed from the selected passes of Spacers Enter the outer diameter of the spacer rings to be inserted Minim
36. may select or enter a roll material 1 2 Roll bore By click on Roll bore COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Bore where you may enter the necessary parameters 1 3 Keyway By click on Keyway COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Bore where you may enter the necessary parameters for the keyway 1 4 Roll type top By click on Roll type top COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Treatment where you may select a roll type for the top roll 1 5 Roll type bottom By click on Roll type bottom COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Treatment where you may select a roll type for the bottom roll 1 6 Combination roll By click on Combination roll COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Treatment where you may set the toggle combination roll Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 1 Roll Attributes The Index Card Bore 1 7 Stamping number By click on Stamping number COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Stamping groove Here you may select the position of the stamping groove for the roll number 1 8 Stamping gr Width By click on Stamping gr Width COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Stamping groove where you may enter the width of the stamping groove 1 9 Stamping gr Depth By click on Stamping gr Depth COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Stamping groove where you may enter the depth of the stamping groove 1 10 Inn
37. modified and rotated The point of gravity maybe individu ally chosen and is be displayed on the screen 1 5 The WZ Entities toolbar WEZ Entitie Ml Si Wo el OW Ie eA After having defined the roll axes we can start with the actual roll design The rolls in COPRA are composed of three types of entities cylinder entities cone entities and radius entities which will finally be joined to rolls The WZ Entities toolbar provides all functions required for handling of roll entities 1 5 1 Entities Function Opens a dialogue box which allows you to select the functions described below 38 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 5 2 Entities for current Pass i Shortcut eem Function Predefine roll entities for section entities selected with the crosshairs To avoid a complete new design of the rolls the roll contour can automatically be predefined by picking the underlying section entities with the crosshairs In addi tion COPRA provides roll forming specific editing features that can be used to finish the roll contour In the Select Roller dialogue box only rolls with already defined axes can be se lected All other roll tyoes are disabled Roll entities will be created for the profile entities picked with the crosshairs and all in between Undercuts will be automati cally recognised by COPRA In areas like this no entities will be created
38. parametric model simply were impossible in the parametric model The biggest challenge in the development of the integrated COPRA RF SpreadSheet now was to adapt the parametric model in a way that it allows the user to do the same things as the non parametric model It should cover the best of both worlds the comfortable possibilities of parametric changes combined with the freedom of design Today we know we had underestimated the effort required resulting in the development of this version taking much longer than originally planned but we have finally met the target During the subsequent and thorough evaluation period we have ensured that the possibilities of the designer are in no way restricted by the new kernel There are a few minor limitations but this will in no way effect the COPRA RF workflow Naturally we have also taken into account that our customers will need to continue with their day to day business For that reason COPRA RF still includes the Classic method of Flower and Roll Design This enables the user to start a new Parametric project to investigate the potential with this workflow should it become clear that further experience is required with the parametric model before being able to continue then you can simply convert the Parametric project into a Classic project and continue as normal Remember new projects can still also be started as Classic project right
39. rolls the remaining roll space has to be filled up with spacers If this has to be done manually the procedure will be very time consuming The COPRA Spacers function automatically fills up the remaining roll space with spacers If selected the Spacer Rings dialogue box will be opened The Pass Numbers Block One The gap in a pass is closed Multiple Enter the pass number from which on the remaining shaft space should be filled up with spacers The edit box will be disabled if the all toggle is activated All If selected the remaining roll space of all passes will be filled up The From pass and to pass edit boxes will be disabled If not crossed the passes have to be se lected via the two edit boxes From Pass Enter the pass number from which on the remaining roll space should be filled up with spacers The edit box will be disabled if All is selected Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 55 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar To Pass Enter the pass number up to which the remaining roll space should be filled up with spacers The edit box will be disabled if All is selected File Name Enter a name for the file to be created for documentation of spacer ring width The extension CRF COPRA Result File will be added automatically The default filename is spacers The file created is a text file that can be loaded with any word processor Number of Tool Set Enter the number
40. spacer afterwards ATTENTION Requirement that a roll may be converted to spacer is that it con sists only of not rounded cylindrical or cone entities 58 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 7 15 Without Number t Function The spacer will not be numbered The spacer gets independent from the settings you made in COPRA Settings under Pass and Roll numbering no numbering You will be prompted to identify the spacer that should not get a numbering after selecting the function 1 7 16 With Number li Function Spacer gets numbering The spacer gets a numbering independent from the settings you made in COPRA Settings under Pass and Roll numbering Either it can be numbered as the rolls will be numbered or its dimensions will be shown This depends on the settings you made in COPRA Settings under Pass and Roll numbering 1 7 17 Default DE 3 Function Spacer gets default settings The settings made under COPRA Settings Pass and Roll numbering may be defined for the spacer using this function All previously made extra settings using the functionality explained above will no longer be taken into account 1 7 18 Automatic Roll Design nn Shortcut aro Function Automatic roll design feature Besides roll dimensioning the actual roll design is one of the most time consuming processes The automatic roll design fea
41. the from pass and up to pass edit boxes All Pass selection is done automatically If selected The pass numbers are shown in the corresponding edit boxes which are disabled The upto pass edit box con tains the number of passes saved in the database The value in the from pass edit box is 1 The pass set up for the calculation will be saved the selected passes will be shown as an Info line in the Create Sawing List dialogue box 3 3 Filename This function is only enabled if CADFinder is disabled This means that no CAD Finder needs to written next to CADFinder If selected the standard Filename dialogue box will be loaded The default exten sion should be CRF COPRA Result File Enter the file name to which the calcu lation results will be written If OK is selected the filename entered will be shown in the Create Sawing List dialogue box as an info line 3 4 CADFinder Document Title and Document Number for CADFinder may be defined via click on the right next to the buttons The file name is predefined Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 109 COPRA Roll Technology Cut List Material List Click the respective button next to subproject for creating a subproject You need to click into the field next to CADFinder for disabling CADFinder In the dia logue box Create Sawing list COPRA shows you if CADFinder is disabled via displaying CADFinder No A Yes will be displayed in case that it is enabled C
42. the total length including and excluding the cutting width of the blade 110 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Technology Spacer List 4 Spacer List Function Create a spacer list Creates a list with all in project available spacers You can set separately the position after decimal point for the diameter and for the length Start for that the spacer list It appears a dialog in which you can enter the position after decimal point Confirm with OK and the list will be created 5 NC Geometry Data NC After having finished roll design the rolls generally have to be produced COPRA offers three ways One method would be to create an ISO code for roll contours with the help of the NC data module NC data can be used for turning and milling of rolls as well as for milling of copy templates For displaying purposes all rolls are turned into the bottom roll in order to uniquely define zero point and processing direction Optionally you can also create the DXF files of the contour polylines separately The menu item Load existing file allows you to generate the NC codes for these files individually at any time Select the option to load the NC Data module Pass no 1 is displayed as the cur rent pass NC Code New DXF files will be created lf this feature is enabled new DXF files will be created 5 1 Create a DXF file lf only one DXF file is to be created Create DXF files only has
43. the surface of the roll will be coated Enter the type of mate rial and the thickness of the surface plating Material Enter the type of material of the surface plating Thickness Enter the thickness of the surface plating 4 11 Roll material Select the roll material you want to use Click on o a opens a table where you may enter all information you need for the material like gt Final width Raw Final Article code Allowance Y Vv VV WV Cutting time gt Costs The input can be saved in a crm file with the option save as This file can also be loaded for the next project with the option open By selecting the button new you may specify a new material to the list With Add data you can add the values for the new material 4 12 Roll type Selected or define a roll type from the list 8 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Roll Attributes The tab Additional Attributes 4 13 Combination roll By activating this toggle the roll gets the character combination roll 4 14 Driven By activating this toggle the roll gets the character driven 5 The tab Additional Attributes Roll Attributes C Projekte dataM Optimierung DEFATTRIBUT DB x General Bore Stamping groove Treatment Additional Attributes Number Aevisionindes Comment Manubacturing process INnserbed Surface finish 5 1 Number A special number can be given for roll description That can be shown in
44. to be enabled The following options will then be available Top roll bottom roll left roll right roll as well as the additional pass selection 5 2 Read existing File This function allows you to read in existing DXF files DXF file Reads in a DXF file COPRA Roll File Reads in a COPRA roll file Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 111 COPRA Roll Technology NC Geometry Data 5 3 Files There are several possibilities to assign a file name Automatic File Name If active the file will be automatically named after the respective roll number Program Number like File Name lf set the program number of the NC data is taken from the DXF file Program Number Displays the program number If the Toggle Program Number as File Name is not set a user specific program number can be entered 5 4 Roll Processing This function allows defining the processing direction of the DXF contours Same for all Rolls Processing direction is equal for all rolls Different for each Roll Processing direction can be changed for each roll If this function is executed the system asks for the processing direction of each roll Here the Processing Direction dialogue box is provided Current Roll Shows the current pass and the corresponding roll Origin Provides four possibilities for origin selection File Name Allows modifying of the file name Program Number Shows the current program number Co
45. 120 5 3 Delete one Roll 120 6 The CRDB Modify toolbar 121 6 1 CRDB Modify 121 6 2 Rename Order 121 6 3 Roll Number 121 6 4 Roll Geometry 122 7 The CRDB Search toolbar 122 7 1 Search CRDB 122 7 2 Search 122 7 2 1 Geometry Criteria 123 vI Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Table of Contents 7 2 2 Set new Values 7 2 3 Start Search 7 3 Last Search 8 Working with the Database Step by Step 9 Dxf Roll import 9 1 Activate project 9 2 Choose import file 9 3 Pass information 9 4 Reference points 9 5 Choose roll 9 6 Transfer info part 9 7 Settings 10 Tips and Tricks Index Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 123 123 124 125 127 127 128 128 128 129 129 129 130 131 Vil Roll Attributes The Index Card General Roll Attributes The dialogue box Roll attributes consists of five Index Cards General Bore Stamping Groove Treatment and Accessories only displayed if a roll gets specially attributes Default Attributes is Function Add default attributes to rolls By click on the icon Default Attributes opens the dialogue box for Roll Attrib utes which is described in the following 1 The Index Card General On the left side you will find the different options to choose On the right side is the current value displayed 1 1 Material By click on Material COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Treatment where you
46. 5 and 7 entity number 7 kmp third point is the centre of 5 entity number 5 xxxx5 1 ae 8 kmp 4 kmp 5 KKKKK 96 diameter command 2 and 4 of 4 of 5 8 width command comment line comment line roll characteristic xxxx 1 Ist dimension width command the intersection point between 5 and 7 8 chamfer command 1 1 chamfer command at the beginning of t point for the diameter distribution is at the beginning of nt is the contour intersection point between dimension perpendicular to axis direction command Special dimension comment datum line at the beginning of entity number 8 to the centre of entity number 4 to the centre of entity number 5 end of dimensioning file Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 3 Dimensioned Assembly Plan mme Function Create assembly plans as an AutoCAD drawing If the rolls have been designed with COPRA functions or the roll contours de signed in the CAD system have been converted for use with COPRA features like the Final Roller Weight Module or the Dimension Assembly Plan can be used When the function was selected the Assembly Plan dialogue box will be loaded Within AutoCAD COPRA is using two dimensioning styles called FULLDIAM and HALFDIAM In case they are not yet existing in the current drawing they will automatically be crea
47. 8 2 L1 Offset 1 2 8 3 W1 Width ring 1 2 8 4 L2 Offset 2 2 8 5 W2 Width ring 2 2 8 6 D Rings diameter 2 8 7 L11 Offset 11 2 8 8 L22 Offset 22 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1 1 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH h h MNMMOMDDODODUNMTUTUAUHAHATARAHRAARWWWWDWWWNNHNDM NHNNNNNNMD a 2a a anaana Table of Contents 3 The Index Card Stamping groove 3 1 Stamping number 3 1 1 None 3 1 2 left side 3 1 3 right side 3 1 4 on both sides 3 2 Stamping groove 3 2 1 Depth of stamping groove mm 3 2 2 Width of stamping groove mm 3 2 3 Inner mm 3 2 4 Min dist from roll contour mm 4 The Index Card Treatments Tolerance width mm Tolerance mm Truth of running mm Wobble of flywheel max mm Surface roughness SR Hardness HRC End surface grounded Fine turn hardened Depth of hardening 4 10 Surface plating 4 11 Roll material 4 12 Roll type 4 13 Combination roll 4 14 Driven 5 The tab Additional Attributes Number Revision index Comment Manufacturing process Inserted Surface finish Other Attributes Attributes one Roll 1 Selecting a roll 1 1 The Index Card Accessories ok Il a See ee ee 1 Insert 2 Delete 3 File path 4 Visible in 5 Comment 6 Part number Insertion point 8 left side 9 Centre 10 right side 11 pick point 12 Rotation angle How t
48. A Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Set up for one Station only The values in the list box can be changed via the edit boxes below To change the parameters of an individual station highlight it in the list and enter the new value in the edit box The default value shown in the edit box is the current one Pressing the lt ENTER gt or lt TAB gt key will update this parameter in the list box Dependencies of Roll Diameter Gear Ratio and Vertical Centre The parameters bottom roll diameter top roll diameter gear ratio and vertical cen tres depend on each other If one of the above mentioned values is changed two others will have to be adapted to fit the new conditions Highest priority is given to the vertical centres They only change if the user modifies them or if one of the other parameters is fixed To avoid deviations during re calculation the gear ratio is given as a five figure decimal The fixing Parameter ion ly Chan As the set up cannot always be defined as required due to the various interde pendencies Fixed is provided for the interdependent parameters described above One of the parameters can be fixed whereas the user can modify a sec ond parameter Simultaneously the third and fourth parameters are automatically recalculated by COPRA to fit the new conditions This function allows you to cre ate any required set up fR Diameter Advance A step up of the root diameter is quite often used in roll forming
49. For Width mm Enter the addition that is to be added to the final width If the final width is a frac tion the blank size will be a fraction also as long as the value in the Rounding Width edit box is zero The addition may also be zero Cutting Width mm Enter the blade width of the saw This value is used to calculate the required total length of a diameter The blade width may also be zero The Round up Block Diameter mm Enter the number to which the blank diameter should be rounded up If the diame ter is taken from the diameter list this edit box is disabled Example The final diameter is 160 50mm e The diameter addition is 5 00mm 6 The rounding diameter is set to 1 00mm o The diameter list is not used e The blank diameter will be 166 00mm Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 107 COPRA Roll Technology Cut List Material List Width mm Enter the number to which the blank width should be rounded up If the value is set to 1 the blank width will be set to the next integer Example The final width is 45 25mm o The width addition is 3 00mm e The rounding width is set to 1 00mm The blank width will be 49 00mm Gravity g cm Enter the specific gravity of the roll material used Usually 7 85g cm in decimal units or 0 2836lb inch if imperial units are used Use Material List You may select and save material lists via this option Load On selecting the button load t
50. Function Clone rolls present in different stations This icon is used to group similar rolls present in different stations automatically of the current project Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the roll of which the clone should be done Later the dialogue box Usage ap pears on the screen The dialogue box displays the number of similar rolls present in different stations Confirming the window Usage with Go On displays another dialogue a message containing the information about the total number of rolls in the clone 1 10 7 mirror and clone tool eS a Function Mirror roll tool and clone the same simultaneously This icon is used to mirror the rolls and cloned automatically Just after selecting the above icon the window Mirror rolls appears on the screen Mirror rolls Rolls The toggles top bottom left or right are activated depending upon the respec tive type of rolls to be mirrored Mirror axis The toggle Beginning of roll is activated for mirroring the rolls with start point of the roll as the reference for mirroring the rolls Similarly the toggle End of roll is activated for mirroring the rolls with end point of the roll as the reference for mirror ing the rolls Also activate the toggle Crosshairs for manually choosing the refer ence point for mirroring Later the rolls are mirrored and cloned automatically Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 77 COPRA Roll Desi
51. Left Right 30 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Table of Contents h h h a 4 IV 1 5 The WZ Entities toolbar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a a N ook N OMDNDOORWD 4 4 Accessory Rolls Axis 4 5 Axes Automatic 4 6 Move Axes 4 7 Move Rolls 4 8 Mirror Side Rolls 4 9 Driving Diameter 4 10 Change Roll Diameter 4 11 Rotate Side Roll Axes 4 12 Rotate Accessory Axis Entities Entities for current Pass Entities for Parts of Passes New Type of Entity Entities with Crosshairs Delete one Entity Delete Block Move one Entity Move Block 10 Edge Roll 1 5 11 Entities from Polyline aaan OONRDOARWND 6 The WZ Modify Entities toolbar 1 6 1 Modify Entities 1 6 2 Modify Entities 1 6 3 Split Entity 1 6 4 Delete Radius Entity 1 6 5 Replace Radius Entity 1 6 6 Insert Radius tangentially 1 6 7 Round Roll Corner 1 6 8 Round Roll Corner with Width 1 6 9 Chamfer The WZ Roll Groups toolbar 7 1 Roll Groups 2 Create Roll Groups 7 3 Move Roll Groups 1 4 Copy Roll Groups 7 5 Rotate Roll Groups 7 6 Delete Roll Groups 7 Explode Roll Groups 7 8 Explode Tool 9 Mirror Tool 7 10 Mirror Roll Group 7 11 Spacers 7 12 The Function Spacers interactively 7 13 Spacer to Roll 7 14 Roll to Spacer 15 Without Number 7 16 With Number Default 18 Automatic Roll Design
52. Manager Info field as they will be adopted without modifications User Info Three additional attributes are provided which can be used by the user independ ently Machine Info Enter plant information Roll Info Enter roll information Paper Info Enter scale and paper format 2 1 3 Recreate or Edit an Attribute The functionality explained in the following for creating attributes is standard Auto CAD functionality Please refer to the AutoCAD user manual or online help in case that you need further information Pre Requisite A layout from the drawing template has to be opened paper area has to be cho sen Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 85 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Create an Attribute The _ATTDEF command allows you to define new attributes You should be in Pre select mode and attribute designation entry prompt and value should be as signed simultaneously to COPRA Use the Select point function to position the attribute with the crosshairs in the text field Do not forget to form a group after having used Explode Make Attribute visible Apply Explode to the text field and the specifications can be viewed Edit Attributes Enter DDEDIT in the command line select and modify the attribute The designa tion is equal to the specification For a detailed description refer to the description of the dialogue fields Make Attributes invisible The Block function opens
53. PRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Design lf OK was selected the bends forming the legs need to be picked with the cross hairs COPRA is now able to determine to which side the section is formed and therefore will use the expressions top and bottom roll again After the bends have been picked the dialogue box for the settings control will be opened The selection in the first dialogue box will affect the enabled in the currently loaded one Selec tions may be disabled if they have been selected previously but they cannot be enabled if they have been disabled previously 1 7 18 2 Bottom Top Roll Method 1 If selected the remaining roll space in the centre of the section will be filled up with cylindrical rolls according to method 1 This method makes sure that the roll space is always filled up according to the standard selected Settings lf selected the Settings Bottom Top Roll Method 1 dialogue box will be opened lt allows customising of the values for that strategy An example will explain each step The example will be explained with the following parameters Roll space to be filled up with cylindrical rolls 154 50mm Step 1 value in first edit box 110 00mm Step 1 value in second edit box 100 00mm Step 2 1 value in edit box 10 00mm Step 2 2 value in first edit box 20 00mm Step 2 2 value in second edit box 10 00mm Step 1 0 lf the roll space to be filled up with cylindrical rolls exceeds the value in the
54. Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 83 100 47 121 4 53 4 35 35 111 111 113 33 97 105 34 34 117 117 45 21 89 45 22 88 42 12 121 50 101 15 42 104 69 27 28 53 38 63 107 90 84 101 122 60 11 117 117 88 64 58 30 31 Index Side Roll Data Side Roll left Side Roll right Spacer Rings Spacers Spacers interactively Split an individual roll entity SQL Logfile T Thickness Tips and Tricks Title Block Top and bottom roll axes Top and Bottom Roll Data Top Roll Fill Top Roll left Top Roll right Top Bottom Roll U Use Database W Width of Cone Width of Cylinder Width of Roll Write Roll Set to file 20 66 67 64 55 58 49 116 28 130 98 D132 20 70 67 70 37 117 42 42 42 22 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Am Marschallfeld 17 83626 Valley Germany www datam de August 2011 data M Sheet Metal Solutions
55. a M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 75 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 10 The tool bar Clone rolls clone rolls OE A ROD Oe Oa Ree Rio es The clone rolls toolbar contains various icons required for grouping identical type of rolls Clone rolls are nothing but a group of rolls with identical geometric prop erties such as width diameter bore keyway etcThe icon Clone Rolls e Function Used to start cloning of rolls Selection of this icon from the toolbar Design Rolls displays the toolbar Clone rolls 1 10 1 Clone roll s manually in current Pass Function To clone 1 rolls manually in an individual station This icon is used to group identical rolls of a station Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selections of the mother roll to clone COPRA prompts for the selection of the roll similar to the mother roll Just after selecting the mother and the other similar rolls the rolls are cloned 1 10 2 Clone rolls to clipboard ce Function Clone similar rolls present in different stations by manually navigating between the sta tions This icon is used to group identical rolls present in the different stations in a project Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the mother roll The toolbar Clone clipboard appears on the screen Use the icons Scroll front or Scroll back to navigate to the required station Later select the icon assign to roll Again COPRA prompts
56. ai Grr N COPRA RF 2011 COPRA H1 H4 H6 Roll Design amp Roller Technology DBMS Roll Database data M Sheet Metal Solutions Copyright data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Unlawful reproduction in any way of this manual and its contents is strictly prohibited data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH makes no warranty either expressed or implied regarding these materials and makes these materials available solely on an As is basis In no event shall data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH be liable to anyone for special collateral incidental or consequential damages in connection with the use of the materials provided The sole liability to data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH shall not exceed the purchase price of the materials described here in Information in the manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor The software described in this manual is furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement Disclaimer data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH This document contains the information about the steps involved in using the functionalities icons present in the software COPRA RF 2011 The objective of this document is to make the user familiar with the functionalities icons available in COPRA RF 2011 Also the examples considered in this document are in view of the above said objective o
57. al Solutions GmbH Roll Attributes The Index Card Treatments 3 2 1 Depth of stamping groove mm Enter the value for the depth of stamping groove in mm 3 2 2 Width of stamping groove mm Enter the value for the width of stamping groove in mm 3 2 3 Inner mm Enter the value for inner diameter of the stamping groove in mm 3 2 4 Min dist from roll contour mm Enter the minimum distance of the stamping groove from roll contour in mm 4 The Index Card Treatments 4 1 Tolerance width mm Enter the tolerance of the width in mm 4 2 Tolerance mm Enter the tolerance of the bore in mm 4 3 Truth of running mm Enter the value for the truth of running in mm 4 4 Wobble of flywheel max mm Enter the value for the wobble of flywheel in mm 4 5 Surface roughness SR Enter the value for the surface roughness in um 4 6 Hardness HRC Enter the value for the hardness 4 7 End surface grounded Here you can define if the end surface should be grounded 4 8 Fine turn hardened Here you can define if the roll should be fine turn hardened Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 7 Roll Attributes The Index Card Treatments 4 9 Depth of hardening Here you can define the depth of the hardening process Fully hardened The roll will be fully hardened Depth of hardening mm Enter the depth of hardening in the edit box in mm 4 10 Surface plating Here you can define if
58. an AutoCAD dialogue box Select the respective block e g title block A4 and use the crosshairs to draw a window around the entire title block with the help of Select objects Overwrite the existing block Re define model Area Enter MVIEW in the command line After having used Explode the model area can be lost Redefine the model area with the help of the MV EW command Make sure that the crosshair option is active and draw a window around the de sired model area Designations in the Text Field To enter a designation the Text function has to be used Enter the name with the Text command and position an attribute behind 2 1 4 CADFinder The dimensioned single rolls can automatically be transferred into COPRA RF CADFinder A click on the button opens a small dialogue in which the option for using COPRA RF CADFinder can be enabled The following options are avail able Create Subproject COPRA automatically creates a subfolder for the roll drawings in the current pro ject if you enable this toggle Document Number You may define a drawing number for the dimensioned single roll drawings using this option 86 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 1 5 Machine Machine lf selected the Machine data dialogue box appears For a detailed description of the functions refer to General Functions Machine data 2 1 6 Hatch Allows selection of a hatching ty
59. axis the Y co ordinates of the axes start and end point of the side rolls the entity number the Y co ordinate of the bottom and top roll edge the radius of the bottom and top roll edge the fillet radius 1 2 2 Data of Top Rolls LJ Function List the entity data of the top roll on the text screen lf selected all entity data of the top roll will be listed on the text screen 20 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 2 3 Data of Bottom Rolls i Function List the entity data of the bottom roll on the text screen lf selected all entity data of the bottom roll will be listed on the text screen 1 2 4 Data of left Side Rolls Ji Function List the entity data of the left side roll on the text screen If selected all entity data of the left side roll will be listed on the text screen 1 2 5 Data of right Side Rolls iL Function List the entity data of the right side roll on the text screen If selected all entity data of the right side roll will be listed on the text screen 1 2 6 Data Top and Bottom Rolls Lal rh Function List the entity data of top and bottom roll on the text screen If selected all entity data of the top and bottom roll will be listed on the text screen 1 2 7 Data of Side Rolls Jil Function List the entity data of the left and right side roll on the text screen lf selected all entity data of the left and right sid
60. ber is displayed in the drawing Draw and dimensioning in Assembly Position The individual roll will be completely dimensioned in the assembly plan Colour Defines the selected colour number from the layer 2 1 8 Reference Reference Edge for Roll Widths Allows selection of the reference edge for width dimensioning regarding the top bottom and side rolls Split Points for Roll Diameter Allows selection of the reference edge for diameter dimensioning regarding the top bottom and side rolls Dimension Lines Allows you to predefine the distance of the reference lines Dimensioning inside Roll All reference lines are positioned in the roll Having closed the dialogue box by selecting OK further functions are available in the basic dialogue box Sequence of Rolls The rolls can be dimensioned according to a certain sequence Individually axis by axis or all together Having closed the dialogue box by selecting OK another dialogue box is opened which is similar to the previous one except of a few differences Drawing Frame See The Block Drawing Settings Title Block See The Block Drawing Settings Machine For a detailed description refer to General Functions 88 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools mpin roove Here you can define the side on which the hollow out for the roll number is to be positioned Hatch See The Block Drawing Settings
61. ce in the centre of the section will be filled up with cylindrical rolls according to Method 2 The remaining roll soace between the form ing rolls is filled up by a user defined number of rolls It also provides the possibil ity to use Spacer rings Settings If selected the Settings Bottom roll Method 2 dialogue box will be opened The number and the width of cylindrical rolls can be individually defined An allowance can be used Space Leg to Leg Shows the distance of the actual intersection points the allowance used and the final dimension the remaining roll soace between two forming rolls will be filled up with Split into X similar Rolls without Spacer Rings lf selected the remaining roll space will be filled up with similar rolls of the width X shown in the associated dialogue box The resulting Roll width will be shown in the dialogue box below Split into X Rolls and Y Spacer Rings lf selected the remaining roll space will be filled up with X rolls and Y spacer rings shown in the associated dialogue boxes Depending on the number of rolls and Spacer rings selected the widths will be shown in the dialogue boxes below If more than 3 rolls are used all inner rolls will have the same width Inner rolls are those rolls which are not in contact with a forming roll Spacer Rings The number of spacer rings valid depends on the number of rolls the remaining roll space is split into The valid range for the number of s
62. change file will be created In the next step the dimension of the primary section is changed and the rolls are loaded from the exchange files with the necessary offset The primary section should be saved as an archive file before it will be changed To create the exchange files for combined rolls the following steps are required Enter the pass number from which the roll exchange files are to be created The default pass is 1 Enter the pass number up to which the passes should be written to the exchange file The default is the highest pass number of the existing stations Enter T for the Top or B for the Bottom roll depending on the roll for which the ex change files are to be created Select the side for which the exchange file should be created The reference point is always the section forming point Enter L if the rolls left of the section forming point is to be saved enter R if the right side is to be saved Enter Y if the roll at the section forming point is to be saved If not enter N re spectively If Y was entered the roll either needs to cover the section forming point or one edge has to have at least the same X co ordinate as section forming point Usually this is the right edge of a roll being left of the section forming point or the left edge of a roll being right of it If the roll covers the section forming point it should only be saved for one side Usually this will be the left side Enter a filename for the exchan
63. ctive functions are not available 3 Parameter Function General settings for the rolls For the settings of the COPRA database parameters the following dialogue box is available Selection of Machine The used machine is selected You will find a detailed description of these settings in the module for single roll dimensioning Selection of Material You can choose your standard roll material When choosing the material it will be pre set however it can also be modified at a later stage if necessary Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 117 COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Save Get toolbar Entering Customer and Drawing Numbers In these dialogue boxes the numbering of the rolls can be pre set These values are also saved in the info field of the project manager and are prompted when de fining a project Modification of both values in the project manager leads to an automatic actualisation of the database settings Bore Details In the lower part of the dialogue box you will find the rolls bore data for your infor mation w Make sure that the settings you choose here are correct Incorrect data may later lead to the system not being able to find a roll with these cri teria 4 1 CRDB Save Get H Function Transfer and load individual rolls With these features all rolls of a project and single rolls can be transferred into the database and can also be reloaded from the database
64. ctory COPRA Rollforming COPRA DWT ACAD select the currently installed ACAD Re lease COPRA A3 A4 DWT Copy this template to the Template subdirec tory of your ACAD directory Start AutoCAD with COPRA A3 A4 dwt The following gives you an explanation about the settings Edit Drawing Frame lf this toggle is set the roll is displayed in a drawing template The dialogue box will allow you to define the respective settings If this toggle is not set a drawing template will not be used Only the roll and its dimensions will be displayed on screen Consequently the Text field function is deactivated too Model lf the toggle Automatic zooming is set the function Scale will not be active The drawing is adjusted to the frame with the help of zoom limits If this function is not set the respective scale is selected 100 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Layout In the edit boxes the layouts for the created drawing templates have to be defined Additionally the desired scale has to be entered If the max toggle is set the re sult is equal to Automatic zooming A The name of the layout view has to be taken from the drawing template If the names differ the layout will not be found and the drawing can consequently not be displayed Delete not used Layouts If this function is active the layouts unused will be deleted from the selected draw ing template i e t
65. drawing frame 98 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Explanation of Dialogue Fields First Column Name Equals the name of the entry If this toggle is set the attribute is used Cannot be viewed in the text field In AutoCAD Entry Second Column Value Defines the value which actually occurs in the text field In AutoCAD Default Third Column Specification Displays the attribute s specification and is not visible in the text field If this setting is changed the AutoCAD setting has to be changed accordingly In AutoCAD Specification 2 3 5 Recreate or Edit an Attribute The functionality explained in the following for creating attributes is standard Auto CAD functionality Please refer to the AutoCAD user manual or online help in case that you need further information Requirements A layout from the drawing template needs to be opened and paper area has to be chosen Create an Attribute The _ATTDEF command allows you to define new attributes You should be in Preselect mode and atiribute designation entry prompt and value should be as signed simultaneously to COPRA Use the Select point command to position the attribute with the crosshairs in the text field Do not forget to form a group after having used Explode Make Attribute visible Apply Explode to the text field and the specifications can be viewed Edit Attributes Enter_DDEDIT in t
66. dth right in mm 2 6 Undercut from width Define the width the undercut Is used for 2 Details Shows a picture with the values 2 8 The Index Card Snap rings You may add snap rings in this index card Fig 3 Snap rings 2 8 1 Add snap rings By enabling this toggle the input fields for the parameters are activated 2 8 2 L1 Offset 1 Enter the distance of the first offset Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 5 Roll Attributes The Index Card Stamping groove 2 8 3 W1 Width ring 1 Enter the width of the first snap ring 2 8 4 L2 Offset 2 Enter the width of the second offset 2 8 5 W2 Width ring 2 Enter the width of the second snap ring 2 8 6 D Rings diameter Enter the diameter of the snap ring 2 8 7 L11 Offset 11 Enter the offset for the next snap ring see picture above 2 8 8 L22 Offset 22 Enter the offset for the next snap ring see picture above 3 The Index Card Stamping groove 3 1 Stamping number You may choose between the options none left side right side and on both sides 3 1 1 None No stamping number will be created 3 1 2 left side The stamping number will be created on the left side 3 1 3 right side The stamping number will be created on the right side 3 1 4 on both sides The stamping number will be created on both sides 3 2 Stamping groove Enter the necessary parameters for the stamping groove 6 Copyright by data M Sheet Met
67. e If this is not the case the specified shape tape file will not be accepted Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 91 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Characteristics e The system will verify automatically whether the indicated entity combination will correspond to an inverted sequence of entities as it would be with mir rored rolls In this case the following entity numbers will be interpreted in the opposite sense of counting from left to right or from top to bottom e Dimensioning commands A dimensioning Command Line is put together from Four asterisks command number number of roll side 1 or 2 e A dimensioning command will be followed by a comment line Below that the dimensioning instructions will follow sequentially in individual lines type of point o entity numbers o type of point o entity numbers etc O The file end will be recognised by five following asterisks Syntax of dimensioning Commands Type of dimension Number of points required Ld E 1 dimension width 2 dimension diameter ft 3 dimension chamfer _ i 4 dimensionin axis direction gt 5 dimension perpendicular to axis direction gt 2 00 6 auxiliary angle lines between 3 points 3 1st 2nd centre Number of Roll Side Roll type Dimensioned roll side ee ee Top and Bottom rolls top bottom Side rolls left right The number of roll side determines where the di
68. e The radii of curvature of the two entities are not equal e The intersection point is defined on the side of the element with the smallest positive curvature It is assumed that the smaller arc element as a fillet will define the border of an element Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 95 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 2 2 Example of a Dimensioning File COPRA dimensioning file KZRRRRZK Width comment line ae 1 of entity number one sp to the 2 entity number 4 entity number kmp to the centre 4 entity number kmp to the centre 5 entity number ee to the end of 8 entity number xxxx11 2nd dimension Width comment line Sp datum line at 5 entity number 7 entity number ee to the end of 8 entity number xxxx31 1st dimension Chamfer comment li datum line at beginning intersection point between from the beginning of ne ae 1 entity number ee to the end of 1 entity number K EKK3Z 2nd dimension Chamfer comment line ee from the end of 8 entity number 8 ae to the beginning of 8 entity number 8 ANE dimension Diameter comment line ae split 6 entity number 6 ae diameter 2 entity number 2 rmin minimum diameter between 3 entity number 3 and 6 entity number 6 ee diameter at the end of 7 entity number 7 xxxx61 auxiliar angle lines command Angle lines comment ee first point at end of 4 entity number 4 sp second poi 5 entity number
69. e detailed definition of attributes the single stations are shown in nu merical order When transferring the rolls into the database only the 3 values can be modified o Roll number Class Material The procedure for the roll number and classification is the same as for the detailed definition The rolls are now transferred into the database together with their assigned attrib utes For this purpose you need to enter an order name The already saved order names are listed If you choose an existing order name you can overwrite it with the new design parameters or you can add the rolls to the existing order As soon as the transfer is finished the COPRA database is automatically actualised so that all entered attributes are ready for use and can be called off via the roll info at any time 4 3 Saving a Single Roll mc mo Function Saves a single roll This function allows transference of a single roll into the database You can use the same options you already know from Save all rolls If you wish to save the roll in an existing order then the roll should be added to this order If you overwrite the existing order it will subsequently contain only the one saved roll 4 4 Get Order from Database Te a Function Loads an existing order from database A set of rolls that is saved in the database can be loaded again All you need to do is select the respective order from the list of existing order lw While loading an e
70. e dimension between the contour intersection points of the selected bends Allowance I r 2x Shows the allowance to be added to the left and right edge between the contour intersection points This value depends on the allowance method selected below New fill up Dimension Shows the actual width of the cylindrical rolls which will be inserted It may be greater than or equal the dimension between the contour intersection points Round off If selected the fill up dimension will be rounded off to the value shown in the be longing dialogue box Round off to Enter the value the dimension between points should be rounded off to The dialogue box is only enabled if selected Per mm Strip Thickness lf selected the corresponding allowance shown in the dialogue box will be added per 1mm strip thickness to the dimension between points Fixed lf selected the corresponding allowance shown in the dialogue box will be added to the dimension between points Bending Angle If selected the allowance added to the dimension between points depends on the bending angle Selecting Table will open the Allowance dialogue box The allowance can be adapted for the bending angles shown Preview The calculated values will be shown in a new dialogue box Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 63 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 7 18 3 Bottom Top Roll Method 2 lf selected the remaining roll spa
71. e of the flange The current angle of the leg can be found in the Length of following cylinder block The flange angle has to be greater than the current bend angle and less than 90 Relief lf the relief is zero the flange will exactly begin at the end of the leg If contact is to be avoided between the section and the flange a relief can be entered The relief entered will extend the leg of the roll The Length of following Cylinder Block A cylindrical part is added to flange or edge rolls for two reasons to avoid sharp corners and to increase the stability of the roll against breakage COPRA pro vides two possibilities to add a cylinder Bending Angle XX from Table lf selected the width of the cylinder will be taken from a table Pressing the Ta ble button can modify the values of the table The width of the cylinder depends on the current bend angle The current bend angle is displayed in the same line The cylinder width refers to the contour intersection point between cone and cylin der In Steps of XX mm to Machine Side lf selected the width of the cylinder is calculated according to the values entered in the steps and minimum width edit boxes Very often the roll space to be filled with spacers should be an even dimension The dimensions to be filled with spac ers will be rounded up until it is a fraction of the value in the steps edit box The minimum cylinder width will be according to the value entered in t
72. e reference to COPRA and to the template is not available You need to take care that the here defined specifications are identical to the specifications of your attributes in template The classifications Project Info Machine Info User Info Roll Info and Paper Info are available for activating attributes Via click on the respective group the attributes may be chosen and enabled Enabling the respective toggle on the left side of it can enable attributes The value for the attribute may be defined on the right side under Value In the column under specification may the respective specification be set E g Project Value Project name Specification Project The specification must be the same as the attribute name in the title block Explanation of Dialogue Fields Fist Column Name Equals the name of entry If set the attribute is used It cannot be viewed in the text field In AutoCAD Entry 84 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Second Column Value Defines the value which actually occurs in the text field In AutoCAD Default Third Column Specification Displays the attribute s specification and is not visible in the text field If this setting is changed the AutoCAD setting has to be changed accordingly In AutoCAD Spezification The individual Dialogue Fields Project Info Values in the Project Info dialogue box are changed in the Project
73. e roll will be listed on the text screen 1 2 8 Print Data Ih af Function Print roll data The roll data of the current pass can be written to a file After having assigned a file name the file is saved to the sub directory Info in the Project directory Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 21 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 3 The WZ Utility toolbar Wet Utility Cee Ee ane ER Be Se ee ace 1 3 1 WZ Utility ate Function Opens a dialogue box in which the functions described below can be selected The WZ Utility toolbar options control the exchange of roll data for e g combined roll sets In combination with the FLOWER Adapt Flower Module a very powerful tool for combining roll sets is provided 1 3 2 Store Roll Set IA at Function Write Roll Set to file lf selected all entity and roll data of the current pass will be written to a file The filename is composed of a constant string and the pass number If the roll data of pass number 2 are written to a file the filename created will be WERKZG02 CXF The extension CXF stands for COPRA Exchange File The file and its location will be displayed in the command line This option allows the copying of a com plete pass All roll data including the axes position will be copied as they are If a step up is being used or if the station the rolls are copied to has a different gear ratio the axes will have to be re defined
74. e side roll axes Enter N for numeric input of the movement The horizontal and vertical movement can be entered in the command line If a horizontal movement is applied both top and bottom roll axis will be moved The same applies for the vertical movement of the side roll axes 1 4 7 Move Rolls IP Shortcut rav Function Move rolls along the roll axes In some cases only the rolls have to be moved along their axis After selecting the function a dialogue box is loaded and the axis the rolls are to be moved along has to be chosen Two possibilities are provided to move the axes 1 Use the crosshairs to define the movement of the axes Pick the reference point and the target point with the crosshairs The rolls will be moved along their axis accordingly Top and bottom rolls can only be moved horizontally side rolls can only be moved vertically Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 35 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 2 Enter N for numeric input of the movement The movement along the axis can be entered in the command line With a negative value top and bottom rolls will be moved to the left whereas side rolls will be moved downwards Positive values will do vice versa Top and bottom rolls can only be moved horizontally and side rolls can only be moved vertically 1 4 8 Mirror Side Rolls Shortcut ssp Function Mirror existing side rolls In general side rolls are not symmetrical however
75. ee in the window the preview of the wblock Now you define the insert point on the selected roll Go to pick point and use the error button to select the point on the roll Confirm the dialogue box accessories with o k To save now this inserted accessory in the COPRA data base you have to write an archive file If you go now through the design pass by pass you will have displayed if existing the accessory in the appending pass lf you want to delete the accessory from the roll use the function default at tribute for a roll Select the roll and all special definitions are deleted The general settings are again set for this roll 2 Display attributes in the roll drawing some important attributes can be displayed in the roll drawing To do so you will find in the single roll dimensioning module under title block an option called Addi tional roll info In this dialogue box you can activate and deactivate different at tributes The attributes are connected to the AutoCAD drawing and will be updated automatically 14 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Roll Numbering The Column Selection Roll Numbering Function Individual roll numbering global for all or for single projects X You may define an own roll numbering for your company here The settings are either valid for all projects or for the current one depending on your set tings A dialogue opens if you click the icon Roll numbering ATTENTION
76. er Radius Radius or Radius Radius Cylinder Cone Radius Radius or Radius Radius Cone After the radius has been replaced the next can be replaced instantly without se lecting the function again For entity combinations with one radius only use the Delete R function 50 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 6 6 Insert Radius tangentially Shortcut ret Function Fillet 2 entities This function places a fillet radius between two entities Use the crosshairs to click inside one of the entities close to their intersection point Enter the fillet radius The fillet will be placed between the two entities Two possibilities are provided The two desired entities have equal diameters at their point of contact The fillet will change the width of both entities and be placed tangentially to them The two desired entities do not have the equal diameters at their point of contact The fillet will change the width of one entity only and be placed tangentially be tween the contour of one entity and the face of the other entity After the fillet has been placed the next can be placed instantly without selecting the function again The default value of the fillet is now the previously used one 1 6 7 Round Roll Corner T Shortcut rec Function Fillet 1 entity This function places a fillet radius at the corner of an entity Use the crosshairs to click inside the e
77. er Diameter By click on Inner COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Stamping groove where you may enter the inner diameter of the stamping groove 1 11 Bearing By click on Bearing COPRA automatically switches to the Index Card Bore where you may enter the for the bore necessary parameters 1 12 Roll number By click on Roll number you can enter a special number for the selected roll only activated if a roll gets specially attributes 1 13 Roll type You may switch between Top and Bottom rolls Side rolls and Spacers for Top Bottom and Left Right On the right side above you will see the current values for each roll type 2 The Index Card Bore 2 1 Bore mm Please enter the bore diameter in mm 2 2 Width of Keyway mm Enter the width of the keyway in mm 2 3 Depth of Keyway mm Enter the depth of keyway in mm 2 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Roll Attributes The Index Card Bore 2 4 Chamfer of bore mm Enter the chamfer of bore in mm 2 5 Bore fit Enter a fit for the bore for e g H7 2 6 The Index Card Bearing This Index Card provides four options you may enter no bearing bearing for both or for left and right side 2 6 1 None By selecting this option the edit boxes are disabled and no bearing is set 2 6 2 Double sided By selecting this option you may enter the values of bearing for the left and the right side of the roll 2 6 3 Left bott
78. erted into a classic Roll via the icon convert fd to classic rolls Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 73 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 9 12 Settings The hatch like show visible edges can be specified via the Icon Settings Win the toolbar Edit Rolls J show visible edges J Hatch Patter ANSI31 Factor automatically Abbrechen hatch show visible edges K you have activated show visible edges these appear at a undercut roll 1 9 13 Write Inventor Interface The profile and the regarding rolls of the current COPRA project can be created in the CAD system Inventor as 3D model For that the project has to be exported in COPRA and imported in the Inventor with the COPRA interface The resulting assembly plan of that is able to be positioned and inserted as refer ence in ever ever assembly e g complete machine design 1 9 13 1 Export project for Inventor Write Inventor Interface Function Create the project data for inventor All necessary data are create automatically from the COPRA data base To create the project data for Inventor click on the icon 0 Write Inventor Inter face in the toolbar Edit Rolls 1 9 13 2 Import COPRA Projekt in Inventor COPRARF X Inventor menu point COPRA RF create project Function Create Project 74 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Soluti
79. f you move the roll the accessory will also be moved Absolute Define the reference point for the accessory absolute This means if you move the roll the accessory stays on the first originally defined place 1 1 8 left side Define the insert point for the accessory on the left side of the roll 1 1 9 Centre Define the insert point for the accessory in the middle of the roll 12 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Attributes one Roll Selecting a roll 1 1 10 right side Define the insert point for the accessory on the right side of the roll 1 1 11 pick point Define the insert point for the accessory by selecting with crosshairs 1 1 12 Rotation angle You may rotate the accessories before inserting it Relative Enter the value you want the accessories to be rotated with O degree means the angle of the roll 1 2 How to use Accessories W Make sure that you also change the directory of the COPRA accessory path if the directory of the accessory files changes COPRA can t find the attached accessory and cannot display it if the path is not identically 1 2 1 Steps in AutoCAD gt Go to the COPRA pass Draw the accessories with AutoCAD Functions gt Delete all objects and lines which created by COPRA and not belonging to the accessories gt Enter the command wblock in the AutoCAD command line x The command wblock creates an extern block that is not saved in the cur re
80. for defining the fillet radii between cone and cylinder 1 Constant fillet radii If crossed the fillet radius between cone and cylinder will be constant regardless of the bend angle The fillet radius used can be en tered in the corresponding edit box Depending on is disabled If this is not crossed Depending on will be enabled and the Constant fillet radii dia logue box will be disabled 2 Depending on If selected a new dialogue box is opened showing the set up of the fillet radii depending on the bending angle and the roll diameter The default for all radii is 5 The user should adapt the actual radii used Final Radius of Cylinder Enter the fillet radius at the cylinder Final Radius of Cone Enter the fillet radius at the cone Pressing the OK or Cancel will unload the Radii of Edge Roll dialogue box The Edge Roll dialogue box will be active again Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 45 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 5 11 Entities from Polyline LAD Shortcut rrv Function Design a contour as a polyline and convert it for use with COPRA A continuous roll contour can be simply designed with standard AutoCAD com mands and then being redrawn with a polyline The user may design multiple poly lines In this case make sure that the polylines are not drawn on layers used by COPRA and that the Delete options are set to COPRA layers only After the polyline has been designed
81. from the beginning With this method the workflow is the one the designer is already familiar with Finally we want to thank all our customers for their confidence and faithfulness during all these years The COPRA RF Software as it is today is not only the result of many years of development but also the result of the feedback we have received from our valued customers Of course we hope that this version matches your expectations and would of course appreciate your feedback Valley 01 08 201 1 The data M team Table of Contents Table of Contents Roll Attributes Default Attributes 1 The Index Card General Material Roll bore Keyway Roll type top Roll type bottom Combination roll Stamping number Stamping gr Width Stamping gr Depth 0 Inner Diameter 1 11 Bearing 1 12 Roll number 1 13 Roll type 2 The Index Card Bore 2 1 Bore mm 2 2 Width of Keyway mm 2 3 Depth of Keyway mm 2 4 Chamfer of bore mm 2 5 Bore fit 2 6 The Index Card Bearing 2 6 1 None 2 6 2 Double sided 2 6 3 Left bottom 2 6 4 Right top 2 6 5 Insert undercut 2 6 6 Bearings symmetrical 2 6 7 Details 2 The Index Card Undercut 2 1 Add undercut 2 7 2 D of the undercut mm 2 7 3 R Fillet of undercut mm 2 7 4 L1 Supporting width left mm 2 7 5 L2 Supporting width right mm 2 6 Undercut from width 2 7 7 Details 2 8 The Index Card Snap rings 2 8 1 Add snap rings 2
82. g e Dimensioned Assembly Plan 2 Roll Weight Function Calculate the final roll weight for the rolls saved in the database After having finished roll design the weight of the finished roll can be defined The final roll weight is that of an individual roll taking the contour and the borehole into account When the option was selected from the screen menu the Create Roller Weight List dialogue box will be loaded 2 1 Settings If selected a new dialogue box listing the set up parameters will be opened Gravity g cm3 Enter the specific gravity of the roll material used Usually 7 85g cm in decimal units or 0 2836lb inch if imperial units are used 104 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Technology Roll Weight Machine lf selected the Machine data dialogue box will be opened A detailed description of the possibilities provided with this feature can be found under General Informa tion Machine Data 2 2 Pass Selection lf selected the Selection of Passes dialogue box will be opened providing the following settings No of Passes Shows the number of passes currently saved in the database Single Enter the pass number for which the final roll weight should be calculated Only one forming stage will be calculated Multiple Enter the range of passes the final roll weight should be calculated for in the from pass and up to pass edit boxes All If selected the Pass selec
83. ge file Use a name that is easy to remember e g TL for the top left side TR for the top right side BL for the bottom left side and BR for the bottom right side The roll data will be written to the exchange file for the selected passes This may take a few seconds depending on the number of passes and on the computer memory Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 23 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 3 5 Write single Part of Path i Function Write Single Roll to file With the Write SQ function only complete passes can be exchanged The Write SR function also allows to exchange individual rolls Pick the first entity of the roll to be copied Pick the last entity of the roll to be copied Enter the filename for the exchange file Single rolls can also be imported via the Read Part of Passes T B option 1 3 6 Read Part of Passes E Function Read Sequence of passes into the database This function is the final link for combined roll sets It reads the exchange files cre ated by the Write SQ function into the database Before the function is used the following preparations should be made e Save the primary roll set by using the Archive Module Create the adapted flower by using the AdaptFlo Module e Load the Rolls Module and delete all passes by using the Delete DB func tion To import the rolls from the exchange files including the necessary offset select the Read SQ function from the screen
84. gn The Design Rolls toolbar 1 10 8 mirror and clone roll ilil Function Mirror the individual roll tool and clone the same simultaneously This icon is used to mirror a single roll and create a clone of the same automati cally Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the roll to be mirrored Selecting the reference point for the mirroring the selected roll is mir rored and cloned automatically 1 10 9 copy and clone roll oij Function Copy a roll tool and clone the same simultaneously This icon is used to copy a single roll and create a clone of the same automati cally Just after selecting the above icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the roll to be copied Later COPRA prompts for the selection of the reference point for copying the roll Again COPRA prompts for selecting the target point for past ing the roll The roll is pasted and cloned automatically 1 10 10 Copy roll Function Copy a clone group and paste the same at the required point in the required station of the current project Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the first roll and second roll of the clone Later COPRA prompts for the selection of the reference point for copying the clone and the toolbar Clone Clipboard appears on the screen Just use the icons Scroll back or Scroll forward to navigate to the re quired station in the CADFinder Again select the icon insert roll s to paste
85. h of Axis Total length of the side roll axis 30 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar POA Axis top The point of unfolding is the reference point of the horizontal position of the side roll axis Here the distance between the upper end of the side roll axis and the point of unfolding can be set numerically Get top Point of Axis The upper end of the side roll axis can be picked with the crosshairs POA Axis Bottom D The point of unfolding is the reference point of the horizontal position of the side roll axis Here the distance between the lower end of the side roll axis and the point of unfolding can be set numerically Get Bottom Point of Axis The lower end of the side roll axis can be selected with the crosshairs Distance of Axes The axis distance can be set for the left and right side roll If the axis distance is modified the reference radii will be adjusted accordingly 1 4 4 Accessory Rolls Axis Function Create axis for accessory rolls This function allows to create special axes for accessory rolls The number of ac cessory rolls is unlimited they may have any position Nearly all known features for COPRA RollDesign are available Only the functions from the toolbars Info and Utilities are not available Further no spacer rings can be inserted and the fully automatic roll design is also not possible 1 4 5 Axes Automatic iP
86. hat the project with clone rolls can t be used in the different versions of COPRA 1 11 The tool bar clone clipboard 3 The toolbar clone clipboard contains various icons used during the cloning of the rolls in the current project 1 11 1 Scroll Back o Function This icon is used to navigate between the stations in the backward direction 1 11 2 Scroll Forward E gt Function This icon is used to navigate between the stations in the forward direction 1 11 3 insert roll s Function Insert the copied clone rolls at the target point This icon is used to insert the copied clone roll at the required target point 1 11 4 assign to roll Sa Function Used during the cloning of similar rolls resent in different stations This icon is used when identical rolls present in different stations are to be cloned by selecting them manually Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 81 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 1 11 5 Cancel X Function Used to cancel either insertion of roll or assign to roll operation 2 The Toolbar Roll Tools Roll Tools EP miS w o NC 71 The Roll Tools toolbar provides a variety of functions which will be described below and are associated with Husk H1 The functions in detail Standard rolls dimensioning e Dimensioning of transition points forming files e Dimensioned Assembly Plan Besides the Roll Tools toolbar it also provides the fo
87. he browser opens and you can search for an exist ing material list Save as On selecting the button save as the browser opens and you can save the new materialist The Block Material With Add data and delete you can add or delete the values in the list New After click on the button new an edit box opens to enter a new material name In the material display field you may select the new material to enter the according to the new material in the list below Delete After click on the button delete the current type of material will be deleted Final width Enter the final width of the raw material Raw Enter the raw of the material Final Enter the final of the roll 108 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Technology Cut List Material List Article code Enter the article code for the raw material Allowance Enter the allowance for the raw material width Cutting time Enter the cutting time for the raw material Costs Enter the purchase price for the raw material 3 2 Pass Selection lf selected the Selection of Passes dialogue box will be opened providing the following settings No of Passes shows the number of passes currently saved in the database Single Enter the pass number the cutting list should be calculated for Only one forming stage will be calculated Multiple Enter the range of passes the cutting list should be calculated for in
88. he command line select and modify the attribute The designa tion is equal to the specification For a detailed description please refer to the de scription of the dialogue fields Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 99 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Make Attributes invisible The Block command opens an AutoCAD dialogue box Select the respective block e g title block A4 and use the crosshairs to draw a window around the entire title block with the help of Select objects Overwrite the existing block Redefine model Area Enter MVIEW in the command line After having used Explode the model area can be lost Redefine the model area with the help of the MV EW command Make sure that the crosshair option is active and draw a window around the de sired model area Designations in the Text Field To enter a designation the Text function has to be used Enter the name with the Text command and position an attribute behind 2 3 6 Drawing Frame The settings done here are only done for the single drawings the function offers the possibility to use an already provided drawing frame The settings for the com plete assembly plan may be done separately and different to these settings W This feature can only be used if COPRA is started with an already formatted dwt To support you in the beginning a drawing template is included in the delivery which can be found on the CD in the following dire
89. he respective edit box The cylinder width refers to the contour intersection point between cone and cylinder 44 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Table lf selected a new dialogue box will be opened It contains the cylinder width de pending on the bending angle A range of 6 different bending angles is available The range is between 0 60 60 80 and 80 90 The greater the bend angle is the higher is the resolution for a definition of the cylinder width Preview lf selected the dialogue box will be unloaded and the flange or edge roll will be displayed according to the design parameters entered The roll will be shown with out radii and with the lines separating the entities If the preview is OK a message is displayed in the status line Three options are available Enter Y if the roll is OK as shown in the preview The fillet radii will be added and the entities will be automatically joined to a roll When using that option the user should make sure that all the fillet radii are correct Enter N if the roll is not OK as shown in the preview The preview of the roll will be removed and the dialogue box loaded again Enter NN if the roll is not OK as shown in the preview The preview of the roll will not be removed and the dialogue box loaded again Radii lf selected a new dialogue box appears showing the current fillet radii There are two possibilities
90. hese layouts will not be saved with the DWG Scale This list box shows all scales to be used The list can be modified with the help of the options add or delete If the scale set in the layout view is not suitable the next suitable scale will be used automatically The Block Save Drawing In the model saves the drawing in the model view In the layout saves the drawing in the layout view In the model space saves the drawing in the model space of the layout In the paper space saves the drawing in the paper space of the layout Layout defines the layout with which the drawing is to be saved When the drawing of the individual rolls is opened subsequently the settings de fined here will be valid 2 3 7 Roll Number You may define whether the roll number should be displayed Inside or outside via enabling the respective toggle If you need the spacers to be numbered enable the button next to Spacer numbering please 2 3 8 CADFinder Enable this toggle for using COPRA RF CADFinder 2 3 9 Allin one Complete Assembly Plan The settings here can be selected alternatively to the above explained functional ity Using this function COPRA will automatically create a layout for each station including the respective assembly plan so that you have got an extra drawing for each station Settings Enabling the toggle next to the Zoom automatically zooms the model view Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 101
91. hickness will not be considered Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 27 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar On Profile Entity lf set the settings in the dialogue box are accepted with OK the profile entity cov ering the root diameter has to be picked with the crosshairs In most cases this will be the profile entity also covering the section forming point For that standard situation the diameters of top and bottom roll will refer to the section forming point Y Half of the material thickness will be added Forward slip The term Forward slip is similar to step up of the root diameter If no roll axes are defined in the database pass 1 is currently selected the roll axes can be defined for all passes with the step up entered in the respective edit box W The step up in the edit box refers to the bottom roll radius lf roll axes are already defined for the current project the Forward slip will have no effect even if selected The next block in the dialogue box is titted Machine Geometry Data Just as with the Axes Automatical function roll diameter gear ratio and distance of axes de pend on each other Thickness Shows the material thickness of the current section Useful if e g the vertical cen tres should be checked For information only Top Roll Enter the diameter of the top roll referring to the selected reference point The bot tom roll diameter and the gear ratio will automatically
92. ide gap for dimensioning The options will be used for dimensioning when enabling the respective toggle Total width The total roll width will be dimensioned Forming diameter Dimensions the forming diameter Outside gap The outside gap of the roll will be dimensioned up to the shaft 102 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools The Block Dimensioning Type of Single Rolls Single Roll Dimensioning The rolls will be dimensioned in detail wnen enabling this toggle Dimension Radii The radii will be dimensioned too when enabling this toggle Dimensioning max Diameters The maximum diameter of a roll will be dimensioned Dimensioning of Roll Width The width of roll will be dimensioned Arc Dimensioning See Single roll dimensioning Reference Edge See Single roll dimensioning Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 103 COPRA Roll Technology The toolbar Roll Tools COPRA Roll Technology 1 The toolbar Roll Tools Rollen Pre Bb it a p NC The Roll Tools Roll toolbar contains the functions described in detail below They are part of Husk H4 Roll Weight e Material List Cutting List e Spacer List e NC Geometry Data o NC Contour Data Furthermore the Rolls Tools Roll toolbar contains the functions described below which are part of Husk H1 Roll Design e Standard Roll Dimensioning Tube Roll Dimensionin
93. ide roll will be re calculated Only be enabled if both side roll axes are rotated Show Base Point of Rotation lf crossed and the set up of the dialogue box is confirmed with OK the rotation base point or points will be displayed on the screen The Side roll axis to be ro tated has to be defined in the next section Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 37 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Left Only the left side roll axis will be rotated Reference roll and Rotate side rolls symmetrically will be disabled Right Only the right side roll axis will be rotated Reference roll and Rotate side rolls symmetrically will be disabled Both Both left and right side roll axis will be rotated Reference roll and Rotate side rolls symmetrically will be enabled Rotate Side Rolls symmetrically lf crossed the side roll axes will be rotated symmetrically Only enabled if both side roll axes are to be rotated The direction of rotation clockwise or anticlock wise depends on whether the rotation angle will be positive or negative and whether the base point selected Is referring to the left or right side roll axis Rotate back to zero lf crossed the side roll axes will be rotated back to their original vertical position 1 4 12 Rotate Accessory Axis 5 Function Rotate axis in any position This function allows re defining the position of accessory axis The length of the axes can individually be
94. idual toolbars will be described in the following WZ Delete WZ Data e WZ Utility o WZ Axes WZ Entities e WZ Modify Entities o WZ Rolls e Standard RollDB 1 1 The WZ Delete toolbar wz Delete KM wt ERM xX OK E 1 1 1 Delete X Function This icon allows opening a dialogue box with the functions described below Larger and better structured dialogue boxes are optionally available They are es pecially suitable for beginners as they simplify the user s work with COPRA If these dialogue boxes are no longer required they can be de activated by select ing the Dialogue boxes for function selection option under COPRA Basic Functions Settings COPRA Help 1 1 2 Top Rolls Jal Function Delete rolls and entities of the top roll If selected all entities and rolls of the top roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 17 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 1 3 Bottom Rolls Pi Function Delete rolls and entities of the bottom roll If selected all entities and rolls of the bottom roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution 1 1 4 Left Side Rolls Al Function Delete rolls and entities of the left side roll lf selected all entities and rolls of the left side roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution 1 1 5 Right Side Rolls E Function Delete rol
95. imum length of the cone The edit box is only enabled if conic Roll is selected The minimum length can be defined to avoid extremely small conic parts in a conic roll Strip Thickness covered Enter the percentage for which the strip thickness should be covered If the value selected is zero the flange of the roll will be smooth if it is greater than zero a strip guide will be added Standard values for covering the strip thickness are be tween 60 and 80 Strip Edge Relief This edit box is only enabled if the value in the Strip Thickness covered dialogue box is greater than zero The strip edge relief can be used to avoid contact be tween the strip edge and the strip guide Usually the strip edge relief is very small The Roll Widths Block Part of Cone Shows the length of the conic part of the roll The value will not be displayed if cy lindrical Roll is selected Part of Cylinder Enter the length of the cylindrical part of the roll being in contact with the section The length is calculated with reference to the contour intersection point between cylinder and cone The value is connected to the settings of the right roll and to the ones for filling up the remaining roll space in the centre of the section The Fillet Radii Block Cone Enter the value of the fillet radius to be placed at the cone Zero may be entered for no fillet Cylinder Enter the value of the fillet radius to be placed at the cylinder Ze
96. ing 2 1 1 Drawing Frame 2 1 2 Title Block 2 1 3 Recreate or Edit an Attribute 2 1 4 CADFinder 2 1 5 Machine 2 1 6 Hatch 2 1 7 Dimensioning 2 1 8 Reference 2 1 9 Program Control 2 2 Tube Roll Dimensioning 2 2 1 Type of Dimensioning 2 2 2 Example of a Dimensioning File 2 3 Dimensioned Assembly Plan 2 3 1 Basic Settings 2 3 2 The Block Drawing Settings 2 3 3 Options important information 2 3 4 Title Block 2 3 9 Recreate or Edit an Attribute 2 3 6 Drawing Frame 2 3 7 Roll Number 2 3 8 CADFinder 2 3 9 All in one Complete Assembly Plan Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Table of Contents COPRA Roll Technology 104 1 The toolbar Roll Tools 104 2 Roll Weight 104 2 1 Settings 104 2 2 Pass Selection 105 2 3 Filename 105 3 Cut List Material List 106 3 1 Settings 106 3 2 Pass Selection 109 3 3 Filename 109 3 4 CADFinder 109 4 Spacer List 111 5 NC Geometry Data 111 5 1 Create a DXF file 111 5 2 Read existing File 111 5 3 Files 112 5 4 Roll Processing 112 5 5 NC Code Settings 113 5 6 Roll drawing Options 114 COPRA DBMS Roll Database 116 1 Contents 116 2 COPRA Database 116 2 1 DBMS Settings 116 3 Parameter 117 4 The CRDB Save Get toolbar 118 4 1 CRDB Save Get 118 4 2 Save all Rolls 118 4 3 Saving a Single Roll 119 4 4 Get Order from Database 119 5 The CRDB Delete toolbar 120 5 1 CRDB Delete 120 5 2 Delete one Order
97. irs If N for numeric in put is entered the value of the displacement can be entered with the keyboard A positive value will move the entity to the right a negative value to the left It is not possible to move an entity into or over another entity 1 5 9 Move Block il Shortcut ebv Function Move a block of entities by picking it with the crosshairs Pick the first and last entity of a block to be moved All entities between those two will be moved as well The displacement can be defined by picking a base point and a target point with the crosshairs If N for numeric input is entered the value of the displacement can be entered with the keyboard A positive value will move the entities to the right a negative value to the left It is not possible to move entities into or over other entities 1 5 10 Edge Roll a Shortcut rrv Function Create a complete edge or flange roll from a simple cone When forming a leg of a U channel with the bottom rolls the flange of the forming rolls must be long enough to cover the complete leg of the section If this is not the case it may happen that the material will get marks where it has to run over the end of the flange of the roll This type of roll design considers the specific require ments of COPRA Rolls like these have to be designed quite often so that this is a very timesaving function First the user is asked to pick the roll entity to be automatically completed to a flange o
98. is in the group When only separated lines exists in the roll contour you can choose autom Boundary and click with the mouse inside of the roll contour in the upper part possibly not in the existing bore Now a hatching is created and with this the get ting restriction is taken as roll Exists the roll still with hatching or you manually hatch the rolls you can activate select boundary and also click in the roll If the transfer of the rolls does not work try one of the other possibilities or draw a Polyline and transfer the roll with elements from polyline 9 6 Transfer info part Click at Infopart and choose any element of the dxf file which are transfer as info part in the chosen pass 9 7 Settings After clicking at Settings a dialog appears Here you can enter which maximal distance of two points within a polyline is allowed to close automatically a possibly existing distance in the roll contour Here you can also enter the tolerance for recognition of axis tolerance of angle If the angular deviation of the axis of roll is smaller then this tolerance the line will be identified as axis Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 129 COPRA DBMS Roll Database Tips and Tricks 10 Tips and Tricks X K 130 For the roll definition an underscore _ can be entered for a single sign for any numbers of signs a star can be used as a wildcard Roll classes must be assigned
99. ith first priority Radius between Rolls COPRA supports two different types of cylindrical rolls those which are in con tact with the forming rolls and those in between two other cylindrical rolls The Ra dius between Rolls dialogue box concerns the roll edges at which two cylindrical rolls are in contact It is associated with the with Width dialogue box A fillet ra dius may have a width assigned that is less or equal the actual radius With Width Enter a width referring to the Radius between Rolls dialogue box If the width selected is smaller than the radius the radius will have a non tangential transition to the roll face The width must not be greater than the radius Radius outside Rolls Enter the radius of the cylinder rolls at the edge at which they are in contact with a forming roll Usually this is the edge below or above a bend Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 65 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Allowance lf selected the Allowance to the fill up dimension dialogue box will be opened lt can be used to smoothen the remaining roll space in the section centre and e g round it up to the next first decimal place For more details refer to the description of the Bottom Roll Method 1 dialogue box Preview The calculated values will be shown in a new dialogue box 1 7 18 4 Side Roll left lf selected the forming roll left of the section forming point will be designed Settings
100. lements column Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 15 Roll Numbering Short Cuts 4 Short Cuts You may adapt short cuts to your needs using this function Just click the respec tive button and a dialogue listing all available short cuts will open 5 User Defined Text By right mouse key click in the column Format you may enter a user defined text if you have chosen this option The information may then be linked to your roll number lt can be linked to roll number if you mark it and press this button gt The user defined text may be deleted in the column Format by pressing the Delete key ATTENTION when deleting user defined text lf user defined text is deleted from Format column it automatically disappears at the right site in the column Selected elements 6 Set as Default The user defined roll number will be used global for all projects 7 Set for Project The user defined roll number will be used for the current project 8 Numbering of Later Inserted Stations Please refer to station attributes in the COPRA manual for Open and Trapezoi dal sections and or in the Round and Rectangular Tubes manual under the item Basic Tools 16 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar COPRA Roll Design 1 The Design Rolls toolbar Design rolls XLS OLA oie e The Design Rolls toolbar comprises the tool bars listed below The indiv
101. lf selected the Settings side roll left dialogue box will be opened It provides various options for the layout of the forming rolls The outside Dimension of the Leg Length Block The leg length of the section is the basis of the subsequent calculation This leg length will be rounded up to the next dimension which can be divided by the value shown in the first dialogue box The resulting length plus the value shown in the second dialogue box will be the cone length of the roll Round up to an even Diameter lf selected the diameter resulting from the above calculation will be rounded up to the next dimension which can be divided by the value shown in the corresponding dialogue box In Steps of Enter the value to which the diameter of the roll should be rounded up The diame ter will be a multiple of the value entered The Length of the following Cylinder Block The length of the cylinder of the forming rolls can be created either in dependency of the bend angle or in steps so that the remaining roll space which needs to be filled with spacer rings is an even dimension The cylinder length is always refer ring to the contour intersection point between cone and cylinder Bending Angle lf selected the length of the cylinder depends on the bending angle Selecting Ta ble will open the cylinder width dialogue box The cylinder length can be adapted to the bending angles shown 66 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal So
102. lick on OK for confirming your settings Click Cancel to cancel the operation ASCI Format The cutting list created will be in ASCII Format If selected the cutting list can be loaded with any word processor The following abbreviations will be used Number of pieces PCS RN FIN DIA FIN WID RAW DIA RAW WID RAW WGT BORE D COMM Total width of a diameter TOT LENGTH The roll numbers will correspond to the set up For Table Import in Windows The cutting list will be written to file in text format Semicolons separate the indi vidual values The descriptions of the individual values used are not abbreviations To import the file to MS Word for Windows the following steps are necessary Load Word for Windows e Open the information file created by COPRA Convert the text from MS DOS Highlight the complete text with Edit select all e Select the command Table text in table Select semicolon as separator The file is now converted into table format and can be edited with the standard Word functions Programs like MS Excel can also be used Display File If selected the file written will be shown in a list box In this case the ASCI Format radio button should be used The cutting list will be created First the individual rolls are written to file At the bottom of the file the blank diameters are sorted according to ascending diame ters The number of rolls required for each diameter can be found as well as
103. llowing functions con tained in Husk H4 Roller Technology Weights of finished rolls e Create sawing list e NC geometry data 2 1 Standard Roll Dimensioning BE Function Create dimensioned drawings of individual rolls If the rolls have been designed with COPRA functions or AutoCAD polylines have been converted for use with COPRA the rolls can be dimensioned automatically lt creates dimensioned drawings of each individual roll Within AutoCAD COPRA uses two dimensioning styles called FULLDIAM and HALFDIAM If they do not yet exist in the current drawing they will be automati cally created The base parameters are taken from the current dimensioning style which is copied to create the new ones The HALFDIAM and FULLDIAM dimen sioning styles can be saved with the respective settings in the AutoCAD prototype drawing lf selected the Single Roll Dimensioning dialogue box will be loaded The func tions are described below Pass Numbers Allows selecting the passes to be dimensioned from pass to pass 82 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Default Filename If the function Automatic creation of is set a prefix for the file name of the DWG can be assigned in the edit box If this function is not active you will be prompted to enter a file name when saving the drawing 2 1 1 Drawing Frame This feature allows you to use an existing drawing frame
104. ls and entities of the right side roll If selected all entities and rolls of the right side roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution 1 1 6 Top and Bottom Rolls Ti Function Delete rolls and entities of the top and bottom roll If selected all entities and rolls of the top and bottom roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution 1 1 7 Side Rolls H Function Delete rolls and entities of the left and right side roll lf selected all entities and rolls of the left and right side roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution 1 1 8 Top and Bottom Axes Function Delete the axes of the top and bottom roll If selected the axes of the top and bottom roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution Existing rolls will be moved to the Y co ordinate 0 If new axes are defined they will be correctly positioned 18 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 1 9 Side Roll Axes pq Function Delete roll axes of the left and right side roll lf selected the axes of the left and right side roll will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution Existing rolls will be moved to the X co ordinate 0 If new axes are defined they will be correctly positioned 1 1 10 Accessory Axis K Function Delete accessory axis Accessory axis and their rolls may be deleted using this func
105. lutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar In Steps of Xmm to Machine Side The width of the cylinder length will be calculated according to the value entered in the belonging edit box The remaining roll space will be a multiple of this value This option is very useful if even spacer ring widths should be used Minimum Width Enter the minimum width of the cylinder The value will be increased depending on the remaining roll space If the value for the even steps to Machine side is set to 0 the cylinder length will equal the value entered in this edit box Radii During the layout of the roll radii will be added to all roll corners at the outside of the cylinder at the outside of the cone and between cone and cylinder Fillet Radius constant This fillet refers to the radius between cone and cylinder If this toggle is crossed the fillet will be constant for all bending angles The dependent button is disabled The fillet radius can be entered in the corresponding edit box Dependent lf the Fillet radius constant is not selected the fillet radius used depends on the bending angle and the roll diameter Selecting dependent will load the Table Fillet Radius dialogue box In this table the fillet radius can be set depending on bending angle and roll diameter Fillet Radius at Cylinder Face Enter the fillet radius at the cylinder face The value may also be set to 0 Fillet Radius at Conic Face Enter the
106. mation During starting the start of the dialog Roll import the current pass is preset X Switching to the next or to the pass before the current pass has be preset here The type of the pass is set in the station attributes X There can be chosen between station pass pre pass post pass and idler pass With a post pass the profile of the pre pass will be copied and included at the next position With a pre pass the profile of the post pass will be copied and included before At the choice of a pre pass or a post pass the number of the stations increase 9 4 Reference points Here the reference points can be chosen in COPRA and in the import file For that click in the arrows beside the accordingly field There the correct drawing will be automatically connected and you can click with the mouse on the reference point This reference point is used to set the axis on the right position The coordinates are shown in the edit field In the import file the user coordinate system will be moved to the reference point 128 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database Dxf Roll import 9 5 Choose roll There are different possibilities to take over a roll If the contour of the roll is ina group the accordingly axis and the contour has to be chosen X By individual passes still choose additionally the start and end point of the axis X It is important that the symmetry line of the axis
107. mensions will be placed This number has to be used for all dimensioning commands Only the diameter dimen sion 2 does not require the specification of a roll side as in general both roll sides will be used depending on the split point selected for the diameter 92 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Usually a dimensioning command will look as follows 12 four asterisks mean next number is a dimensioning command number 1 means this is a width dimensioning command number 2 means dimension will be placed at the top or right side depending on the roll type Possible dimensioning Points Shortcut Number of entities Explanation required AE 1 dimension point at the beginning of an entity EE ii dimension point at the end of an entity KMP_ f1 dimension point is the centre point of a radius entity SP f2 contour intersection point between 2 entities RMAX 2 search for the maximum radius between 2 entities RMIN 2 search for the minimum radius between 2 entities Meaning of the specified Points Chamfers require exactly two dimensioning points auxiliary angle lines exactly three dimensioning points In all other cases you are free to choose the maximum number of points to be specified KKK dimensioning file vertical roll diameter E f 4 radiusi 3 radius KNXASS chamfer ee D Fig 1 Example dimensioning file
108. menu and follow the steps listed below Enter the filename of the first exchange file e g TL for top left A comment is shown in the command line indicating to which side the file was saved Enter L if the rolls at the left of the section forming point are to be loaded or R if those at the right of the section forming point are to be loaded Enter the displacement of the rolls with reference to the primary flower If the bottom of a U channel was widened by 10mm the offset with reference to the section forming point would be 5mm on the left and 5mm on the right side The current number of passes and the number of passes de tected in the exchange file will be displayed J Enter the number of the pass from which the rolls are to be inserted The default pass is 1 e Enter the number of the pass up to which the rolls should be inserted The default is the current number of passes e Enter the pass number from which on the rolls should be read from the ex change file Usually this number will be identical with the first pass number but with this feature it is also possible to exchange rolls between different shapes e g between U and C channels which have a different number of passes 24 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar The rolls of the selected passes will be loaded from the exchange file If done the previously current pass will be displayed with all loaded
109. mment The comment of the Settings for rotation dialogue box is displayed Next The program switches to the next roll The DXF data of the currently active roll is not saved Mirror roll The roll contour and consequently processing direction are mirrored Provided that the function Different for each roll was not selected the zero point can be predefined in the Basic dialogue box 112 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Technology NC Geometry Data 5 5 NC Code Settings Allows defining several settings regarding creation of the NC program Program End The code for the program end can be entered e g M30 Decimals Enter the number of decimal places to be displayed The Block Numeration Begin Here the number for the beginning of the record is entered e g 100 Jump Displays the value for the record jump Indicator Displays the code of the record Comment Allows entering a comment for the program Additional Information as Comment lf this toggle is set file name zero point and for example rotated roll are taken over as a comment 1 Co ordinate as Radius or diameter allows to enter the first co ordinate as diameter or radius 1 and 2 Co ordinate in Defines the line to which the first and second co ordinate is to be written Sequence of Co ordinates Defines the sequence in which the co ordinates are to be displayed G02 G03 Parameters Radius Delta X Y
110. ng roll space is 54 5mm and thus greater than 20mm This dimension will be reduced by 20mm the dimension is 34 5mm The 34 5mm will be rounded up to the next dimension divisible by 10 40mm The rolls used therefore have the width 40mm and 14 5mm Radius between the Rolls COPRA supports two different types of cylindrical rolls cylindrical roll with contact to the forming rolls and cylindrical roll in between two other cylindrical rolls The Radius between the Rolls dialogue box concerns the roll edges i e where two cylindrical rolls are in contact It is connected with the Width dialogue box A fillet radius may have a width assigned that is less than or equals the radius itself With Width Enter a width referring to the Radius between the Rolls dialogue box If the width selected is smaller than the radius the radius will have a non tangential transition to the roll face The width may not exceed the radius Radius at outside Rolls Enter the radius of the cylinder rolls at the edge at which they are in contact with a forming roll Usually this is the edge below or above a bend 62 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Allowance lf selected the Allowance to the fill up dimension dialogue box will be opened It can be used to smoothen the remaining roll space in the section centre and e g round it up to the next first decimal place Dimension between Points Shows th
111. nly and do not contain any information about any design strategy data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH is not responsible for problems arising in the design after the usage of any functionalities icons explained in this document data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Am Marschallfeld 17 D 83626 Valley Oberlaindern Germany amp Phone 49 8024 640 0 Telefax 49 8024 640 300 lt 0 E Mail datam datam de WWW http www datam de COPRA RF 2011 Introduction Dear COPRA RF customer Now following 18 months of concentrated development work we are now presenting the new version of our COPRA RF Software The work for this release was completely different to that we have experienced in the past As you may know already from the information we have sent in preparation of this release the parametric COPRA SpreadSheet technology has now been fully integrated into our standard COPRA RF Software As a consequence it was necessary to conduct open heart surgery upon the known reliable and through the years fully developed kernel of the COPRA RF Software This kernel had to be replaced by a completely new parametric kernel solution One important pre requisite being the designer should be able to do everything possible do with the existing version of COPRA within the new model After some months of development we discovered we had Opened a can of worms Things that can easily be done in a non
112. nly searches for rolls with the indicated material 122 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Search toolbar Roll Number Searches for a certain roll number Drawing Number searches for entered drawing number Order Number Searches for the saved order number Roll Type Defines where the desired roll is positioned e g top roll etc Pass Number Only searches for rolls under the indicated pass number Part Repetition The pass will be automatically saved during searching 7 2 1 Geometry Criteria When choosing Geometry criteria you have the following options for a detailed search The actual values of the chosen roll are shown According to the criteria of the roll to be searched the width can be entered smaller or bigger in order to increase your chances of a hit Under Element Number you can additionally search in terms of angles i e rolls with certain cone elements It is important to define the position where the cone element is placed in the roll The dialogue box tolerances offer the possibility to enter tolerances in terms of geometry data for the roll search 7 2 2 Set new Values When choosing this option all values in the search criteria can be set anew Only the entered data of the chosen roll are shown 7 2 3 Start Search If selected the roll will be searched according to the defined criteria in the data base If one or more rolls are found the Mou
113. nt drawing The wblock is saved in an extra file gt After entering the command in the AutoCAD command line the dialogue box Write Block appears gt Got to objects select objects and select the complete object with the crosshairs and confirm with the right mouse button gt Again in the dialogue box write block got to base point pick point and se lect on the accessories the referent point to insert it later into the COPRA pass gt Again in the dialogue box write block enter a file name and the directory for the wblock file Confirm the dialogue box with o k X If working then with COPRA you need to search for this file name Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 13 Attributes one Roll Display attributes in the roll drawing 1 2 2 Y VV WV Steps in COPRA Update the COPRA database with the short cut enter If the drawing of the accessory is still present on the screen you can delete the lines manu ally or you can set in the COPRA settings the option Clear also COPRA Help layers when updating screen Now only the COPRA data base should be visible Go to attributes for one roll and select the roll for the accessories Go to the Index Card Accessories Click on insert and enter a definition for the accessory Click an again on insert and the browser appears Search for the created wblock dwg and open it Define Visible at Design and Insert point relative for the accessory Now you will s
114. nting Control dialogue box appears Roll Number All rolls that were found are listed here The contour of the found roll is laid onto the existing roll and contrasted by colour in order to recognise any possible differ ences Info Under roll info can be seen all the data of this roll Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 123 COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Search toolbar Use of Roll in Offers the possibility to determine an insertion point for the found roll Mirror An option to mirror the found roll in order to get the right position Insert Point Offers the possibility to determine an insertion point for the found roll X The insertion point must be chosen on the axis Apply lf selected the chosen roll will be applied to the actual order If this roll is searched for and found again you will receive a message that the roll is now being used in two orders 7 3 Last Search Function Repeat last search lf selected the last search will be activated automatically and you can have ac cess to another roll that was also found during the last search 124 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database Working with the Database Step by Step 8 Working with the Database Step by Step Task With the existing Example Project we simulate how to work with the COPRA database Te 1 Load the project Example into the Project Manager and copy it with the o
115. ntity close to its corner point Enter the fillet radius to be inserted The fillet will be inserted tangentially to the entity contour and the entity face Fillet radius and fillet width are the same at cylindrical entities After the fillet has been placed the next can be placed instantly without selecting the function again The default value of the fillet is now the previously used one 1 6 8 Round Roll Corner with Width T Shortcut rab Function Place fillet with Radius and Width The function places a fillet radius with a specified width at the corner of an entity The fillet width has to be less than or equal to the fillet radius The fillet will be in serted tangentially to the entity contour and non tangentially to the entity face Af ter the fillet has been placed the next can be placed instantly without selecting the function again The default values of fillet and width are now the previously used ones Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 51 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 6 9 Chamfer T Shortcut rep Function Place chamfer at an entity corner This function places a chamfer with a specified width and angle at a corner of an entity Use the crosshairs and click inside the entity close to its corner point Enter the width and the angle of the chamfer The default for the width is 2mm for the angle 45 After the chamfer has been placed the next can be placed instantly without selec
116. numbers have been selected Enable the toggle Create subproject for automatically creating a subproject for the assembly plans in COPRA RF CADFinder 2 3 4 Title Block A click on the button Title block will open the dialogue window Title block Here the attributes which are defined in the template may be enabled so that they also appear in title block This connection to COPRA is essential v Attention By changing the specifications the respective attribute in the draw ing template has to be changed accordingly If not the attribute cannot be executed w Important Attributes enabled here that are not available in the title block can not be transferred during dimensioning as the reference to COPRA and to the template is not available You need to take care that the specifications defined here are identically to the specifica tions of your attributes in template The classifications Project Info Machine Info User Info Roll Info and Paper Info are available for activating attributes Via click on the respective group the attributes may be selected and enabled Enabling the respective toggle on the left side of it can enable attributes The value for the attribute may be defined on the right side under Value In the column under specification the respective specifi cation may be set E g Project Value Project name Specification Project The specification must be the same as the specification of the attrib ute in
117. o use Accessories 2 1 Steps in AutoCAD oO OWOWWAWAONNNNNNNNN NNNNDDDDHDO O Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Table of Contents 1 2 2 Steps in COPRA 14 2 Display attributes in the roll drawing 14 Roll Numbering 15 1 The Column Selection 15 2 The Column Format 15 3 Selected elements 15 4 Short Cuts 16 5 User Defined Text 16 6 Set as Default 16 7 Set for Project 16 8 Numbering of Later Inserted Stations 16 i COPRA Roll Design 17 1 The Design Rolls toolbar 17 1 1 The WZ Delete toolbar 17 1 1 1 Delete 17 1 1 2 Top Rolls 17 1 1 3 Bottom Rolls 18 1 1 4 Left Side Rolls 18 1 1 5 Right Side Rolls 18 1 1 6 Top and Bottom Rolls 18 1 1 7 Side Rolls 18 1 1 8 Top and Bottom Axes 18 1 1 9 Side Roll Axes 19 1 1 10 Accessory Axis 19 1 1 11 All Rolls 19 1 1 12 All Rolls and Axes 19 1 2 The WZ Data toolbar 20 1 2 1 Data 20 1 2 2 Data of Top Rolls 20 1 2 3 Data of Bottom Rolls 21 1 2 4 Data of left Side Rolls 21 1 2 5 Data of right Side Rolls 21 1 2 6 Data Top and Bottom Rolls 21 1 2 7 Data of Side Rolls 21 1 2 8 Print Data 21 1 3 The WZ Utility toolbar 22 1 3 1 WZ Utility 22 1 3 2 Store Roll Set 22 1 3 3 Read Roll Set 22 1 3 4 Write Part of Passes T B 23 1 3 5 Write single Part of Path 24 1 3 6 Read Part of Passes 24 1 3 7 Write Part of Passes L R 25 1 3 8 Read Part of Passes L R 26 1 4 The WZ Axes toolbar 27 1 4 1 Axes 27 1 4 2 Axes Top Bottom 27 1 4 3 Axes
118. of the roll set spacers are created for The default is 1 The number is required for optimising the total spacer ring length in combined roll sets This optimisation is not part of the standard COPRA package The Width Block You may select the width of the spacer and different strategies in this block Width from list If you activate this toggle COPRA will search for fitting spacers in the crf file This file must be located in your set folder mm or inch Grid If you activate this toggle COPRA searches in a grid of the entered value for spacers that fit into your design Any If you activate this toggle COPRA will search for any fitting spacers according to the values entered in the Block Top Bottom rolls and Side roll The Block Strategy There are different strategies how to fill up the shaft space with spacers You may choose between the following Fill up empty shaft In case there is a station without any rolls in the roll form line you can fill up the shaft with spacers 56 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Fill up shaft anyway According to the activated option grid or list COPRA will fill up the rest space on the shaft As less as possible spacers COPRA will fill up the shaft space according to the values entered in the Block Top Bottom rolls and Side roll or the option grid and width from list with as less as possible spacers As
119. oll space to the section forming point The parameter is connected with the Usable Length of Shaft dialogue box Increasing the distance will also increase the available roll soace and vice versa Right Enter the distance between the right edge of the roll space to the section forming point The parameter is connected with the Usable Length of Shaft dialogue box Increasing the distance will also increase the available roll soace and vice versa Usable Length of Shaft This expression means the same as roll space Enter the usable length of shaft available for the current machine If one of the left or right parameters is changed the roll space will be adjusted If the available roll space should not be adapted use Fixed to lock the parameter Specify Position Parameters on Screen lf selected the left right and Usable length of Shaft dialogue boxes will be dis abled and the left and right edge of the roll soace has to be specified by the cross hairs in addition to the reference point after OK is chosen The required points can be designed with the AutoCAD functions The standard snap modes may be used to catch the correct points After being prompted to pick a point an N for nu meric input may be entered If N was pressed the left and right edge of the roll space with reference to the section forming point can be entered in the status line Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 29 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls
120. om By selecting this option you may enter the values of bearing for the left side 2 6 4 Right top By selecting this option you may enter the values of bearing for the right side Fig 1 Bearing 2 6 4 1 D of bearing seat mm Enter the diameter of bearing seat in mm 2 6 4 2 L Depth of bearing seat Enter the depth of the bearing seat Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 3 Roll Attributes The Index Card Bore 2 6 4 3 R Fillet of bearing mm Enter a fillet radius in mm 2 6 5 Insert undercut By enabling the toggle Insert undercut for the left or the right side you may enter an undercut for the bearing according to DIN 509 2 6 6 Bearings symmetrical lf you use symmetrical bearings you may enable this toggle and enter the values for both sides only one time 2 6 7 Details Shows a slide with the values 2 The Index Card Undercut You may add an undercut by entering its values in this Index Card Fig 2 Undercut 2 7 1 Add undercut By enabling this toggle the edit boxes for the parameters are activated 2 7 2 D of the undercut mm Enter the diameter of the undercut in mm 2 7 3 R Fillet of undercut mm Enter the fillet radius of the undercut 4 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Roll Attributes The Index Card Bore 2 7 4 L1 Supporting width left mm Enter the supporting width left in mm 2 7 5 L2 Supporting width right mm Enter the supporting wi
121. ons GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar From the in COPRA prepared project data the 3D models of the rolls and of the profile are created In the assembly plan the several stations with the belonging rolls and the profile are inserted and shown 1 9 13 3 Created documents From the project data for every roll every station oass and the profile a particular inventor document is created These files are archived inside of the project list in the subdirectory Inventor 1 9 13 4 Profile sections Every profile section is created as drawing in an own document Inventor part with file extension ipt 1 9 13 5 3D Profile The 3D model of the profile is created in an own document Inventor part with file extension ipt at the several profile sections 1 9 13 6 Rolls Every roll is created as a rotational solid in an own document Inventor part with file extension ipt The drawing of the roll always begins in the beginning of the local coordinate system 1 9 13 7 Station Pass A Station is created as assembly plan in an own document Inventor assembly with file extension jam Therein the profile section of the profile and the several rolls are referenced 1 9 13 8 COPRA Project The whole COPRA project is created as assembly plan in an own document In ventor assembly with file extension jam Therein the 3D profile and the several stations passes are referenced Copyright by dat
122. ou can change a contour with this w l You can discretionary protract the Grip Point till the roll has the wanted contour 1 9 8 Remove over determined grip points The entities which are on one straight can be joined via the Icon ler Remove over determined grip points 72 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 9 9 Save Roll roll to axis p Save Roll roll to axis This function is like the function save roll with the difference that the roll is not completed till the axis or is cut at the axis but the roll contour is moved vertical to the axis on the axis Typical application Moving the roll on the axis 1 9 10 Save Roll axis to roll p Save Roll axis to roll This function is like the function save roll with the difference that the roll is not completed till the axis or is cut at the axis but the axis is adapted to the roll Thereby moving and rotating are possible X The function is only available for accessory rolls 1 9 11 To convert rolls classic roll into free designed A roll can be converted from a classic roll into a free designed roll via the icon Wl convert classic to free designed rolls Convert to fd Ed o EK Choose the to converting roll Now the roll is a free designed roll The roll gets a to its original name e g 3 1_1 free designed roll into classic A free designed roll can be conv
123. p tion Copy e g as Example Test into the project main menu 2 Mark the project Example Test as current and continue working with this project Before continuing working with the CRDB make sure to write an ar chive file of the rolls in order to keep the original database L L 3 Make pre settings for the roll transfer into the database e g pre fix for order roll and drawing name 4 Save the rolls in the database with the option Save all 5 When asked for the roll numbers enter the option automatic roll numbers 6 After all rolls have been transferred enter the desired order name under which the rolls will be used ia 7 Load the project Example Test into the Project Manager 8 Put the project Example on current and continue working with this project Write an archive file of the roll before continuing working with the CRDB H Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 125 COPRA DBMS Roll Database Working with the Database Step by Step 9 By using the option Search look for the rolls in the database after entering the respective search criteria 10 Check in which order the roll is being used e g is this order still used on the machine l 11 Check the data again in Roll info 12 Apply the found rolls E 13 As soon as the search for the new order is finished transfer the remaining rolls that do not come from the database into it Then choose OK 126 Copyrigh
124. pacer rings is number of rolls 1 equal to number of rolls number of rolls 1 Example for the Number of Spacer Rings __ Valid number of spacer rings Number of Rols J o S Bo o ae 64 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Roll Width left This dialogue box is only enabled if the remaining roll space is at least split into two rolls Enter the width of the roll being in contact with the left forming roll Roll Width right This dialogue box is only enabled if the remaining roll space is at least split into two rolls Enter the width of the roll being in contact with the right forming roll Width of inner Rolls This dialogue box is disabled if the remaining roll space is split into two rolls It is enabled if the number of rolls is 1 or greater than 2 Enter the width of the rolls that are not in contact with the left or right forming roll Constant lf selected the Width of inner Rolls will be kept constant while the other widths are changed In this case the spacer ring width is the one that will be changed with first priority Width of Spacer Rings Enter the width of the spacer rings The spacer ring width is always the same in dependently of the number of spacers Constant lf selected the Width of spacer rings will be kept constant while the other widths are changed In this case the Width of inner Rolls is the one that will be changed w
125. pe If the scaling factor is set to automatically COPRA automatically selects a scaling factor However it is also possible to en ter a certain angle If O is set hatching is done at an angle of 45 2 1 7 Dimensioning Valid Angle Tolerance The value set here should be as small as possible If O is set it is impossible to find a dimensioning point in case of a small deviation at tangential transition Straight Arc Straight Defines whether the peak dimensions initial or end points or initial end and radius centre point have to be dimensioned Arc Arc Defines whether the peak dimensions of the tangents initial or end point or initial end and radius centre point have to be dimensioned Non tangential Transition Defines whether the initial or end point of the initial end or radius centre point has to be dimensioned All Arc Centres Provides the options Diameter and or Width dimensioning All Quadrant Points Allows dimensioning of all quadrant points Having closed the dialogue box by se lecting OK all other functions are provided in the basic dialogue box Whith Bore and Keyway Bore and keyway are displayed and dimensioned in the drawing Half sectional View Only half of the roll is displayed Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 87 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools With continuous Bore The drawing is displayed with a straight bore Roll Number in Drawing The roll num
126. ptions i for milling Settings i Program number like filename Program number Z Filename W With Borehole and Stamping Groove Erotlessage if stamping groove not possible With Raw Contour Draw Rotated CadF inder CadFinder Yes Abbrechen 7 R13LT95 C R14LT98 LT97 f 2000 Raw Contour The raw contour can be shown optional Activate for that the point With Raw Con tour The additions can be defined as width dependent like as diameter dependent Open for that the default attributes and go to the tab Treatment Click at roll ma terial adapt In the opening dialog you can set the material additions 114 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Technology NC Geometry Data Material x Current list Open Save aS Mame C Frojektet COPRA SCOPRA SETSMMSAOH MAT cr a0 O00 a0 O00 f2 000 000 Allowance Cutting time Costs g455 0 000 0 000 0 00 J456 0 000 0 000 0 00 105 000 a5 000 oe O00 35 000 g2 000 105 000 101 000 5000 fe 000 FS O00 Fe O00 60 000 AY O00 65 000 62 000 r0 00 6r 00 5 000 f2 000 aU 000 fr O00 Add data Abbrechen delete Enter for the material for the accordingly fin width and for the fin diameter the ad ditions raw contour Allowance For the rolls the regarding value will be selected of the list X It is always taken the next bigger
127. r edge roll with the crosshairs The entity picked needs to be a cone and has to be the first or last entity in the respective roll The entity picked can either be part of the top or the bottom roll The previous section will be faded in Pick the section reference entity for the calculation of the minimum roll diameter necessary to avoid marking The Edge Roll dialogue box for the set up of the design pa rameters is loaded Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 41 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar The dialogue box loaded is split in various blocks Roll Parameter Reference pass selection Diameter block Flange roll block and Length of following cylinder block The Roll Parameter Block Diameter Maximum diameter of the roll The default value depends on the reference pass selected and on the diameters saved in the diameter list If the previous pass is the reference pass the diameter calculated is the minimum diameter required to avoid marks This value may also be user defined Length of Cone Contains the cone length for the diameter shown above Value may be user defined Width of Cone Contains the cone width for the diameter shown above Value may be user defined Width of Cylinder Contains the length of the final cylinder The default depends on the settings in the Length of following cylinder block Value may be user defined Width of Roll shows the total width of the roll consisting of
128. ro may be en tered for no fillet Preview The calculated values will be shown in a new dialogue box Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 69 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 7 18 7 Top Roll Fill lf selected the remaining roll space between the holding rolls will be filled up with cylindrical roll For a detailed description of Settings refer to the explanation of the Bottom Roll Method 2 in this chapter 1 7 18 8 Top Roll right lf selected the holding roll right of the section forming point will be designed For a detailed description of Settings refer to Top roll left in this chapter 1 7 18 9 Machine Side These are only used when filling up the roll soace according to the Bottom roll Method 1 feature The rolls will be sorted according to their width from the left or from the right depending on the side selected Left lf selected the roll with the greatest width will be on the left side Right lf selected the roll with the greatest width will be on the right side 1 8 Info partl Create Station Accessories Save Delete CH iaga Function AutoCAD drawings can be linked to a station and can be displayed Allows to link AutoCAD drawings to a station Use the command Begin info part before designing with AutoCAD Make sure that you are working with the station you want to create an info part for i e the respective station is being loaded Now you can add any AutoCAD parts like
129. rolls 1 3 7 Write Part of Passes L R Be Function Write Side roll Combinations This function is used to copy the side rolls of combinations The background is similar to the Write SQ function Follow those steps Enter the pass number from which on the side roll exchange files should be created The default pass is 1 e Enter the pass number up to which the rolls should be written to the ex change file The default is the highest pass number of the existing stations e Enter L for the left or R for the right side roll depending on the roll for which the exchange files is to be created o Enter a filename for the exchange file Use a name that is easy to remem ber e g LEFT for the left side roll and RIGHT for the right side roll e The side roll data of the selected passes will be written to the exchange file This may take a few seconds depending on the number of passes and on the computer memory The side roll data of the selected passes will be written to the exchange file This may take a few seconds depending on the number of passes and on the computer memory Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 25 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 3 8 Read Part of Passes L R E Ice Function Read Side roll Combinations This function allows importing the side roll exchange files created with the Combi SW function It provides all required features including horizontal and vertical off
130. ry Load Word for Windows e Open the information file created by COPRA o Convert the text from MS DOS Highlight the complete text with Edit select all e Select the command Table text in table e Select semicolon as separator The file is now converted into a table format and can be edited with the standard Word functions Programs like Microsoft Excel can also be used Display File If selected the file written will be shown in a list box In this case the ASCI Format radio button should be used 3 Cut List Material List Function Calculate the cut list for the rolls saved in the data base After having completed the design of the current rolls a cut list can be created It is possible to work with material dependent diameter list By click on the ICON Cut List opens the dialogue box create cutting list Click on the button settings to de fine the specifications for the list 3 1 Settings If selected a new dialogue box providing all set up parameters will be opened Use Diameter List If selected the diameter of the blanks will be taken from a diameter list This di ameter list usually includes the common or available blank sizes The diameter selected from the list also depends on the addition for the diameter If not selected the Diameter List option will be disabled Diameter List Only enabled if Use diameter list is selected If selected the Raw Diameter List dialogue box will be loaded It sho
131. s New Width Enter the new width of the entity The default value shown is the current width Changing the width will update the values in all other enabled edit boxes Changing Width Enter the change in width of the entity The default value is zero The values in all other enabled edit boxes will be updated automatically if the default is changed Entering zero after a New Width has been entered will undo the changes made and show the default value again Cone Length This edit box is only enabled if a cone entity was selected Enter the new length of the cone The default value shown is the current cone length Changing the cone length will update the values in all other enabled edit boxes Changing Enter the change in cone length of the entity The default value is zero The values in all other enabled edit boxes will be updated automatically if the default is changed Entering zero after a Cone Length has been entered will undo the changes made and show the default value again 48 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Change Diameter lf selected the Modify Diameter dialogue box will be opened showing the current diameters of the entity Various possibilities for changes are provided If a cone entity was selected the width of the entity can be adapted so that the angle re mains constant If a radius or cylinder entity was selected only the diameter can be changed
132. s always at the request of the attribute dialog and the values can be given for default attrib utes and for individual rolls Es k nnen noch 4 weitere Attribute definiert werden Diese Attribute erscheinen dann immer beim Aufruf des Attribut Dialoges und die Werte k nnen fur Default attribute und fur einzelne Rollen vergeben werden 10 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH Attributes one Roll Selecting a roll Attributes one Roll itl Function Add specific attributes to one roll Each roll can be defined by individual roll attributes Thus is it possible to define also rolls running on a bush A roll is marked if it got individual attributes You may also add AutoCAD drawings for accessories 1 Selecting a roll After click on the icon Attributes one Roll COPRA asks for the roll you want to specify attributes for After selecting a roll opens the dialogue box for Roll Attrib utes which main points are already described in the Chapter Default Attributes above The function Attributes for one Roll has an additional Index Card in the dialogue which is described in the following 1 1 The Index Card Accessories In this register dialogue box you may add special accessories to rolls For e g a complete station drawing Please find in the following each function explained and a short step by step history how to use this helpful option 1 1 1 Insert Requirements You must have already designed an accessories in d
133. s for identification and operations on the clone rolls can be changed by using this icon Settings for roll cloning Marking for clone The parameters for identification of the clone rolls can be set under this section By color Activating the toggle the clones are getting different colors wnen compared to the other rolls Also the colors can be changed by selecting the button Browse located adjacent to the toggle By line width Activating the toggle the line width of the clone rolls is different when compared to the other rolls Also the line width value can be changed by selecting the button Browse located adjacent to the toggle By rollnumber Activating this toggle the roll number of the cloned rolls are numbered differently when compared to the other rolls Also the text can be changed by selecting the button Browse located adjacent to the toggle Cloning clones get the same roll numbers Activating the toggle the rolls present in a clone are given the same rolls numbers 80 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Marking changed clone rolls only Activating the toggle marks the rolls in the clone for any changes made Fade in original contour Activating the toggle displays the original contour of the roll Visualize cloning operation Activating the toggle the cloning operation is displayed Show Compatibility warning Activating the toggle displays warnings t
134. s toolbar 1 6 2 Modify Entities A Shortcut ela Function Change the geometric properties of COPRA roll entities Al ii Function Roll modification A roll will always be a roll regardless which modification is applied It is possible to add or remove fillet radii and replace it by a chamfer or a different radius The ba sic roll will always be maintained Modify a roll When clicking into the roll it is automatically exploded Enter the modification with the usual COPRA commands COPRA rejoins the elements again to a roll when the command is finished If you wish to modify an edge radius you have to do it with the function Modify entities fillet and enter the new radii The entities created by COPRA are cylinder cone and radius entities Using the Modify option can change their geometry If selected the user is asked to pick the entity to be modified If an entity was selected a dialogue box is loaded providing the following modify options Width Diameter Angle Fillet Changing the entity width is the default If a cylinder or cone entity was picked the Fillet option will be disabled If a radius entity was picked the Cone option will be disabled Select the property to be changed and press OK Modify Width lf the Width option was selected the Modify Width dialogue box will be opened showing the current width of the entity and providing various possibilities for changes If a cone enti
135. se the Delete R func tion and pick the radius entity to be deleted with the crosshairs The radius entity will be removed and the contour intersection point of the adjacent entities which will be extended to that point is calculated Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 49 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar The function works with the following entity combinations Radius Cylinder or Cylinder Radius Radius Cone or Cone Radius Cylinder Radius Cone or Cone Radius Cylinder Cone Radius Cone After the radius has been deleted the next can be deleted instantly without select ing the function again For entity combinations with two radii in sequence use the Replace R function 1 6 5 Replace Radius Entity Ah Shortcut ree Function Replace a radius entity by a cone The background of the Replace R function is similar to the Delete R function we want to get a contour intersection point between two entities and remove the con cave radius entity between them The Replace R function is used for entity combi nations with two radius entities in sequence At the split point between the two radii a cone replaces the concave radius with the same tangent in the intersection point Next the contour intersection point be tween this cone and the other adjacent entity is calculated Both entities will be extended to that point The function works with the following entity combinations Cylind
136. section points Cone Cylinder KZ ZK Cone Cone KK Cone Radius KR RK Radius Radius RR Radius Cylinder RZ ZR lf you have two intersection points at your disposal relating to radii the geometri cally more useful radius will automatically be chosen mostly the first one in the prolongation of a straight Special Case Usually it is not possible to calculate the contour intersection point between two adjacent entities as this is their entity intersection point It is possible if one of the entities selected is the first or last one of a roll In this case the contour intersec tion point between the roll face and the corresponding entity will be calculated 94 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools Example Base is a roll with 6 entities The intersection point to be calculated is the intersec tion of prolongation of the arc element 5 and the roll face of entity no 6 As usual the shape type file will be show SP SP 5 or 6 6 5 Normally the trivial transition point between the elements 5 and 6 would have been found in this case However it would have been found easier with EE 5 or AE 6 The program will detect a special case even with the following criteria G The respective entities are successive elements e The two entities have the same diameter at their transition e At least one entity has a positive curvature here 6
137. sed will be deleted from the selected draw ing template i e these layouts will not be saved with the DWG Scale This list box shows all scales to be used The list can be modified with the help of the options add or delete If the scale set in the layout view is not suitable the next suitable scale will be used automatically Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 83 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools The Block Save Drawing In the model saves the drawing in the model view In the layout saves the drawing in the layout view In the model space saves the drawing in the model space of the layout In the paper space saves the drawing in the paper space of the layout Layout defines the layout with which the drawing is to be saved When the drawing of the individual rolls is opened subsequently the settings de fined here will be valid 2 1 2 Title Block Clicking on the button Title block will open the dialogue Title block Here the attributes which have been defined in the template may be enabled so that they also appear in the title block of your drawing This connection to COPRA is essential w Attention By changing the specifications the respective attribute in the draw ing template has to be changed accordingly If not the attribute cannot be executed W Important Attributes that are enabled here but are not available in the title block can not be completed during dimensioning as th
138. st after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the first roll and the second roll Later the clones are resoved 1 10 14 resolve all clones automatically in current pass rh Function Remove all set of clones in the current station This icon is used to resolve the clones from all rolls automatically in the current pass 1 10 15 resolve all clones automatically in pass selection Sih Function Resolve a clone throughout the current project Selecting this icon COPRA prompts to select the clone to be resolved Just after selecting the roll the clone from all rolls of this type in the current project are re solved Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 79 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 10 16 usage for 1 clone Function To calculate the number of rolls present in a particular clone in the current project This icon is used to know how often and where a clone is used in the project Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the clone 1 10 17 edit color Function Change the color of a clone This icon is used to change the color of the clone Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of a roll from the clone Later the required color can be selected from the window Select color 1 10 18 Settings Function Contains default settings for clone rolls and can be changed to have customised settings The default setting
139. t by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database Dxf Roll import 9 Dxf Roll import Rolls can be taken at one axis of one dxf drawing The axis is created at the right position For that go to the menu bar COPRA Utilities COPRA dxf Rollimport The rolls can be in a group or separated lines which gives a closed contour When the lines of a contour in one group it is important that the symmetry line of the bore is in the group Rollimport X Import COFR A Project Optimierung gt gt Path Ic SProjektesdatal 0 ptinierurig Te Passinto Pass Hr Pass Tyoe T Referencepoints in COPRA in Impart file E Rolltype autom boundary select boundary Upper Lett CCESSOIN Right Lower lnfopart ka Settings D 9 1 Activate project Click on the arrow beside the project to take the active project You can click on this arrows every time to activate possibly deactivated fields Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 127 COPRA DBMS Roll Database Dxf Roll import 9 2 Choose import file There are two different possibilities to take over the import file 1 Open the file with the dialog Click onto the arrows under Import file and choose the file 2 Choose the already opened file The file has to be active Choose to take the file as import file 9 3 Pass infor
140. t for the basic diameter lower edge of the profile Plane of Unfolding The plane of unfolding is the reference point for the basic diameter centre of sheet thickness Section Maxima Reference point is the point at which the diameter is smallest in relation to the bot tom axis Free Point Reference point is any point picked with the crosshairs 34 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Entity Start Selects the beginning of an entity left side in COPRA Entity End Selects the end of an entity right side in COPRA Entity Centre Selects the centre of an entity Entity Point Any point of the entity can be picked with the crosshairs to be the reference point 1 4 6 Move Axes A Shortcut wav Function Move side roll axes of individual passes Assuming that the top and bottom roll axes of an individual pass have not been defined correctly Use the Move Axes function to correct the position of the roll axes After selecting the function a dialogue box is loaded and the roll axis to be moved has to be chosen by setting the respective option Two possibilities are provided to move the axes 1 Use the crosshairs to define the movement of the axes Pick the reference point and the target point with the crosshairs If a horizontal movement is ap plied both top and bottom roll axis will be moved The same applies for the vertical movement of th
141. ted The base are the parameter from the current active di mension style The dimension styles HALFDIAM and FULLDIAM and the belonging settings can be saved with the respective AutoCAD template 2 3 1 Basic Settings Pass Numbers Allows to select the passes to be dimensioned from pass to pass 2 3 2 The Block Drawing Settings Fade in raw contour The raw contour of the roll will be displayed in the assembly plan Mark roll number An arrow will indicate the position of the roll number at the roll Fade out profile The profile contour will be faded out in the assembly plan Axis by axis An individual assembly plan for each axis will be created Machine lf this button is selected the Machine data dialogue window will be opened For a detailed description of the window please refer to General Functions point 8 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 97 COPRA Roll Design The Toolbar Roll Tools 2 3 3 Options important information The dialogue window Drawing settings opens if the button Options is selected CADFinder The assembly plans may automatically be transferred to COPRA RF CADFinder provided that the toggle Use CADFinder is enabled in the Drawing settings dia logue Information to the current used Document Number can be found under the button CADFinder It may be adapted to your needs Further the pass or station num bers will be shown in CADFinder depending on if pass or station
142. ted here are the basis for many additional calculation programs e g the creation of the cut list the calculation of the final roll weight or the creation of the NC data 1 7 3 Move Roll Groups cl Shortcut rgv Function Move a roll This option can be used to move individual rolls built with the Create option W This function allows creating intersecting rolls During entity design it is not possible to create intersecting entities This is different with rolls Two rolls may intersect each other The Move function has to be used to achieve that 1 7 4 Copy Roll Groups Shortcut kop Function Copy a roll This function can be used to copy individual rolls built with the Create function The copy function does not allow the creation of intersecting rolls Use the Move function to do so 1 7 5 Rotate Roll Groups a d Shortcut rdr Function Rotate a roll This function can be used to rotate individual rolls built with the Create function Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 53 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 7 6 Delete Roll Groups rl Shortcut rlo Function Delete a roll This function can be used to remove individual rolls built with the Create function Pick the roll to be deleted with the crosshairs To avoid mistakes the function will not automatically be repeated 1 7 7 Explode Roll Groups 71 Shortcut rgi Function Explode a roll This function can be
143. the clone by selecting the target point after prompted by COPRA Pasted from COPRA Clipboard Rolls The toggle Paste rolls from clipboard is to be activated for pasting the copied clone Insert in tool The toggles top bottom left right or Accessory axes is activated depending upon the axes in which the rolls is to be pasted Again COPRA prompts for the selection of the insertion point for the copied clone 78 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 10 11 move clones in pass position variant Function Move cloned roll to the required position This icon is used to move the cloned rolls to the required position Just after se lecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the roll Later COPRA prompts for the selection of the vector of displacement by selecting the first point and second point for moving the clone roll All clones of 1 axis are moved auto matically parallel rolls in one direction mirror inverted rolls in the opponent direc tion 1 10 12 resolve 1 clone interactively TH Function Remove a roll from a clone group Just after selecting this icon COPRA prompts for the selection of the roll that is to be removed from the clone Left button mouse click on the roll removes the roll from the clone 1 10 13 resolve selected clones automatically in current pass wik Function Remove a set of clone in the current station Ju
144. the machine to be used This filename has to comply with the valid DOS format The extension for the file will be CMF COPRA Machine File and it is saved in the lt COPRA gt SET directory If an existing filename is entered a warning which has to be confirmed is displayed and the edit box is not available The edit box is limited to eight characters to avoid long filenames Enter the number of passes available for the specific machine If a number was entered and the lt ENTER gt or lt TAB gt key is pressed the list box below which was not available beforehand is automatically filled with initial values f the Axes Parameters The list box covers the following parameters Pass number Number 1 is the finished profile Station number Number 1 is the first station within the machine Usable length of shaft Also called roll space Available space for the rolls Bottom roll diameter Root diameter of the bottom roll with reference to the section forming point Top roll diameter Diameter of the top roll with reference to the section for ming point Gear ratio Difference in diameter between top and bottom roll Vertical centres depending on top bottom roll diameter and material thickness All parameters except the station number can be modified At the bottom of the dialogue box below the list box an edit box and a const is available for setting up each parameter 32 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPR
145. the model and in the assembly plan You can activate the number via COPRA settings Roll information by ticking off number Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 9 Roll Attributes The tab Additional Attributes 5 2 Revision index Here the revision index can be given for rolls This can be shown in the model and in the assembly plan Choose for that COPRA settings rolls information and acti vate the checkbox revision index SSS hSft Show Info in Rolls Raw Diameter Weight Sequential Number for Top Bottor rolls Sequential Humber for Side rolls Material Rolls type fh Number jw Revision index Alignment lett f center i right Description e Hone i as Prefix as Suffix Abbrechen 5 3 Comment Here can be entered a comment for the roll 5 4 Manufacturing process Here you can enter the manufacturing process for the roll 5 5 inserted Is a roll inserted after the roll set was made this roll can be marked as inserted here That means the subsequently roll numbers are not changing The inserted roll gets the number of the precedent roll with the addition A Click in the field beside inserted and mark in the list Yes To mark the roll as a normal roll choose No 5 6 Surface finish A special Surface finish can be given here for a roll 5 7 Other Attributes There can be defined another 4 attributes These attributes then appear
146. ties Change the root diameter Check entity data Continiou COPRA Roll File Copy a roll Create a roll from individual entities Create an Attribute Create assembly plans as an AutoCAD drawing Create dimensioned drawings Create dimensioned single roll designations Cutting List D Delete a block of roll entities Delete a roll Delete all rolls and entities of the current pass Delete axes Delete individual roll entities Delete not used Layouts Delete one Roll Delete Order including Rolls Delete Order Number only Delete rolls and entities Design Design a contour as a polyline Detailed Definition of Attributes Diameter Diameter List Dimensioning Display attributes in the roll drawing Display File Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 12 107 105 110 98 112 59 34 56 56 118 98 90 47 48 49 36 21 90 111 53 52 86 99 97 82 91 106 40 54 19 18 40 83 101 120 120 120 17 18 12 46 118 43 94 106 87 102 14 110 Index Documentation Drawing Frame Drawing Settings DXF file E Edit Attributes Edit Drawing Frame Entering Customer and Drawing Numbers Example of a Dimensioning File Example dimensioning file Explanation of Dialogue Fields Explode a roll F File Structure Fillet Radii Flange Roll For Table Import in Windows Fully hardened G General settings for roll data base General settings for the rolls Grid H
147. ting the function again The default values of width and angle are now the previously used ones 1 7 The WZ Roll Groups toolbar Wz Roll groups r1 mi d i PS i i fl Pin ih b di hm COPRA does not only know entities but also rolls These rolls can be handled like real rolls they can be moved copied or mirrored It is not necessary to select indi vidual lines or entities to e g copy a roll only click inside the roll with the cross hairs Of course the individual entities created during design are not yet the actual rolls To create the actual rolls related entities will have to be joined For this pur pose the following function are provided 1 7 1 Roll Groups 7 Function Opens a dialogue box providing the functions described below 1 7 2 Create Roll Groups Shortcut rgb Function Create a roll from individual entities This function is used to create rolls from individual entities The user can define the split points Pick the first and last entity of a sequence of entities that should be combined to form a roll If N for numeric input is entered the type of roll has to be selected and the number of the entity has to be entered This is sometimes useful if an entity is too small to be picked with the crosshairs 52 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar lw If a gap is between two of the selected entities the roll cannot be cre ated The rolls crea
148. tion 1 1 11 All Rolls h Function Delete all rolls and entities of the current pass lf selected all entities and rolls will be deleted The screen will be updated after execution Only the axes will not be deleted 1 1 12 All Rolls and Axes EH Function Delete all rolls and entities of the current pass including the roll axes lf selected all entities and rolls including the roll axes will be deleted The instruc tion needs to be confirmed by the user The screen will be updated after execu tion Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 19 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 1 2 1 Data Function The roll entity data can be checked via a dialogue box The following is for checking the roll entity data Some roll entity arrangements may cause problems e g if an entity with a width of zero or with a negative width was created COPRA is able to recognise most of the entities not fulfilling the re quired standard and will remove them from the list The following data will be listed on the text screen Top and Bottom Roll Data e The number of entities e The Y co ordinate of top or bottom roll axis e The X co ordinates of the axes start and end point e The entity number e The X co ordinate of the left and right roll edge e The radius of the left and right roll edge e The fillet radius Side Roll Data o the number of entities the X co ordinate of the left or right side roll
149. tion all respective rolls are deleted from this order The roll itself will be kept in the database and can still be used as a repeat part in other orders 120 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Modify toolbar Only the chosen Roll With this option just the actually chosen roll will be deleted from the database Roll s from all Orders Deletes a roll from all orders and also the roll geometry itself The roll cannot be used as a repeat part any longer lf a roll is not being used in another order another dialogue box will appear to ask if you wish to scrap the roll x If you confirm with YES the roll is lost for good If you do not wish to scrap the roll e g the roll is on stock but not in use momentarily answer NO The roll can then be found again via the search functions 6 The CRDB Modify toolbar 6 1 CRDB Modify g Function Modifying in database An existing order can be renamed Also single roll numbers and roll geometry s can be modified 6 2 Rename Order g Function Renaming an order An existing order can be renamed The order can only be renamed if the new or der name has been confirmed 6 3 Roll Number 123 it Function Rename a roll number Enables you to change a currently used roll number Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 121 COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Search toolbar 6 4 Roll Geometry ac
150. tion is performed automatically The pass numbers are shown in the corresponding edit boxes which are disabled The upto pass edit box contains the number of passes saved in the database The value in the from pass edit box is 1 The pass set up for the calculation will be saved the selected passes will be shown as an Info line in the Create Roller Weight List dialogue box 2 3 Filename lf selected the standard filename dialogue box will be loaded The default exten sion should be CRF COPRA Result File Enter the file name to which the calcu lation results will be written If OK is chosen the file name entered will be shown in the Create Roller Weight List dialogue box as an info line ASCI Format The weight list created will be in ASCII format If this option is used the weight list can be loaded with any word processor The following abbreviations will be used Roll number Borehole diameter BORE DIAM Final individual weight ROLL WGT Roll weight of a complete pass PASS WGT COMMENT Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 105 COPRA Roll Technology Cut List Material List The roll numbers will correspond to the set up For Table Import in Windows The weight list will be written to a file in text format Semicolons separate the indi vidual values The descriptions of the individual values used are not abbreviations To import the file to Microsoft Word for Windows the following steps are neces sa
151. tool holder bearings etc Select Save info part i when the design is finished Now the drawing will be linked to the station and it will be always loaded together with the station Use the function Delete info part n to remove the link If the info part is not only shown in the station you linked it to but also in all other stations Click via left mouse key at the info part and delete it via the Delete key Then it will only be available in the station it was linked to 70 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 9 Free designed Rolls He P Ye be w Ra B te Up Free designed Rolls 1 9 1 Create new roll You can create any new rolls by drawing the roll contour as Polyline with the help of AutoCAD These are identified from COPRA as rolls Click for that on the Icon la create roll in the toolbar Edit Rolls and choose the as Polyline drawn roll In the opening dialog you can enter if the roll is a top or a bottom roll Select Roll x f Top Bottom f Lett f Right f Accesso Aves Abbrechen Positioning of the roll Xn is possible to create undercut rolls 1 9 2 Save Roll Modifications by COPRA rolls have to be saved via E Save Roll Thereby the roll contour is automatically completed till the axis or is cut at the axis 1 9 3 Add contour EJ Add contour To change the contour of a roll draw a new contour as Polyline
152. toolbar 1 4 3 Axes Left Right Shortcut wim Function Definition of side roll axes of individual passes Defining the axes for the side rolls can create the axis for idler passes or a combi nation of four rolls The axes of the side rolls are defined with the help of a dia logue box that will be described in detail below The geometrical conditions for defining the side roll axes can be previewed in a slide within the dialogue box e AWP Point of unfolding e PP Section point Create or modify Axes The right or left side rolls are recreated by setting these functions If an axis is al ready set its position and length can be modified Adapt Roll Diameter lf the position of an existing side roll axis is modified and this is set the diameters of existing side rolls will be adjusted This is equal to the Modify basic diameter of a roll function Erase Axis By setting these existing left or right side roll axes and their rolls will be deleted Radius of Reference The reference radius is the radius around the side roll axis to a certain point of the section which is marked with a cross Pre set is the extreme point of the section to the axis Point on Profile POA Pr Defines the dimension between the selected point of the section and the point of unfolding Get Point in Profile The position of the section point can be picked with the crosshairs The section point can also be outside the section Lengt
153. ture provided by COPRA is a first ap proach to a completely automated roll design in future Currently it works with U and C channel type sections If the settings are properly selected you will have a powerful tool at your disposal which will considerably simplify the entire process Simply use a standard U channel to gain some experience with the automatic roll design features Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 59 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 7 18 1 Select lf the AutoRoll function is selected from the screen menu the Automatic Roll Design dialogue box will be opened Various options are provided Just as with combined roll sets the section is split into four parts For each of these parts rolls can be designed top left top right bottom left and bottom right In general the section forming point is the reference line between left and right side In addition the roll space in the centre of the sec tion can be filled up with cylindrical rolls so that the rolls to be designed are actu ally split in six parts At the current design status COPRA does not yet know which rolls will be de signed for the top and which for the bottom roll Therefore the terms used in the dialogue box are different from those normally used Fill up Roll Space lf selected the remaining roll space in the centre of the section will be filled up with cylindrical rolls The toggle refers to the rolls doing the actual
154. ty was selected the width of the entity as well as the cone length can be changed If a radius or cylinder entity was selected only the width can be changed COPRA uses entities Every entity of a top or bottom roll has a left and right side whereas entities of side rolls have a top and bottom Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 47 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Left lf selected the changes in width will apply to the left side The right side will not change If a side roll entity was selected it will be the top Right lf is selected the changes in width will apply to the right side The left side will not change If a side roll entity was selected it will be the bottom Both Sides lf the On both sides is selected the changes will apply to both sides The differ ence between old and new width is distributed evenly throughout both sides Overlap In most cases entities to be changed have adjacent entities If the Overlap is se lected the adjacent entities are overlapped i e the width of those entities will be changed Entities that are completely overlapped will be erased If the Overlap is not selected the adjacent entities will be moved by the amount of the difference in width Crosshairs lf selected the width edit boxes will be disabled and the new width of an entity can be picked with the crosshairs after choosing OK Use the standard AutoCAD snap modes to catch the correct point
155. um Width Enter the minimum spacer width available A remaining roll soace being smaller than spacers will not fill up the minimum width Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 57 COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar Maximum Width Enter the maximum spacer width available COPRA will try to utilise as much of this width as possible If the roll space to be filled up is smaller than the maximum width one spacer will fill it up only The Side Roll Block The options and values used are the same as in the Top Bottom roll block For more details refer to the description above 1 7 12 The Function Spacers interactively dih Shortcut adi Function Enter a spacer ring manually After clicking on this Icon you have to select a roll where the new spacer should be added Next enter the diameter of the spacer in the AutoCAD command line and then the width of the spacers in the AutoCAD command line The new spacer is placed in the station 1 7 13 Spacer to Roll ial Function Handle spacers like rolls A spacer may be converted to a roll using this function You will be asked to iden tify the spacer you want to convert after selecting this function So the spacer can be modified with standard roll design features 1 7 14 Roll to Spacer Ie Function Convert a roll into a spacer Via this function a roll may be converted to a spacer Just create the spacer via roll design features and convert it to
156. used to explode individual rolls built with the Create function Pick the roll to be exploded with the crosshairs The roll will be ungrouped into its entities If the entity picked is not part of a roll a respective error message will be displayed The function can be repeated until it is cancelled 1 7 8 Explode Tool il Shortcut rgi Function Explodes all rolls of a tool This function can be used to explode all rolls in a tool built with the Create func tion Pick any roll or entity within the tool to be exploded with the crosshairs All rolls will be ungrouped 1 7 9 Mirror Tool ul Shortcut spg Function Mirror all rolls of a tool When designing the rolls for symmetrical sections only one side needs to be cre ated Mirroring the existing ones can create the other side After selecting the func tion the Mirror Rolls dialogue box appears All settings regarding mirroring can be defined here 54 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Design The Design Rolls toolbar 1 7 10 Mirror Roll Group iH Shortcut spe Function Mirror one individual roll Even when designing the rolls for asymmetrical sections it may be useful to be able to mirror one individual roll If the roll to be mirrored intersects with another roll an error message will be displayed 1 7 11 Spacers Shortcut ade Function Fill up free roll space with spacers After having completed the design of the actual
157. wg format By click on this button COPRA creates a new accessories file and asks you for the filename Enter a descriptive name and a box for selecting the dwg file opens Browse for the file you want to insert and click on Open 1 1 2 Delete Select the accessories you want to erase and click on the button Delete 1 1 3 File path If you click on any of your accessories the file directory is shown You also can modify the directory W Make sure that you also change the directory of the COPRA accessory path if the directory of the accessory files changes COPRA can t find the attached accessory and cannot display it if the path is not identically Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 11 Attributes one Roll Selecting a roll 1 1 4 Visible in You may chose whether the attached drawing is visible in Design Single roll or Assembly drawing Design By enabling this toggle the accessories is visible in design Single roll By enabling this toggle the accessories are visible in the single roll drawing Assembly By enabling this toggle the accessories are visible in the assembly plan drawing 1 1 5 Comment You may enter a comment in the edit box according to the accessories 1 1 6 Part number Another option to enter a specified number for the accessories 1 1 7 Insertion point Define the reference point on the accessory Relativ Define the reference point for the accessory relative This means i
158. ws the available blank diameters Usually this list needs to be user defined To simplify this procedure the new edit box was intro duced When entering the Raw Diameter List the value in the new edit box is highlighted Simply enter the new raw diameter and hit the lt TAB gt key The new value will be added to the list and it will be highlighted automatically in the new 106 Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH COPRA Roll Technology Cut List Material List edit box that the next diameter can be entered in the same way If a diameter should be removed from the list highlight it in the diameter list and select the DE LETE By selecting OK the changes can be made permanent and the diameter list will be updated Selecting Cancel will discard all changes The Additions Block For Diameter mm Enter the addition that is to be added to the final diameter If the final diameter is a fraction the blank size will be a fraction too as long as the value in the Rounding Diameter edit box is zero If Use diameter list is selected the next greater diame ter will be taken from that list The addition may also be zero Example The final diameter is 160 50mm The diameter addition is 5 00mm The blank diameter will be 165 5mm if the diameter list is not used and the value for rounding the diameter is set to zero e The blank diameter will be the next greater diameter found in the diameter list if this is used
159. xisting order the database of the actual project is overwritten Write the archive file first Copyright by data M Sheet Metal Solutions GmbH 119 COPRA DBMS Roll Database The CRDB Delete toolbar 5 The CRDB Delete toolbar 5 1 CRDB Delete H Function Delete in database A complete order but also just single rolls can be deleted from the database 5 2 Delete one Order H Function An order that was saved in the database can be deleted lf used an order that was saved in the database can be deleted Two options are available Delete Order Number only Only the order name will be deleted from the database the respective rolls will be maintained and can be searched and re used as repeat parts Delete Order including Rolls The order is irrevocably deleted from the database including all respective rolls 5 3 Delete one Roll E Function Deletes a single roll Allows deletion of a certain roll from an order It should not be used for deleting a roll from an order and supplement it by another For this purpose the feature Change Roll Geometry is provided It will be shown in which orders the roll is al ready being used In this way the user gets an overview of where the roll is being used and if it is permitted to delete the roll For deleting a roll you have three options All Rolls of the chosen Order A roll can appear in an order more than once by using it as a repeat part With this op
160. y This feature can only be used if COPRA is started with an already formatted dwt To support you in the beginning a drawing template is included in the delivery which can be found on the CD in the following directory COPRA Rollforming COPRA DWT ACAD select the currently installed ACAD Re lease COPRA A3 A4 DWT Copy this template to the Template subdirec tory of your ACAD directory Start AutoCAD with COPRA A3 A4 dwt The dialogue box and its functions is described below Edit Drawing Frame lf selected the roll is displayed in a drawing template The dialogue box will allow you to define the respective settings If not selected a drawing template will not be used Only the roll and its dimensions will be displayed on screen Consequenily the Text field function is also deactivated Model view lf Automatic Zooming is set the function Scale will not be active The drawing is adjusted to the frame with the help of zoom limits If not set the respective scale is selected Layout In the edit boxes the layouts for the created drawing templates have to be defined Additionally the desired scale has to be entered If the maximum is set the result is equal to Automatic zooming W The name of the layout view has to be taken from the drawing template If the names differ the layout will not be found and the drawing can consequently not be displayed Delete not used Layouts If this function is active the layouts unu

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