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1. Thick mm date 0 48 10 20 2004 Summary job I Materia Carbon Steel Misc material mult Material mult factor factor l Material cost 00 Material weight 161 Misc material cost 1 6 3 2 ma ms Selling price 00 T 7 UITENCS Su ms Material multiplicator 32 EE Misc material multiplicator 16 On the top table the following data is displayed Piece Piece description Quantity Piece quantity Space Piece thickness Code Code informed in the CALD Width Minimum width of the plate to cut the piece Height Minimum height of the plate to cut the piece Kg unit Unit weight of the piece Kg Total weight for all parts Kg unit x Quantity MPu Unit cost plate material kg cost Total cost Factor Multiplying factor applied in your company taxes fixed costs profit etc sale Selling price cost x factor 11 Costs 2 0 Piece Height ko unt KG MPu R cost factor R sel Bend 800 x 30 x 1500 Middle section 49964 41 94 Bend 800 x 30 x 1500 Border section 24982 2097 P65 15 Transition rectangularound 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 1042 37 27 5 Transition rectanguler tound 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 101499 2946 Transition rectanquiar round 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 90313 3225 Transition rectangular ound 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 106385 3054 i The table with unit cost fo
2. 42 Printing flat pattern only in the first page When you create the format you can choose if the flat pattern will be printed in all or only the first page just select print flat pattern only on the first page This will save the user time and money E Create printing page format File Name tm Lines tc Texts Page 2 20 ditarces 2D dimensione View index initial initial Xinal final Ke Nego 2D ee S re E 3 15 4 165 48 Print the Hat pattern only on the first page E E a 12 o 4 o 270 Type of calculation Tipo de Calulo adaon Ais E Aole T Pirni the fet patem oiy Chapter 7 SOME FIGURES OF CALDsoft The figures of CALDspft6 do not require further explanations as all of them are supplied with an attached explanation However we will provide a few particular details and tips for some of them Bend Top spherical se To design of Bend with the application of fine steel plates you may add more material to the segments width allowing these segments to bend and help joining them This is called Ferrule While for large gauge steel plates it is important to reduce the section width where the remaining part is finished with weld gap Click on Top spherical plate ferrule button to add the dimension CALDsoft v6 09 Enter the positive dimension without signal for Ferrule DK and
3. thickness like 0 Thickness field the option lt Other Thickness gt e Selecting steel plate material To select a type of material already showed previously locate on the top toolbar of the main screen on Functions Change Material option the required alternative The required material is always represented with the symbol V and it is also indicated in parenthesis on the side of the Plate Thickness option on the main screen L CALDsoft v6 08 Fies IRAR Prosrams hep Import rectangular flat pattern E al Steel inox Aluminium Freet Free2 L CALDsoft v6 08 Files Kanisa Programs help Import rectangular flat pattern Change Material gt I v Carbon Steel Stain less Steel Aluminium Freel Free2 Flexible figures 34 User figures 15 as P Import in DXF Mf Five types of materials will be available reminding that the first material in the list will be on the default if the material to be used is not specified that is the one selected Note Notice that there are two free materials The program already offers three standards However all of them can be changed by the user This part will be described under the chapter Setting CALDsoft sk CALDsoft v6 08 Files Function Programs help Your company C a l dsoft Job Not specified Galdsor e Defining piece type b To define the piece type to be used a ee a you just need to click on the respective EIS button of the piece on the
4. Note The section will always be entered in the line below of the clicked section Entering a face with data When clicking on this button the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on the dimensions screen informing between which sections the new section must be entered On this moment the dimensional data of the new section are required Note The section will always be entered in the line below the clicked section Changing data When clicking on this button the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on a specific cell on the dimensions screen in order to change the value of this screen This input is also applied to enter blank lines for example when created by the Inserting undefined face button Note When clicking on Change data button this button will remain pressed up to the moment the Take away mark all options button is clicked This operation can make the change of several cells of the dimensions screen at the same time easier Excluding faces When clicking on this button the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on the dimensions screen informing which section must be eliminated Face face curve path When clicking on this button the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on the dimensions screen informing which will be the initial section of the path and then clicking on the path final section On this moment the program will create all intermediate sections automatically ensuring match
5. To show this function we will use in example Let s supose that a transition as the picture below will be made 2 92 S S 8 29 9 aae malul s Grillo Desktop flex dwg te Edt ew OAA LAQ B67 SSA 2 mma A sran v dsm VARRAR RA qa fy Window Help ax S 9 GS mo vG m Bayer ByLayer v Bylae v r a A k3 dh o amp a E i o Q E lod D o 2 7 ray a B E o i 8 F Es A lL x Is TATA THTA Model Tout Bj found a au g 2728 2013 5153815 0 0000 ENAP GRID ORTHO POLAR OsNAP OTRACK LwT MODEL r First let s draw the points of the picture that will be the reference for the CALDsoft will need to be able to read later do not forget that the drawing line must be the neutral line of the material In Taisei illustration we have two drawings Da go Jf Picture 2 Picture 1 Divide the drawings in any way it can be any as long as there is the same number of divisions on both AutoCAD a good way to divide is using the command divide this will divide the drawing Picture 1 Picture 2 Now we load the transfer lisp routine of the points to the CALDsoft save points Isp to do this just type in AutoCAD appload and then select the file save_points lsp in the CALDsoft folder This routine is used to select the points that we will load to CALDsoft To start this routine in AutoCAD type h
6. and then proceed clicking the points and pressing ENTER to continue or ESC to interrupt 91 We can not forget that the selection must follow a pattern for instance the point 1 of the picture 1 has to coincide with the point 1 of the picture 2 and the User Coordinate System UCS must be the center of the of the two pictures After selecting all the points of the first picture click ESC go then to CALDsoft and then to Flex el Flex On this screen just click on From CAD the ox by px 22 01 button below table A After doing this just select all the points in picture 2 never forgetting to change the UCS to the center of the picture UCS command and do the same process filling out table B Now one of the columns must be altered to the distance Z desired We will place the picture 2 with 300 mm from the picture 1 To do this just click the point 1 of the E MEN EE RE picture 2 and then Edit altering the Z from O to 300 and then again in Edit Repeat the same process on the final point of the same picture and then click Distribute linear values selecting in column Z the point 1 as starting point and the last point as the final point doing this the CALDsoft will make a progression from the first until the last value and as both are equal all the values in column Z will be 300 The project could be also draw already in 3D in AutoCAD this way the points extracted to the CALDsoft would alre
7. Anyhow those included herewith serve as illustration only without affecting the correct software understanding PREFACE Main advantages of the CALDSOFT system include how it was designed in order to perform precise calculations with the application of analytical mathematics concepts for the unfolding of sheet metal pieces along with full extent control Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION e INSTALATION Follow the instructions given below to install the CALDsoft program 1 Step Introduce the CD into the CD ROM drive Wait for the autorun Choose the language English or Portuguese and install the CALDsoft6 CALDsoft 2 Step e Define the minimum video resolution of your computer in 800X600 pixels Click on Start Settings Control Panel button and the following screen will be displayed File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Back gt Bsearch Us Folders E E x EA Address BM controlPanel Wes 1 E s m Accessibility Add Remove Add Remove Administrative Autodesk Plot Autodesk Options Hardyase Programs Tools Style Manager Plotter a oa a as Date Time Regional older Options Fonts Gaming Select an item to view its description Options e Control Panel Use the settings in Control Panel to personalize your computer Open the icon Video and on the Settings toolbar change the Screen Area option into a resolution of 800X600 pixels or higher The
8. Creating tables of different Miscellaneous Materials You may create a new family of misc material To do that go to Menu Misc Materials and then click on the Selection button in the Mode area This button will be described as Edition On this moment you may Add a new material into the current family Exclude the selected material Change any values in the table by clicking on the desired value and then type it If you do not wish to include the materials one by one you then can import them from an existing table For example from Microsoft Excel This will be described ahead 74 To change exclude or add a new family of raw material click on Edit on the side of the family selecting area Select the desired family with the arrows or clicking on the table Then click on delete button to have it excluded If you wish to include a new family click on add Select the family name for example flat washer Notice that a new line was created on the table with the new family name You may type on the Figure column the name of the image file JPG or BMP of the misc material that has been just created This figure must be included into the Figures file of CALDsoft6 Working with the family Cylindrical pipe DIN 2440 tubo redondo jpg Family picture mily name Cylindrical pipe DIN 2440 beam DIN 1025 IPN U beam DIN 1026 tubo redondo jpg numerical Field name numerical n
9. Parts of Cone 2 from the CALDsoft v6 08 pacas table generated by the pre SUE calculation ARN The following screen will be displayed Entering with value 4 and clicking on OK button the pre calculation will be performed again with the following result 500 750 400 822 6 1241 7 35 7 750 1000 400 12401 1659 2 26 8 453 x 770 Cone 1 Cone 2 3pieces 4pieces 49 The new steel plate dimension for the sectors of Cone 2 will be 1134 x 1543 Therefore it will fit in the plate of 1200mm x 2000mm The axial and radial sub divisions of a cone help to take advantage of such plate On the other hand cutting cost welding and assembling will increase Sphere YEquator Num of segments Segment Width Angle 0 13 57 356 80 44 Ex Calculate a pressure vase with outside diameter of 6m and 14 thickness Define the top spherical plate that must be manufactured through conformation and without joints To define this top spherical plate You just need to supply the steel plate width to be used and let the CALDsoft calculate the height automatically 50 Plate width 1000mm Top spherical plate 1000 We can notice that with a width of 1000mm l 2 step Once the section steel plate has been defined click on Pre calculated button and the following screen will be displayed 57 299 80 45 Yequator is the height of the joint between several rows of sections On this case there are only 2 rows of s
10. Tapered bend 880 x 1000 x 901 0 3 1 47 32 48 4 Parallel auger 100x 300x250 2 1 DA 3 2 1 4 Thick Code Width Height ER Bea Ae kg unit Ke mpu cost 11 1560 36 623 79 2 04 2 12 1921 68 655 82 2 84 2 6 13 2283 23 686 91 3 29 3 2 1 4 2688 93 717 396 3 88 3 9 1 5 3006 71 749 36 ais 47 0 3 2 333 45 339 1 0 23 0 4 This same file that was exported by the Costs and Budgets Module may be opened on Microsoft WORD and other text editors To do that you just need to open it as text file txt DEE Desenhar AutoFermas NDOOBA4 amp Basma sae Pai Seo if mem ni0 Cal 17 E Portugu s 78 Chapter 9 EXPORTING INTO AutoCAD e Exporting the piece in 3D DXF DWG or STL To export a calculated 3D piece by CALDsoft just view the 3D of the wished piece and click on Export 3D button First Step After to click on this button will open a screen askind two informations that are which kind of file you wish to save standard is DXF and the name of the file these are the second and third step First Step Click on Dex Export 3D button Soiva em C Meus documentos Base tat gt CDA A documentos artigos Cmrhas imagens CDA U documentos atuais A Mrhas musicas T ajf gt Documentos GD access OM eBooks recentes O Arnos Gratutos COM Pxtures lt Y r ED Cau cad ED My Received Fies DCi Pedidos de Compra CALDsof
11. of the flat pattern dimensions that you wish to print out considering that there is not a figure that allows you to view there is then a text that allows you to have an idea of the font size compared to the page 40 2 This area defines the quantity of columns and the quantity of lines to be included in the data table It also defines the font size AOD This is the final result of the printing page viewed inside the printing page editor ERNI A RHI HAH AHH ERREI ETE as eseat Sel A lel mmr Folha de Impresso Teste an eses Sel lell aimam Folha de Impress o Teste Ag as esses ot JA AAA mmm 41 Printing subtitles Throughout the software you will find several printing icons availing a wide range of printings kinds All these kinds of printing follow only one standard so they can always be done the same way Below we detail the printing screen Here you can choose the zoom in a desired place and also Here you zoom in or zoom centralize the whole page out aka Pr visualization aaj p gt ealt 3 Eb EE ES 195 mm x 270 mm 1 195mmx270mm Total of pages 1 Number of the current page Size of the page Total number of pages Leaves the preview Prints whatever is on screen With these arrows you move the printing page the direction you want Print the page k
12. 0 2381 1 5 1200 1200 600 600 600 600 90 375 4 3000 0 2500 Example Creating a transition automatically between two sections by using the options Face face curve path and Distribute linear values 63 Step 1 Starting the Curve path Assistant Stpath L Curve path assistant DER t Lx Ly R1 R2 R3 R4 incl rotat nm xc yo zc 0 0 0 Opin aa 4 Entering undefined face Entering face with data Change data Exclude face Curve path face face Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options Step 2 Entering the initial section dimensions Clicking on the Change data button and then on empty cells the values are added Lx 1000 mm sL Curve path assistant Ly 2000 mm R1 R2 R3 and R4 200 mm Inclination incl on the XZ plane 0 degrees Section rotation around its axis 0 degrees Options o Entering undefined face Entering face with data Po Cheda Exclude face Curve path face face Way in tadius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options eee Step 3 Entering desired intermediate sections without values Using the Entering undefined face option 7 sections without values will be entered dk Curve path assistant Lx Ly R1 R2 R3 R4 Jin 1000
13. Angle Beta 1 on the blade inlet B2 Larger than 0 zero Angle Beta 2 on the blade inlet A1 Larger than 0 zero Blade inside width A2 Larger than 0 zero Blade outside width i Larger than 0 zero Number of blades Blades Internal Radius R1 Blades External Radius R2 500 Angle Betal B1 Angle Betal B2 Blades Internal Width Al Blades External Width A2 Num of blades n Plate 28 0 40 mm Calculate Return Ch 53 Flat pattern a Ma nager Flat Pattern General Display Points DisplayDimen _4 gt 2 em to om 4 Centrifugal Fan Blades 1 kg 8 Piecefs Plate 185x201 Use the two radiuses Rp and Rc to design the exact position of the blades on the rotor back plate Rc is the radius where the designing centers of the blades are placed and Rp is the blade curve radius also used on blade calendering 54 On the example below data is as follows Rp 381 6mm Re 255 2mm Blade inside radius 200mm Blade outside radius 500mm Number of blades 8 55 e Super Transition Module To start the Super Transition Module you need to click on the Super Transition button on the main Menu L CALDsoft v6 08 Files Function Programs help Your Company Job Not specified gt Bend tapered O tow OE Transiption rectangular round Transition o Flexible figures 35 User figures 15 E Import in DXF The piece dimensi
14. Curve path assistant Ly 1000 2000 200 200 200 200 5 10285 1885 7 2571 2571 2571 2571 4 1448 5 10571 1771 4 3142 3142 3142 3142 25 4 4258 5 1085 7 1657 1 371 4 371 4 371 4 371 4 4 822 5 1114 2 15428 4285 4285 4285 4285 4 4 1307 6 5 11428 14285 4857 4957 4857 4857 4 4 18533 5 11714 13142 5428 5428 5428 5428 77 2 424278 5 1200 1200 600 600 600 600 90 4 3000 Opin Entering undefined face Entering face with data Change data Exclude face Curve path face face Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options 68 click on the value to change Step 8 Last step Save the file and then open it in the CALDsoft6 on the Super Transition figure and on the Transition Curve button To see the piece click on the Results button in Sa WX N W XN MSN EIA 69 Chapter 8 COSTS The module Costs has been designed to help your company when you need to budget a project job First let s open the CALDsoft and perform a few calculations allowing us the save the cost file Save Cost File sL CALDsoft v6 08 Files Function Eigi En help Calculation editor Ye Super Transtion path Assistant Jo calc iM Bend 8004 90 x 1500 Middle section 41 9 kg 5 Piece s Plate 2499x500 ii Bend 800 x 90 x 1500 Border section 2
15. Therefore the example shows that we have on S 1 of rotation and 10mm of movement and on Q we have 100 of rotation and 1000mm of movement Flat pattem Plate Distribute Movement table Move O Deas Rotation s N oj Move Ea Zoom Adjust 100 mm On the movement table you will find S N Q functions already explained above as well as zoom functions The zoom serves as a support when distributing the pieces and the Adjust button makes the steel plate return to normal size To support the zoom there is also the option of moving the whole piece instead of moving only the flat pattern Then you just need to click on the Handling the plate option and you will be able to move the whole steel plate by using the same scale that was available to move the flat pattern To return to the flat pattern you just need to clear the box Actions Handling the plate Flat Pattern coordinates On the Plate toolbar you can either view or change the coordinates of the selected flat pattern having Distance X Distance Y Angle and Plate All of them can be changed To do that you just need to change the value and then click on Apply Use the Plate option to change the flat pattern and a steel plate by other On this area there are also two buttons Place visible flat pattern and Centralized selected flat
16. and Yc we will have a complete distribution of the dimensions that define the intermediate sections 200 600 200 600 67 E curve path assistant 1000 2000 200 200 200 200 1028 5 18857 2571 2571 2571 2571 1057 1 1771 4 3142 342 3142 3142 11142 15428 4285 4285 4285 4285 1142 8 14285 485 7 485 7 4857 4857 64 1171 4 13142 5428 5428 5428 5428 1200 1200 600 600 600 600 m Options Entering undefined face Entering face with data Change data Exclude face Curve path face face Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all optine J m Step 7 Defining thickness and number of folding marks Using the Change data option section plate thickness and number of folding marks are entered Different of the dimensions previously defined Lx Ly R1 R2 R3 R4 incl rotation and xc yc and zc which are different from section to section the thickness values of the section plates and the number of folding marks are linked to each section 2 neighbor sections define 1 section This way as pre defined the thickness values of the section plate and number of folding marks are always indicated on the line that corresponds to the final part of each section So thickness values of the section plate and number of folding marks can not be included in the first table line ME
17. click on the File button and load the CALD3D LSP file locating on the main directory of the CALD program Then click on Load button IMPORTANT Before running the routines you need to disability the AutoSnap On the TOOLS menu select Object Snap Settings and then click on the Clear all button or clicking twice on the button toolbar of the AutoCAD on the OSNP option leaving it disabilities On the control toolbar of the AutoCAD type 3DF in parenthesis 3df To generate the piece with faces DL in parenthesis 3dl To generate the piece with lines 3DP in parenthesis 3dp To generate the piece with points Followed by Enter or Space Bar key 80 e Exporting flat patterns into CAD DXF or DWG On the Planif toolbar clicking on the Export button you save the flat pattern on DXF or DWG interface DXF is a universal file that is the majority of the CAD programs can read this file such as AutoCAD Microstation TurboCAD among others But the DWG file is the standard of AutoCAD The flat pattern saved on DXF will be on 1 1 relation and without dimensions which makes the CNC machine setting easier e Exporting the flat patterns into AutoCAD quickly LISP When clicking on DXF button of the previous item a temporary file c x will be created and AutoCAD can read it through LISP routines When entering the AutoCAD click on the Load Application menu or load it from the control line by clicking applo
18. main screen saree ean or click on the piece itself es oo e For the calculation of a piece we will use as a sample the Elbow figure After clicking on the figure button the Calculated Piece Data will be displayed on the screen On this screen you must fill in the mandatory fields and if you wish you may fill in the setting information fields Calculated Piece Data Code Piece Number Quantity Number of pieces to be calculated ES EH Mandatory fields To paint with anticorrosive ink 20 02 2004 Steel Carbon Charles Setting Information fields Victor After filling in all mandatory fields you may fill in the optional fields with the piece information or click on the Standard button that will fill in the fields with the user s standard This part will be described ahead under Setting CALDsoft After that click on OK button Then you will have a screen where you can type the piece values The drawing already specifies each blank when complete you just need to click on Calculate button B Saving piece entering data If you wish to save the piece selected data then click on the button of the right corner of the calculation screen After that the data entering screen will open allowing you to record automatically the piece entering data by clicking on Enter Values and then type on the name you wish to give to this information Once you have some values already entered y
19. pattern Place visible flat The first button is applied when you move a piece and pasem it goes out of the viewing area Clicking on it the piece Centralized will come back to the area The second button serves pe to make the selected flat pattern the center of the viewing area B Distributing automatically To distribute flat patterns automatically download them onto the required steel plate and go to Distribute toolbar There you will find the following options Flat pattern Tries 5 F Simulate Piece edge O mm Distribute Parameters Edge 0 mm o Gap psi Download all pieces f Uneespuler E C Regular Approach 50 E gt gt NOTE If any piece does not fit on the metal sheet when you make a selection to download all parts it will return to the area of non downloaded pieces On the Menu you will find Tries represents the number of distribution tries Simulate applied to view the simulation or not Irregular ideal for different shape pieces as it performs the tries by rotating the pieces at 90 steps Regular ideal for similar shape pieces as it does not allow the pieces rotate at 90 steps Gap jump given in millimeters trying to find out the best finishing configuration the smaller the more precise however slower Approach jump given in millimeters trying to get the best zoom in configuration the smaller the slower Edge
20. size Hok Data if Materials Printer Settings if Faces Display Faces Face Color ER d Lines Display Lines Yes 2j Line Color iz es Primer Color z Room Light Yes z Factor 0 5 4 0 3 34 B Saving your configurations backup In case you wish to save your configurations just click Files Settings Settings backup L CALDsoft v6 16 EEJ Function Programs Help ar como Salvar em Se Disco local C X E Arquivos de programas aed nt E Documents and Settings Define Job any E herosoft Load Job ified E winoows Key Definitions User s Pieces Manager Save Settings Backup Create Printing Formats Restore Settings Backup Fonts Exit Backup of the CALDsoft bea And to load previous configurations click Files Settings Restore settings backup and select the file saved by yourself previously This is a simple way for you to use the constant free updates at www caldsoft com and not lose your private configurations 35 Chapter 6 PRINTING AND CREATING A PAPER FORMAT To create a page printing format you just need to click on File Create Printing Formats on the selecting screen On this screen you will be able to define how the printing of your calculation represented by dimensions by distances or 3D interface will be We will start by selecting the paper size A4 will be used 211mm x 297mm However we should always use sm
21. space left in the edge of the plate without being used Piece Edge least space space that the automatic distribution will leave between the parts unfolding Edit standard steel plates where you can add standard steel plate of your company Export DXF save the selected steel plate onto dxf file Print prints out the selected steel plate Exit leaves the Nesting area for the initial software screen Standard plates editor Export DXF Ctrl E Print Ctrl I Exit Ctrl 5 T 20 Chapter 4 CREATING YOUR OWN PIECES ela CALDsoft v6 08 Files Function Madanes To design your own figures click on the Programs Calculation Editor menu Si Calculation editor Super Transtion path Assistant Jo calc Note It is important that you first make a draft of your figure and a picture showing all variables of the figure The draft may be done manually and then scanned or it can be done on any image generating software Corel Paint Word etc Example 1 As first example we will draw a single image to primarily understand the software Then we will draw a more technical piece Our piece will be a rectangle with a circle in the center First we will design the images to be used on the CALDsoft Now we will start designing the image on the Image Editor of CALDsoft First you must fill in the blanks of the General toolbar nude 1346 E E E
22. supports the flat pattern dimensions Information area Here is the area where you will define the user variable so as to display them and complete at the time of the piece calculation It is also defined here the standard to complete them automatically Filed name Date Exibition module Displayed optionally _v Standard value Informere EEN There are 8 information blanks yformationfield O N and we can change the existing Date ones If you wish to hide an Designed by i A Aprooved by information blank you just need to Project set the Display Option as not displayed 33 Display Option Not displayed It will not display the desired field Displayed optionally the field is available However it does not mean it must be filled out Mandatory display The calculation can only be made after this field is duly filled out Standard value On this field you will define the standard value of the variable Example you can create a field Surface finishing and on the standard value write Blast and apply primer If you click on the standard button at the time you fill out the information fields they will be automatically completed with the standards e 3D On the 3D toolbar you will select the colors for faces and lines and if both should or not be displayed It also defines the primer color and it will include or not room light And it determines the factor animation figure
23. the distribution proportionally The sine distribution smoothes the distribution of values near the final value and the Cosine smoothes the distribution near the initial value See example below 600 Clicking on the Distribute linear values button and selecting initially the value q 8000 in the column Lx the result is viewed below The initial distribution value will be identified in greenfcolor Then clicking on the value 400 in the same Lx column the automatic distribution between intermediate values will be made as per table below 61 Detailed view of the selected section D in the figure 1 62 This window always shows the shape of the selected section On the bottom part of the window an average is displayed 1025mm on the example giving the size of the window in millimeters Based on that you can have an idea compared to the dimension of the section To magnify or reduce the image you just need to click on the window with the right and left button of the mouse respectively The selected section will be identified in red color 1025 mm car Ly R1 R2 R3 R4 incl rg at mm xc yc zc 1000 2000 200 200 200 200 0 4 0 0 0 5 1028 5 1885 7 2571 2571 257 1 257 1 12 9 4 1448 0 651 6 5 10571 1771 4 3142 3142 3142 3142 37 5 4 4258 0 1239 6 5 1085 7 16571 371 4 371 4 371 4 3714 37 5 4 822 0 1736 8 5 1114 2 15428 4285 4285 4285 37 5 4 1307 6 0 21221 5 1142 8 14285 485 7 485 7 485 7 64 3 37 5 4 1853 3
24. then This allows any transition to be unfolding by the CALDsoft making the possibilities to unfold infinite 4 o 490 3926 97 5452 33 461 9398 191 3417 x1 yi zi 415 7348 277 7851 194 5191 353 5534 353 5534 1702223 247 788 277 7851 4157348 145 9255 308 6077 Edge 1 Table 1 114 9625 __365 9071 E Y xn yn zn Cena dt O add leant o Emo Ada x1 y1 z1 From CAD From CAD E ELES EEE xn yn zn Edge 2 Table 2 EEE ES newt caom Roun X To calculate a transition just fill out the 2 tables with X Y and Z coordinates of the edges The number of points of the 2 edges must be always equal We can save clicking in Export or load clicking in Import When we export the points from Flex the CALDsoft will save the coordinates of the points as a separated by tabs txt file 88 There are two easier ways to fill out the tables 1 and 2 of Flex One is importing the coordinates from any electronic plan sheet Excel is great for this purpose and another is using the lisp routine inside the AutoCAD which will facilitate this process 8 Importing coordinates from an electronic plan sheet First input the column data X1 Y1 Z1 X2 Y2 and Z2 then fill out the columns with the coordinates of the points as the table below L Import Plans wmatar Ferramentas Dados Janela Ajuda OSES 6RY BE o AzA P ae 10 NI S slalu 2 45 ms 7 A B E D E F G H T Fr K L
25. to have downloaded Visualized plate flat patterns __ Description JPececode To download all pieces go to Distribute toolbar and click on Download all pieces option and all pieces will be downloaded onto the selected steel plate Download all pieces Distributing the pieces on the steel plate There are two ways to distribute the pieces on the plate one manual and the other automatic B Distributing manually To distribute the pieces manually you just need to select the flat pattern and move it with the mouse by using the left button to move and the right button to rotate Selecting flat patterns To select a flat pattern you just need to press shift and click on the required flat pattern the closest possible from the flat pattern center point or click on the respective piece on the chart of down lo ad ed pieces a Visualized plate flat patterns Description Piece code 1 Bend tapered 400 x 5 it 2 Bend tapered 640 x 71 1 3 4 Bend tapered 880 x 11 15 5 Bend tapered 520 x 6 1 2 18 On the Mouse toolbar you can control the moving angle of the flat patterns On our example we have 10 for Rotate and 100mm for Move Note that Normal is written on the side That means it will be the N value of the Moving Table If S slow motion is selected the two values will be dividing by 10 and if Q quick motion is selected then the two values will be multiplying by 10
26. 0 9 kg 2 Piece s Plate 24994250 tangular round 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 27 5 kg Plate 786x1043 d 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 29 4 kg Plate 88441015 d 1200 1000 x 550 x 700 32 2 kg Plate 1064x904 d 1200 x 1000 x 550 x 700 30 5 kg Plate 855x1064 In order to save the cost file extension cust you just need to click on the Save Cost File button on the Manager screen on the General toolbar Choose a name for the file and then on the main screen of CALDsoft6 on the Program Costs menu the Cost program will be run In the Costs program on the Open Cost menu locate the file that was saved previously to open it When opening this file the program will automatically request the unit cost by Kg for the steel plates being used on the flat patterns type of material and thickness are herewith considered Once the value has been informed first time the program will save such information in the data bank and you do not need to supply it second time How to update your data bank periodically for example when there is a cost increase on the raw material it will be described ahead 70 fl Costs 2 0 Open cost Include cost Save Cost File Save like a cost Menu Printing Piece Export Mng of database gt Elbow 600 x 1200 x 120 Elbow 600 x 1000 x 120 11 1883 44 1373 06 8 68 1 2 1883 44 1173 06 7 42 Exit Costs 2 0 isc Mater Code Description fami
27. 1 with 247 5mm 4 point tape 504 1mm compass 2 with 200 4mm And so on 46 Understanding the Triangle Method Ex Designing Flat Pattern on the Steel Plate as shown below Acaso RQA set 3 GR ee ee ee Step 1 Prepare the instruments Take 2 compasses 1 tracer 1 tape and 1 puncher Open the compasses one with dimension of 200 4mm Compass 1 and the other with the dimension of 153 3mm Compass 2 as shown on the figure above DW Step 2 Design on the steel plate line 1 2 vertically with dimension 434 1mm Step 3 Place one of the points of the Compass 1 on the point 1 as per figure Step 4 Place the end of the tape on point 2 Step 5 With the tape at dimension of 477 4mm cross it with the other point of Compass 1 Step 6 When they intersect mark this point with the puncher identified on the figure as point 3 Step 7 On the point 2 place one of the points of Compass 2 Step 8 With the end of the tape on point 3 set it at dimension of 454 6mm Step 9 Cross the tape with the other point of Compass 2 Step 10 Where they intersect mark this point with the puncher identified on the figure as point 4 Step 11 Now place the point of Compass 1 that was on point 1 on point 3 47 Step 12 Place the end of the tape on point 4 Step 13 With the tape at dimension of 511 6mm cross it with the other point of Compass 1 Step 14 Where they intersect mark this point with the punch
28. 2000 200 200 200 200 i Save Open Exit r Options aaa 4 Entering undefined face Entering face with data Change data Exclude face Curve path face face Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options Step 4 Defining the final piece section On the last empty line in the table using the Change data option Lx 1200mm Ly 1200mm R1 R2 R3 and R4 600mm to design a circular section Inclination incl on the XZ plane 90 degrees Section rotation around its axis 0 degrees Space position of the center of this section XC 3000mm YC 0 mm ZC 2500 mm Note The 2 defined sections can be already displayed on the windows on the left Use zoom options to adjust the view 65 ek Curve path assistant 200 JEI 1200 1200 600 r Options Entering face with data Change data Exclude face Curve path face face Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options Entering undefined face Step 5 Selecting sections Clicking on the Curve path face face button and selecting the first line in the table initial section E Curve path assistant p Options Entering undefined face Entering face with data Chan
29. AD BS b Ejmeruolnovad E Edt de Catala heis ceinen menm E A611 Piece name the piece name will be defined here File Selection screen image file this file will include the image that you Fiona o ara Vito Preece 20 wish to display on the image selection screen Eme Selection screen image file Clean Data screen image file here you will select the image that you will Data screen image fie JE be displayed on the calculation screen SEE E 3000 Image superior distance Left position of the image here you will define the horizontal distance in pixels of the image top left corner with the top left corner of the screen Back color here you will select the background color for the selected screen image try to select a color similar to the selected image color 21 Adding variables Insert Cancel On the Variables toolbar you will add the variables of your figure The first variable to be added id the thickness Click on add and type the thickness name and value ela Add Variable E ame A Once you have defined the thickness es it is then SR E time to define the variables On the piece that we will use as example we will have three variables A B and D To add a variable click on Add type the name a variable value and click on Add To redefine a variable you just need to click twice on it change the v
30. AS 1 PE A N E B E1 2 W 26 Flat pattems Into General Variables Preferences 30 Step 1 define the 3 thickness variables Thickness variables E1 25 4 E2 19 e E3 12 7 Step 2 define the 5 required variables A 600 B 400 R 1000 F 240 e H 300 Step 3 define the different flat patterns P Thickness Oty E1 E2 ii Reinforcement E3 4 Step 4 defining support flat patterns To do that click on the flat pattern on the flat pattern list see if on the bottom toolbar of the screen the following message is displayed working with support Defining the points of the support flat pattern Points 1 2 3 and 4 are easy to determine However points 5 and 6 require some extra calculations Alpha Let s create the extra variables Alpha ase A 2 R 180 3 14159265 This is Alpha Sinarc A 2 R in radii and multiplied by 180 and divided by Pi to convert into degrees 4 R1 R cos Alpha GAP R R1 X H GAP 27 L Editor de C lculos 1 0 Planifica es Info Geral Vari veis Prefer ncias 3D RAS L Adicionar Vari vel Auxiliar Normal Normal Normal Normal Normal Espessura Espessura Espessura ase A 2 R 180 3 14159265 Auxiliar Auxiliar Auxiliar EEE m Vari veis auxiliares EON Een aad pe ed E A z lt Corrigir faseA 2RP180 3 14159265 Status Result 17 45 76031436703 Retornar C lculo C
31. User s Manual CALDsoft6 Caldsoft 1 Introduction Installation Safety key Dongle 2 Calculating a piece Defining steel plate thickness Selecting steel plate material Defining the kind of piece Saving piece entering data Checking results 3D Flat Viewing 3D interface Flat Pattern Viewing of unfolding Printing for points Printing for X and Y Coordinates Printing for dimensions Printing in scale Flat Distance 3 Nesting Defining steel plate manually Downloading flat patterns onto a steel plate Distributing manually Distributing automatically 20 4 Creating your own figures 21 Example 1 21 Adding variables 22 Creating flat patterns 22 Creating lines 24 Creating circles 24 Creating dimensions 25 Mathematical operations 25 Example 2 26 Adding extra information 29 How to install a new format 30 5 Setting CALDsoft 31 Materials 31 Printing machine 32 Settings 33 Information field user variables 33 3D 34 Saving your configurations backup 35 6 Printing and creating a paper format 36 Importing dxf formats 37 Inside system variables 38 Printing subtitles 42 Printing flat pattern only in the first page 43 7 Figures of CALDsoft 44 Bend 44 Tapered be
32. ad Now click on the File button and load CALD LSP file available on the main menu of CALD program Then click on Load button On the AutoCAD control bar type letter c in parenthesis c Then click on Enter or Space Bar option The design of the calculated piece will be added to your current design IMPORTANT Disability of AutoSnap on the AutoCAD On the TOOLS menu select Objects Snap Settings and click on Clear all button or click twice on the bottom bar of the AutoCAD on the OSNAP option leaving disabilities Creating a quick access menu on AutoCAD You can include a control line on the AutoCAD menu to access directly the CALDsoft program avoiding to type the steps described previously To include an access line into the AutoCAD menu you need to open the ACAD MNU file with any text editor If your Autocad is already fitted with customized menus then you need to open the standard MNU file of your section or company The ACAD MNU file is a text file that has the information about the functions available on the AutoCAD menu After changing this file you must always save it as Document text format of MS DOS with the original extension MNU 1 Step Open the ACAD MNU file with any text editor This file must be available on the main AutoCAD menu on the SUPPORT file 81 Locate in the file the part that defines the Pop s menus top bar menus On the POP1 on FILE you will find the controls of the FILE menu New Ope
33. ady be with all the coordinates X Y and Z correct ema Does Dao cena fea Ad RE E O ai ECN ES ESA 92 Now that all the points are defined the flat pattern will be processed in Calculate and then in Results We will then have a piece like any other calculated by the CALDsoft with 3D dimensions distances and printing 93 WARRANTY TERM The formal warranty about our product is shown as it follows 1 Global warranty on logic programming problems Bugs in operations functions available at the given version Due date Three 3 months warranty 2 Hardlock repositional warranty when accidental damage with the return of the damaged hardlock by the client and reposition from the costs of the circuit at the required date The Hardlock is the license to the use of its program in case of loss damages or misplacing the license will be canceled that is CALDsoft6 will not take the blame for such damages Due date Three 3 months warranty 3 Support warranty about the software functionalities only when the User s manual was not understood Due date Three 3 months warranty Important Considerations The calculations developed by software CALDsoft6 are made up from the analytical geometry using the classic methods of sheet metal unfolding considering the value Il pi as 3 1416 and the average perimet
34. aller size paper as the printing requires a border when printing on the example we will use less 10mm 201mm x 287mm To define that you just need to type on the Create page printing formats option the dimensions on the blank fields ala Create page printing format Standard file Define a name for ME Sheet your format and then Ee you will save it by clicking on Save Now we will provide a border on the printing paper This is done on the Lines toolbar To design a line you just need to type the coordinates of your line on the page This is done on the blank lines 36 If you wish you might import DXF formats designed in CAD To do that and before changing any detail on the new printing format you need to click on DXF The DXF only interprets inputs Line Arc and Circle and at Import DXF 1 1 ratio in mm Text polyline and Blocks will not be File accepted We will design a line right on the border by using these coordinates indexes 1 2 3 and 4 We will also leave a baseboard on the page allowing you to include any information about the piece index 5 Te Line already added Index initial paria final final to change it you just 1 0 20 0 Create a 0 PE need to click on the new line field you wish to have it changed This is our current printing page Now we w
35. alue and then click on Change button trnov On the Description option you can add the ee e variable description le Editor de C lculos 1 0 nen Cancel Flat pattems Info General Variables Preferences 30 Description ela Add Variable Name Exemple value Description Name At the end the Variables toolbar of your example will be as shown mn Er herewith E 10 EZES Variables Name B Setting flat patterns On the flat pattern toolbar you will create your own flat pattern s starting with the flat pattern name as on our example there is a flat pattern we will use the name Unique piece on the Thickness blank you will select one of the thickness created on the previous topic on the Quantity option you can add all flat patterns that form the piece Lee at pattern Name Unique pese S Thickness E X Quantity Number 1 Perform calc orCalculation Insert Cancel 22 Now it is time to design the points of your piece To add any data click on and type the coordinates X and Y of ela Add flat pattern the referred point On our example we have six points A Perform cate four to design the rectangle and two to design the circle ff Perform cale To add the coordinates X and Y you can now use the variables For example the point 4 of the rectangle has on X the variable A and on Y the variable B RA Cance
36. ancelar Working with The flat pattern Suport To add an auxiliar variable you just have to click on in Auxiliar Variables enter with the name and then click on Perform Calc to create the desired calculation You can use in the calculations the other variables previously created 28 Point X Y 1 0 0 2 A 0 3 A H E2 4 0 H E2 5 A 2 H E2 R1 6 A 2 H E2 GAP Tip To type the coordinate Y of point 4 which is equal to point 3 you can only type 3 once the program figures out as being equal to that typed on the coordinate Y of point 3 Defining the lines of the support flat pattern line Initial Point End Point 1 1 2 2 3 3 1 4 Defining the arc of the support flat pattern Arc Center Border Angle point point 1 5 4 2 Alpha A center point and a border point plus an angle drawn by the arc which is measured in degrees define all arcs It starts on the border point and performs counter clock wise Adding extra data On the INFO toolbar you can define some data as a text which will be presented in the CALDsoft6 they are also printed on the drawings 29 8 How to install a new format As you finish the drawing of the new figure shape click on File Pack Then a file will be created in the out folder ex RectangularFlange tar then transfer this file to the download folder and when CALD
37. ansition Curve Path Assistant Stpath E Curve path assistant 1000 2000 200 200 200 5 1028 5 1885 7 2571 2571 25871 5 1057 1 1771 4 3142 3142 3142 5 1085 7 1657 1 371 4 371 4 374 5 11428 1428 5 485 7 485 7 485 7 4 4 1853 3 5 1171 4 1314 2 5428 5428 5428 4 2427 8 5 1200 1200 600 600 600 4 3000 ptions Entering undefined face Entering face with data Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options Figure 1 58 A Side view of the space on this window you will operate the zoom to magnify reduce or move the 3D space view of the piece B Top view of the space C Piece editing buttons D Detailed view of the selected section E Table with defined sections for the piece F Control buttons save files open files and exit from the program Side view of the space A on figure 1 Mouse control to manipulate the view over the piece Note Keep pressed mouse to accelerate the process Click on the center of the window with the right or left button of the mouse respectively to magnify or reduce the image 59 Buttons Entering undefined face When clicking on this button the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on the dimensions screen informing between which sections the new section must be entered Considering it is undefined this new section will be entered without values However these values must be informed ahead
38. cimal spacer of your Windows is the comma please change it by dot See the user manual for more details CALDsoft v6 09 IMPORTANT This KEY must be connected Otherwise the CALDsoft program will only run as demonstration option Therefore the KEY is the safety of your software avoiding reproduction of false copies However when installed on the outside of the equipment it must be regarded as part of the computer e Read Warranty Terms supplied together with the system Chapter 2 CALCULATING A PIECE e Defining steel plate thickness For the performance of a calculation first define the steel plate thickness This selection is done from a list that is available on the bottom right corner of the main screen This list that includes all corresponding thickness is based on the steel plates mostly commercialized ranging from thickness 0 4mm 28 up to 31 8mm as well as steel plates standardized in millimeters E CALDsoft v6 08 Fles Function Programs help Your company Plate 0 10 mm Plate 0 50 mm Plate 24 0 64 mm Plate 23 0 71 mm Plate 0 75 mm EE ES Piate 0 10 mm E Por ef i Plate 20 0 95 mm Plate 1 0 mm Special plate measure However if the calculation requires Input the plate thickness in mm another steel plate that is not included Mori ocs aie peered in the list then indicate on the Plate To create 3D figures with external measures use the Cancel
39. dinates of the flat pattern In above XY button exists the 0 0 checkbox that indicates if you want that appears or not the point 0 0 in X and Y in the printing page When you click the XY button the printing screen will open with the flat pattern in the top and the coordinates down like the figure below aa eee et Gam T_ 185mmx270mm _ Totaiotpages 1 eM NAO X xXx x x Wu a Ut ICI MP ML ONT 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 x 7 X 8 x 9 x DOONING o lt lt lt I1O lt O ai Information B Printing for dimension Note depending of kind of calculate unfolding the information table will have differents kind of datas For example to elbow clicking on Display Dimen will be showed the perimeter the distance between the marks some measures between the points the width and the height of unfolding On viewing area you will have the representation of values of the dimensions on figure of the unfolding Sometimes the position that the measures meet won t be good to printing the figure then you can click on scroll bar to arrange a new position for the measures showed on example After to choose the wished position of the measures click on Print button to print the unfolding with dimensions Scroll Bar al DIE 326 9 850 313 4 1000 B Printing in scale There is just a different way of printing that is called of
40. e left 1413 15165 1255 1429 1089 13727 9 1816 4 14144 16825 1256 1553 11022 14 We used as an example points 6 1570 1649 1413 1553 1256 1485 7 10 and 15 However to allow the point 1924 7 1570 17852 14144 1649 1264 9 1516 1727 17852 1570 16825 1413 1605 4 12 to be displayed on the piece you 2057 4 1727 19147 15722 17744 14235 16 need to click on the cell where the 1884 19247 1727 18164 1570 1731 14y required horizontal and vertical points match Distance 1392 3 mm Distance Chapter 3 NESTING The Nesting system allows a distribution of the flat patterns on the steel plates reducing scraps and specially informing the operator how to place the pieces and avoiding points out of the steel plate waste of time or further amendments To use Nesting option you need to calculate the required pieces and then click on Nesting button See on the right the Nesting function screen As an example we will apply a Bend tapered with five segments and 3 2mm thickness B Defining the steel plate There are two ways to define the steel plate that will be used on the distribution of pieces One is done manually typing the steel plate data and the other is done applying the pattern standard steel plates offered by the software which can be also added later to the standard of your company Defining steel plate manually to create a steel plate manually to be applied on the Nesting option you just need to comp
41. ections The last height is the position of the previously calculated calota 3000 45 2955 N of sections means the quantity of sections on each of the rows On this case there are 12 sections on the central row and 7 sections on the top row Always the closest rows to the Yequator O consist of more sections for the same steel plate width 2955 3 Step 2523 Standardize segments number 0 51 Tip It is normal to use a number of sections multiple of 4 so as to keep a structural symmetry for the vase and avoid coincidence of longwise welding Let s change the number of sections of the first row from 13 to 16 and the sections of the second row from 7 to 8 Clicking on value 13 of the first list line the following window will open _ _ Entering the new value equal to 16 the table will display a new section width equal to 1176mm The previous width with 13 sections was 1148mm Considering that a 1500mm width plate is being used less advantage is taken from such plate However a 1200mm width plate can be used To change the second row follow the same procedure Now you just need to click on Calculate button CALDsoft v6 08 Input the segments numb 52 Centrifugal fan blades Variable Values range Notes R1 Larger than O zero Blade inside radius R2 Larger than R1 Blade outside radius B1 Larger than 0 zero
42. ed Standard 1 1 The Relation Horizontal Vertical is a factor that adjust the horizontal axis in reference to paper vertical axis once it is common for plotting equipment become worn resulting in losing original dimensions on both opposite directions See further information about printing on the specific chapter Note When the printing process is selected in scale 1 1 the marks are mirrored if the user wants external marks is needed to calculate using the internal marks then due mirror effect will print the external marks as desired 32 e Settings Here you will set the main options of CALDsoft and they are listed below Here you will indicate if there is or not BHE Internet access Border considered pr around the flat pattern 44 fmt Adpeicago int on the welg ht AAspecial fmt calcu atio n Here you will have two Printing lines thickness to types of options Flat Pattern 3D Page Frame Normal _ which will find TO mim T Normal gt gt gt gt the weight of the Information Field smallest steel plate that It selects the desired page printing format Filed Name supports the flat pattern Date at the position it is Designed by a a We will see Aprooved by Exibition Module Displayed Optionally _v found this below mp ES Optimized which finds aterial Friso the weight of the Client v smallest steel plate that
43. ed pjo Apei Er 3 numeric fields De Di and Esp and text field Treat Open the Excel file that contains the data and then Save as this plane sheet on the text separated by tabs txt format Now on Costs go to Menu Misc Materials and click on Selection button on the Mode area This button will be described as Edition Select the Flat Washer family and then click on Import button L Import to Flat Washer FT EADocuments and Settings Select the file you have exported into the Excel Flat washer TXT and make the relations between the fields that are Tae ee available on the new family that you created dae daa with the corresponding Excel table fields Then click on the import button ES Tip you may use another program to export a o the table as text separated by tabs lack man putaria Additionally the data bank already available in your company can do this for you Contact your IT personnel Import 76 Exporting your calculation into Excel and Word Using Microsoft EXCEL To export a cost file into Excel you just need to click on Menu Export and save the file When running the Excel open the file as text file tar Ferramentas Dados Janela Ajuda e Senten a OR ME do ara Ejs q ESA Tem X Ci E gt Feranentas EFEFEFEFREM le z203 f NE 19 7 uquivos do tip
44. er identified on the figure as point 5 Step 15 Now place the point of Compass 2 that was on point 2 on point 4 Step 16 Place the end of the tape on point 5 Step 17 With the tape at dimension of 504 1mm cross it with the other point of Compass 2 Step 18 Where they intersect mark this point with the puncher identified on the figure as point 6 Carry on the further steps until completing all points on the figure Cone Measures Enter with dimensional data and select 2 for axial division and 3 for radial division or on the arrows of the fields below with their respective values The next step after viewing the picture press on Pre calculation button Ex Cone of 3 8 steel plates with the following characteristics Height 2000mm Top diameter 500mm Bottom diameter 2000mm Calculate two overlapped cones and divide the flat pattern in three parts 48 Based on the table check the partial result that is found below the buttons Cone D1 D2 Height Parts Plate 1 500 1250 1000 3 1114x1269 2 1250 2000 1000 3 1186x2037 Considering a steel plate of 1200mm x 200mm we will have a problem with cone 2 as it requires a minimum plate length of 2037mm Therefore it does not fit on the available steel plate So we need to increase the radial subdivision of Cone 2 from 3 to 4 parts Procedure Cone 2 3 pieces Click on value 3 of the column ind
45. er as a regular basis Some companies use alternative methods of sheet metal unfolding at least approximately however we suggest the battle between the plan presented by CALDsoft6 and the traditionally used in the company for the first parts calculated in order to evaluate the differences that can exist among the methods 94
46. exported figure Note Use the menus programming resources to turn automatic other activities on the AutoCAD To do that check the manuals of your program or the Autodesk distributors of your region www autodesk com 83 e Exporting the flat patterns into MicroStation quickly When you are viewing a flat pattern on CALDsoft it is already able to be open by MicroStation To view this flat pattern on MicroStation just open the MicroStation click on menu Utilities Macro MicroStation BASIC Now click on Browse button and load the CALDSOFT bas file located on main directory of CALDsoft program where CALDsoft is installed And after click on RUN button The draw of the calculated piece will be added on your current draw 84 Chapter 10 IMPORTING FLAT PATTERNS There are two ways to import flat patterns with CALDsfot The first is to Import retangular flat patterns of tabulated text files The second is Import flat patterns of DXF or DWG files On sequence of this chapter these kind of importations will be explaned e Importing rectangular flat pattern form text tab files CALDsoft can also import rectangular drawings done in a txt file or even in EXCEL As long as the file is saved as separated by tabs To do this just create your measures using the fields name of the flat pattern length width quantity and thickness Ferramentas E Microsoft Excel Pasta1 E arquivo Editar Exibir In
47. fined by the user on settings As standard on CALDsoft the infos are the following date designed by approved by designed material finishing and customer Now we will create as an example a fixed text a title for the page Here we will use a sample text Text Printing Page To do that you just need to follow the steps described above Then we will create two more texts one with user s variables and another with the inner system variables To create a text with a variable you just need to write the desired variable between lt gt For example to apply the variable of the user Material you need to write on the first column lt Material gt and to apply the variable of the system Job you need to type lt Job gt 1 Example printing page 2 lt jop gt 38 We will now make an example of a circle and one of an arc The circles may serve as points and a paper drilling machine will provide the holes to file the printing and the arc serves as an example To do that click on Arc toolbar and type the coordinates and desired values the same way it was done with the lines To design a complete circle use initial angle O and final angle 360 Lines Arc Tests Page 3D 2D distances 2D dimensions Setting the three formats To set the printing format types first you must select one of the following options Viewing 3D it allows you to print your piece on 3D interface viewing it on 3D Re
48. ge data Exclude face Curve path face tace Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options rick on the final value 66 and then selecting the last line in the table final section ela Curve path assistant Options Entering undefined face Entering face with data Change data Exclude face Curve path face face Way in radius angle curve Distributing linear values Distributing values by the sine Distributing values by the cosine Take away mark all options cick on the final value On this moment points xc and zc of the center of each section are automatically calculated as well as the inclination incl of each section Note the central points of each intermediate section can be already displayed on the windows on the left Step 6 Defining shapes for intermediate sections For this example let s consider the transition of the initial section rectangular with round corners for the final section circle being a proportional or linear transition To do that we will use the Distribute linear values option After clicking on Distribute linear values we will select the value of 1000mm from column Lx and then the value of 1200mm from the same column The result is displayed on the table below Following this procedure also for columns Ly R1 R2 R3 R4 incl rotation
49. gle Lines e Creating circles Now let s place the circle on the center of the rectangle Click on Circle and then on add select a point to be the center of the circle and another point to be the border Circles 24 e Creating dimensions To create a dimension you just need to click on Dimensions and then on the Add button Select a point to be the first and another to be the second So you have a dimension Dimen Somm s These dimensions are displayed when you calculate the piece and view the results Our piece is now complete Click on the File option on the top corner of the screen and save it On the CALDsoft6 software enter on Files Manager of user s pieces option and click on Options include calculation and add your calculation to your selection list ela CALDsoft v6 16 AESI Function Programs He Define Job Load Job Key Settings b User s Pieces Manager Create Printing Formats Fonts Exit Tip offered by Mathematics experts to use on the calculations Multiplication Exponential example 9 2 81 Division Square root sqr example sqr 81 9 25 Example 2 As second example we will design a piece by using arcs and trigonometric functions o El E ASS R H F fil A Initial draft of the 3 different flat patterns R 1 PE A i n 4 PE
50. ill then create a text on the printing page To do that click on Text toolbar and on the blank line on the first page type the desired text on the second and third type on the page the coordinates X and Y of the text and on the fourth type the code referred to the font that you wish to use the list with the codes is available right below the line area of the text 9 Normal text font 10 Table font 11 12 Title font 37 There are three types of texts fixed the user s variables and the inner system variables e The fixed texts are those that cannot be changed e The user s variables texts are those that use the piece variables already set on the chapter Setting CALDsoft and filled out at the moment the piece is calculated Ex Material Design Designer etc e The inner system variables are those that are not changed directly by the user These inner variables are listed below Variable name Description Job Job name Codpiece Piece code Base_material Piece material Flat pattern_name Name of viewed flat pattern Weight Flat pattern weight Total_weight Piece total weight Thickness Flat pattern thickness Quantity Quantity of required flat patterns Note User s note about the piece Smallest plate Smallest steel plate for the planification Today Today s date Hour Current time Info1 info 2 info8 Info 1 up to info 8 these are the variables de
51. ing between initial and final selected sections Tip Enter several blank sections entering undefined face button between initial and final section hence ensuring the number of sections you wish for the piece 60 For further information see the example at the end of the section Radius Angle curve path When clicking on this button the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on the dimensions screen informing which will the initial of the curve path be and then clicking on the path final section you are requested to supply the Curve average radius and the total curve angle On this moment the program will create all intermediate sections automatically ensuring matching between initial and final selected sections following the curve radius and informed angle The number of sections created will be equal to the number of sections already entered between those two selected Tip Enter several blank sections entering undefined face button between initial and final section hence ensuring the number of sections you wish for the piece Distributing linear values Distributing values by sine Distributing values by cosine When clicking on any of these buttons the mouse pointer changes and requests you to click on the dimensions table informing the initial distribution cell and then clicking on final distribution screen The automatic distribution of values will be determined by the selected option where the linear option makes
52. l ME Editor de C lculos 1 0 Fle Fiatpattems info General Variables Preferences 30 Name Thickness Toy Unique piece E 1 Working with The flat pattern Unique piece Screen adtust You can also perform a calculation using the variables to design a point as it was done to place a point on the center of the rectangle that will be also the center of the circle To define that we noticed that the center is a point on the middle position of the base and on the half of the height So we have on X A 2 and on Y B 2 da Add flat pattern DER 842 Perform calc B 2 Perform calc DEK Insert Cancel You have two ways to perform the calculation one is done by typing the calculation on the coordinate area and the other is done by clicking on the Perform calc option and perform the calculation on the calculator To perform the calculation on the calculator you need to click twice on the selected variable and then apply all required operations If required you can add another or more variables to your calculation Once the calculation is complete click on Return Calculation e Creating lines Now that we have all six points defined we then can define lines for them To do that you just need to click on Lines and then on The next step is to select the two points that you wish to have joined So we have a rectan
53. l be Material cost 471 7 x 1 55 731 14 without applying the multiplying factor Selling price 731 14 x 3 2193 41 applying the multiplying factor Notice that on the example the misc material cost is zero once no misc material was used other than the flat patterns If on your budget any different material was used besides the flat patterns such as corners and bolts you would have to select these misc materials to have them included Let s include 30Kg of corner 1 x 3 16 Selecting different raw materials RE BRR On the Menu Misc Materials option you will enter in the configurable data a ee bank of materials There are some EE GEE materials already included However Se ee ee you need to register the mostly used a a E n E materials in your company In order to PEA E e E include the type of material you wish e a a e H to include select on the available EEE ones on the Family option on the top EE SS left corner of the screen To include the desired material click a ETs on it on the screen and then click on ze ie E Em Add button on the bottom left corner On this moment the program will select the quantity of such material being used You must inform the quantity applying same unit used when the cost of this material was registered For example for the corner u
54. lete the Dimensions field with the required data Example We will create an 8000X3000mm steel plate To do that we will fill the length with 8000mm and width with 3000mm and fill in the thickness with the same calculated flat pattern of 3 2mm use dot as decimal spacer instead of comma After that click on Add button To remove a steel plate you just need to select this steel plate on the steel plate area and click on Remove button To change a steel plate you just need to select it Change the values and then click on Update button Flat pattern Distribute Dimensions Lenght 6000 uti Width 2200 mm thickness mm Add Update Flat pattem 2900 mm Distance X Distancey 0 ma Angle 300 Degs Plate Standard plates E Standard plates Selecting a standard steel plate To select a standard a steel plate you just need to click on the Standard Plates option select one of the options and then click on Add button Update thickness 32 So to allow distribution of flat patterns two steel plates will be applied one with 8000X3000mm and another with 6000X2000mm 8 Downloading flat patterns onto steel plates Calculated flat patterns First select the steel plate on the plate area where you wish to place the flat pattern Then click on the Flat pattern Bend tapered 8801 toolbar Click twice on the piece that you wish
55. m DS File Name C Documents and Settings ES 1 XI n a x2 Y2 2 a 600 o 3 20 ol 3 490 393 075452 380 MA 64 7487 4 46194 1919417 380 218816 125 1437 5 415 735 277 7851 350 194519 188 9633 te Fi B 353553 3595594 960 110202 247 78 Internal Fields File Fields 7 277785 4157948 960 145 826 309 6077 a 191342 4619393 360 114963 365 907 Y2 g 675452 4903998 350 634371 4054835 10 0 500 360 O 419 5656 z2 11 875452 490 9928 380 63 4321 4054833 12 1813417 461 9393 380 114 8625 365 9071 13 2777851 4157349 3AN 1458255 9026077 14 3595594 969 5694 960 170 2223 247 788 15 415 7348 2777851 380 1845191 185 9683 16 461 9398 191 3417 30 218 8158 125 1497 17 4003028 97 6462 360 241 4702 64 7487 18 a 350 250 o 19 469 1982 105 639 350 2414815 54 7048 20 2388 2803 180 432 350 216 5084 125 21 2767341 200 350 176 7767 178 777 22 1687139 173 687 350 125 216 506 23 102 2276 90 2297 350 64 7048 241 492 E 360 o 25 102 228 90 2297 350 84 7048 241 482 26 168 714 173 5687 350 125 216 506 27 276734 200 350 176777 ABIT 28 38628 180432 350 2185068 125 29 469 198 105 639 350 241 482 54 7048 30 500 a 350 250 0 E 31 E 14 4 HD manual lel Om Fronto NUM Now just save the coordinates as Separated by tabs and load in Import inside the Flex tool and then relate the columns like the way desired 89 8 Importing coordinates from AutoCAD with lisp routine
56. m other calculations create See ale osio bales oI L20 A B Ee E F 1 Pe a qtde esp c digo Largura Altura kg unit KG MPu R custo fator R venda 2 Curva Redu o 400 x 520 x 90 1 6 4 Pe a 1 1 14339 849 64 563 64 5 1 2 WA 3 2 247 9 3 Curva Redu o 520 x 640 x 90 1 6 4 Pe a 1768 1 1007 1 90 601 90 6 1 2 1087 32 347 9 4 Curva Redu o 640 x 760 x 90 1 6 4 Pe a 2101 2 1132 4 121 073 121 1 2 145 2 32 464 9 5 Curva Redu o 760 x 880 x 90 1 6 4 Pe a 24329 12618 156 194 156 1 12 187 4 3 2 599 7 6 Curva Redu o 880 x 1000 x 90 1 6 4 Pe a 1 5 27627 13956 196 179 1961 12 2354 32 7533 7 8 9 10 11 12 d R venda 13 R 600 00 14 15 R 700 00 16 17 R 600 00 18 19 R 500 00 20 qm 2 R 400 00 22 23 R 300 00 24 LA 25 R 200 00 26 Ba 27 R 100 00 28 23 R 000 30 Curva Redu o 400x Curva Redu o 520x Curva Redu o 640x Curva Redu o 760x Curva Redu o 880 x 31 520x90 640x90 760x90 880 x 90 1000 x 90 32 33 34 E KAIP DiN custo I lt DIB Pronto NUM Using Microsoft WORD EM kj txt Microsoft Word ESSE A D da eRrisBs o 1m QM cower nen E C AKATIKA EA EEEE Piece quantity factor sell Tapered bend 400x 520x 90 1 0 3 o g aa bS Tapered bend 520x 649x 90 1 0 3 2 6 3 2 8 4 Tapered bend 640 x 769x901 0 3 1 OZ 32 dos Tapered bend 760 x 880 x 90 1 0 5 13 8 a2 42 7
57. mpany Eek Data i Printer Settings 3D Material 1 Note the density does not have a unit and it is the ratio of specific weight of the desired Density material by the water_specific weight Carbon Steel 7 85 se E D polypropylene SW polypropylene water SW Stain less Steel 8 Material 3 Name Density ET 27 D polypropylene 1200 kg m3 1000 kg m3 Material 4 Dersi D polypropylene 1 2 Material 5 Name Density Free2 0 31 e Printer Here you will be able to register your printer s putting printer name correction factor and the Horizontal Vertical Ratio The items are only required if you intend to print the exact scale flat patterns It is usual on light and small size boiler pieces print parts in plotter at 1 1 ratio to serve as pattern for the operator to cut the pieces Correction factor must be also used to correct printed size on the paper in reference the size defined on the formats Ex if on the format you have defined a line with 100 mm and on the printing it came out with 98 mm the correction factor for this printer is 100 98 1 020 E jek Data Printer 1 Name Settings 3D Correction Factor Relation Hor Ver Your Printer M Standard Printer 2 Name 1 Correction Factor 1 Relation Hor Aer Not defined F Standard Printer 3 Name 1 Correction Factor 1 Relation Hor Ver Not Defin
58. n Save Save as Export etc as shown on the example ES EE FILE ID_MnFile amp File ID_New amp New tCtr1 N C C_new ID_Open L pen sa VECtrl 0 C C_open ID_Save amp Save tCtr1 S C C_qsave ID_Saveas Save amp As C C_saveas ID Export SExport as GC export q iD Config P rinter Setup CC config You need to add a line below the Open control bar it can be on another area if you prefer with the flowing functions Text displayed C C Load path cald Isp c CALD C C Load c Programs and files CALDsoft cald lsp c REPOR Rad A Oe Icy ID MnFile amp File ID New amp New tCtr1 N C C_new ID_Open amp 0pen ECtr1 0 C C_open CALD C C load c Programs and files CALDsoft cald 1lsp c e ID Save amp Save tCtr1 S C C_qsave ID_Saveas Save amp As C C_saveas ID Export amp Export C C_export sw ID Config P amp rinter Setup C C config 82 Run the AutoCAD and type MENU to load the change and compile the ACAD MNU file on ACAD MNS Select on the File option the extension mnu to locate the MENU MNU file and then select it Examinar E Suppor El Zl e E Click on Open or OK And on the next window click on Yes or OK On this moment a line with CALD k option needs to be included into the eo File menu of the AutoCAD which will always locate the last
59. n click on Apply and then on OK axl Background Screen Saver Appearance Web Effects Settings Display Multiple Monitors on Mobilit Radeon Less More mu ifr O 1024 by 768 pixels Screen 263 e Troubleshoot Advanced 3 Step Now you must define the dot as the decimal spacer for the Windows 2x General Numbers Currency Time Date Input Locales Appearance samples On the Control Panel window Positive 123 455 788 00 Negative 23 456 789 00 open the Regional Options icon one of the two icons shown on the Decimal symbol previous page On the Numbers pi i No of digits after decimal 2 ial toolbar find the decimal symbol RR field and define dot as decimal nore a Digit grouping 123 456 789 7 spacer While on the digit grouping E legative sign symbol X symbol field type comma or ne i egative number format aA v leave It blank Display leading zeros 0 7 z Then click on Apply and then on List separator hd OK Measurement system US hal IMPORTANT Due to the software language used USA standard you should not define comma as decimal spacer once the calculation will result in errors So this item must be changed If such changes are not carried out accordingly the following messages will be displayed on the screen when starting the CALDsoft program CALDsoft v6 08 x The de
60. nd 45 Understanding triangle method 47 Cone truncated 48 Sphere 50 Centrifugal fan blades 53 Super transition module 56 Curve path assistant 58 8 Costs 70 Selling price summary 72 Selecting raw materials 73 Creating raw material tables 74 Importing an existing tables 76 Exporting your calculations onto Excel and Word 77 9 Exporting onto AutoCAD 79 Exporting the piece in 3D DXF DWG or STL 79 Exporting a 3D piece LISP 80 Exporting flat patterns into CAD DXF or DWG 81 Exporting the flat patterns into AutoCAD quickly LISP 81 Creating a quick access menu on the AutoCAD 81 Exporting the flat patterns into MicroStation quickly 84 10 Importing Flat Patterns 85 Importing rectangular flat pattern form text tab files 85 Importing flat patterns of DXF DWG files 86 11 Flex 88 Importing coordinates from electronic plan sheet 89 Importing coordinates from AutoCAD with lisp routine 90 12 Warranty Term 94 User s manual EEE This User s Manual serves as a guide to use the CALDsoft Sheet Metal Unfolding Software allowing full calculation control and flat pattern management for a wide variety of pieces applied to Boiler and mechanical industry IMPORTANT e All dimensions for the pieces displayed on the data entering screens must indicate outside measures e All bending lines must always remain on the outside of the pieces when folding them Note You may find in the Manual a few pieces not displayed on the CALDsoft program
61. negative for top spherical plate ok Cancel o 44 Enter the positive dimension without signal for Ferrule and negative for weld gap Ee V Ferrule dimension The Ferrule dimension is added to the theoretical width of each section that is dent Weld gap ZA B Weld gap dimensions The Weld gap dimension is taken from the theoretical width of each section Tapered bend 45 dhe GAL ISOs RA e eF GR eS eee ji A tam 4 ff f fs fi 1 a j ua 3 em f f Pu f apo N I T d j y ar ses AA SS if Ed j wr f f sm N As Lo fo gei o lt a j Ed es e Ay fe ve ays Ys Cor ess 2475 BITA is Compass t3094 sat 41650 Ste ris 451 605 ery 160 5161 is as sm 1a 4704 x The program calculates all sections as individual units allowing individual way designing for better use of the steel plate Based on conventional geometric methods all sections must be designed at the same time making the design of larger dimension curves more difficult Tip When designing use two small compasses and a tape with the application of the Triangle Method as shown above Design the 1 line with 415 5mm Open a compass with 247 5mm and the other with 200 4mm Use the tape with the dimensions of the diagonals 1 point tape 481 6mm compass 1 with 247 5mm 2 point tape 441 5mm compass 2 with 200 4mm 3 point tape 522 5mm compass
62. o Arquivos de texto prn txt csv 3 34 E 4T bi Plan Pin Plan tel ir Pronto i TT nom 5 Iniciar Once the file has been located click on Open A window will be displayed by the Excel as shown below Check if the Delimited option is selected and then click on Conclude Text Import Wizard Step 1 of 3 The Text Wizard has determined that your data is Delimted IF this ts correct choose Next or choose the dats type that best describes your data Orignal data type the File type that best describes your deta Delrted Characters such as commas or tabs separate each field C Feed pit Fields are abgned in columns with spaces between each field Kart import at pow fi 2 File grigi mirrors ANSI Preview of fle C Documents and Settings ecmars Desktop Bookt txt A LeceDQuant ie yO ThickDCodedts OHA greTkg ni cOFCOMPUls com tacto 2iapered bend 400 x 520 x 900100 4D 101560 060623 7602 7202 20102 LJ 2 ftapered band S20 z 640 x 0000 402 201923 360455 7903 203 50403 lap apered bend 640 z 760 x 900100 401 2202 PXIGOS 0004 2904 IID A apered bend 760 x 80 x 200100 4D 402644 630717 9205 2305 30105 77 When opening the file on Excel provisions and graphics El Microsoft Excel custo txt E arquivo Editar Exibir Inserir Formatar Ferramentas Dados Janela Ajuda you will have the possibility to perfor
63. ons must be informed on the entering screen as per corresponding caption that is available on the figure at right Note All are considered outside dimensions All dimensions referred to bottom opening section are represented by variables Lx Ly R1 R2 R3 R4 Az and Ay While all dimensions referred to top opening section have e s suffix and are represented by variables Lxs Lys Rs1 Rs2 Rs3 Rs4 Az and Ay The center of the bottom section is fixed on the original coordinates 0 0 0 and the dimensions ex ey and H define of the top section referred to the bottom section on the directions x y and z respectively 56 With an exact arrangement of dimensions Lx Ly and radius R1 R2 R3 and R4 it is possible to design rectangular square rectangular with round corners oval and round sections ls Super Transition er Transitio 3 z 3 lt By H V 1 View lateral Sequence of radiuses ma Bz superior Az inferior View superior Another feature of this module is that it allows to perform a special variable transition following a defined path This can be done on the Curve Path Assistant ST path which must be performed from the main menu of CALDsoft on Programs curve path Assistant 57 After performing the curve path Assistant Stpath your result can be read on the CALDsoft by clicking on the Transition Curve button on the entering data screen of the Super Tr
64. ou may get the data from the record by clicking on the same button that you clicked on to open the entering option selecting the file and then clicking on Get Data button To clear any data from the previous record you must click on Clear button and then select the field you wish to clear la Memorized figures Checking results Once the calculation is complete click on Results button and the Manager will open On the button part of the screen there is a tree with Data 3D options and the flat patterns Clicking on Data icon the calculated piece data will be displayed on the Viewing Area such as dimensions steel plate thickness weight etc B 3D interface On the 3D toolbar a 3D option piece will be displayed on the Control Area you will have horizontal options the piece rotates horizontally vertical options the piece will rotate vertically and stop option to stop the viewing and open a new screen of options On the new options screen there will be B Distance You will view the distance between two points on the piece distance X Y Z 3D the two points may be dotted by scrolling the toolbar If you click on one of the options below the red and blue squares you can view on the piece the representation of a distance between the selected points B Left Button It represents the left button function of the mouse Clicking with the mouse on the piece always moving horizontally o
65. ow Examinar Desenhos Clientes kA nesting dxf 9 E plenum de entrada dxf Documentos recentes G Desktop Meus documentos Meu computador a Nome do arquivo Mous locais de Arquivos do tipo DXF dxf Cancelar After chose the kind of file and the file to open just click on Open button Now the software will ask in sequence the thickness the code of the piece and the quantity quantity of flat pattern that you wish to work These are the obligators fields and are filled in all caculation done on CALDsoft After filled these fields the CALDsoft will ask if you Do you wish to inform all fields that is it will ask if you want to inform the optional fields or not If yes it will be requested to inform these fields Concluded these steps you flat pattern was imported Just click on Results button and you will see you file being part of the calculations of current job IMPORTANT CALDsoft only import lines LINE arcs ARC and circles CIRCLE entities All others entities are ignored NOTE use the Purg command to clean your files before to import by CALDsoft 87 Chapter 11 Flex With this tool the CALDsoft can unfold any transition To do this the coordinates X Y and Z of the 2 edges must be informed in the Flex tables The tool Flex is also useful to unfold any project done in AutoCAD it is only needed to select the points of the 2 faces and the CALDsoft will calculate
66. printing in scale This way is done when you remove the auto adjust of the unfolding being able assign a scale to printing your unfolding On flat Setting remove the mark Auto Adjust and then click on Scale Print button The only difference between the scale printing screen and the standard printing screen is that you choose the scale that figure will be a print can use the already defined 1 1 to 1 100 or using your measure Other To the side of the scale you will have the measure of the Scale Print figure ela CALDSoft A stt Sl Scale 1 1 v 1884 64 mm x 1373 18 mm e Distance toolbar When clicking on Distance toolbar a single button will be displayed with the same name of the toolbar Click on this button to allow that all distances between all points of the flat pattern are calculated Once the calculation is complete a screen like this will be displayed On this table all distances between all points of the flat pattern will be entered So if you click on one of the distances this distance will be displayed on the piece that will be entered in the Viewing Area and it will also be displayed on the bottom Setting General 1099 1268 7 942 12044 785 11807 6 part of the chart As a reminder the 16607 1124 15454 9577 1438 789 7 134 1286 13894 1099 1312 942 12712 7 table works as a chart allowing a 1731 1264 9 1605 4 11022 14857 942 137 point on top and another on th
67. r plate material in R Kg and the date of the latest price update is available on the bottom left part of the screen To change the cost unit value of the plate material you just need to click on value option on the screen This change will be used as from this date to the next performed calculations In order to perform the cost the program uses a multiplying factor you should create your own based on the commercial policy of your company which may be dynamically changed by using the arrows When changing the multiplying factor all pieces will be automatically recalculated When changing the multiplying factor this change will only apply to the current budget To definitively change the multiplying factor click on it on the table bottom right corner This change will only be applied to the next calculations that will be performed Selling price summary Thick mn date Summary 0 48 1 10 20 2004 Material cost 16 10 Z f Materia Carbon Steel Material weight 16 1 Misc material mult Material mult a Mi FE aa factor factor isc material cost 16 3 2 a a Selling price 5152 T urrency E a Material multiplicator 3 2 Misc material multiplicator 1 6 72 On the example the total gross weight of the flat patterns is 471 7 Kg and the unit cost of the 4 8mm steel plate used was informed as being 1 55 Kg The multiplying factor used by the company is 3 Therefore the material cost wil
68. r vertically the selected option rotate or move the piece will be performed Clicking the mouse with the left button on the piece and you will control the piece zoom if upwards it magnifies the zoom if downwards it reduces it B Rotate It rotates the piece around Z X and Y B XZ XY YZ and Iso They define the 3D interface viewing options The other buttons have the same functions that the mouse performs on the Left Button option The Virtual Motion button shows a simplified piece animation in 3D option The Printing button prints the piece on the position and size that was left on the Viewing Area This part will be described on the Printing and creating a paper format chapter The 3D Acad button creates a file with 3D interfaces to be imported at a later stage by the Autocad We will describe ahead how to import a piece from CALDsoft6 onto CAD system in the chapter Exporting onto AutoCAD e Flat Pattern Toolbar This is the most important toolbar once all flat patterns will be viewed and printed out on it To allow this toolbar operate you need to click on the flat pattern that you wish to view on the selection tree 12 There are two ways to print out the flat pattern through the distance between two points Display points and through dimensions Display dimen Point coordinate table B Flat Patterns through points E Click on one of the points at the point coordinate
69. sed on our example the quantity is informed in Kg 30Kg and the unit cost of the corner is 2 10 Kg IMPORTANT As applied to the whole program these values must be spaced by dot instead of comma 73 To return to the summary of costs click on Close button Corner costs are now included Misc material cost 30 x 2 10 R 63 00 The misc material multiplying factor is 1 6 register yours based on the commercial policy of your company Summary On the example the selling price is then Material cost 9 82 Price 731 14 x 3 63 00 x 1 6 2294 21 Material weight 3 8 Misc material cost Selling price 31 42 Tips 8 To change any value in the table of the flat patterns you just need to click on the value that you wish the have it changed 8 To exclude any flat pattern click on the Select line option and then click on the flat pattern line that you wish to have it excluded Click again on the line with the right button of the mouse B To include more CALDsoft6 calculations other flat patterns you just need to include the new cost file into the current one by using the Include cost option on the Menu 8 Use the Summary option on the bottom part of the screen to enter any information that you wish to have into the budget to be performed 8 To change the unit value of the materials for example when there is an increase an increase of raw material cost click on them on the respective screens
70. serir Formatar Ferramentas Dados Janela Ajuda Os SAY SBR O Br AS MQ gt as 10 H40 z A B c D E 1 Name Lenght Width Quantity Thickness 2 Pattern 1 200 500 15 1 2 3 Pattern 2 350 550 10 1 2 4 Pattern 3 100 200 10 1 2 5 6 rz Nome do arquivo example txt Salvar como tipo Texto separado por tabula es txt Then in CALDsoft go to Functions Import Import rectangular flat pattern On the screen that will open import planes you will have to select the file separated by tabs and then relate the intern fields of the system with the external fields the file 85 d Import Plans File Name C Documents and Settings Ea ala CALDsoft v6 09 Files fania A Programs help Internal Fields File Fields width Quantity tangular flat pattern Join Flat Pattern Names Name Change Material Thickness Thickness Import e Importing flat patterns of DXF DWG files The CALDsoft import DXF DWG files of the versions of AutoCAD 2000 or previous To import a flat pattern save in a file just click on Import button la CALDsoft v6 18 Fies functon Progams Help Your Company Job Not specihed ce es ed nesranipatatem Flexible Figures 34 User Figures 10 EE ES MO E lt gt mc au 86 After clicked on import will open the screen where you choose the kind of file DXF or DWG and where you select the file to be imported that are showed respectively for the numbers 1 and 2 on figure bel
71. soft is initialized it will recognize that file automatically sL Calculation Edito File New Ctrl N oom See RectangularFlange tar Save Ctrl S Save as Exit Additional information about how to create shapes figures with CALDsoft can always be acquired at Caldclub in our web page in the net There you will also be able to download new done by our group or by other users 30 Chapter 5 SETTING CALDSOFT To customize your CALDsoft6 on the selecting screen click on File Settings button and select what you wish to customize Data it files your company data Dire Printer machine it adds the data of your Data Matias Pinte printing machine It is only important if you wish Standard Format to print in scale Internet Connection Adpaisage fmt Plate Border for Weight Calculation mm AAspecial fmt 5 Settings it changes the main settings of CAL Dso ft6 i Weight Calculation Way Optimized Printing lines thickness to 3D it changes the 3D interface of the Manager Flat Pattem ati Page Frame 4 l gt l Information Field Exibition Module Displayed Optionally _v Standard Value e Materials On this toolbar you will be able to change the materials and create your own materials As an example we will Polypropylene that has 1 2 of density If required you may change the default of the materials by changing the first item in the list by the item mostly used in your co
72. sults Viewing 2D for Distances it allows you to print the desired Distances between points of your flat pattern Viewing 2D for Dimensions it allows you to print the flat pattern with dimensions fe Viewing 3D f Viewing 2D for distances C Viewing 2D for Dimensions Folha de Impress o Teste Current printing paper Example printing page Current printing paper lt job gt lt material gt Click on the Page 3D toolbar and then define the desired distances for your 3D printing paper 39 In this area you will define the line distances referred to the page borders and the dimensions of the figure printing area za 200 You must view the printing page by clicking on the Viewing button that is available right below the selecting button of the printing paper type Viewing Same as on the design of a 3D printing page the printing of 2D page for dimensions and 2D for distances is defined by clicking on the toolbar with the same name of the page type These two types of pages have some extra fields available compared to 3D printing These are numbered and explained ahead Arc Texts Page 3D 2D distances 2D dimensions Viewing 2D for distances _ 2 font n 25 Data Table Area 115 Data Table Control Values n lines font n 1 It defines the font number remember to use the Texts toolbar area to identify the defined fonts
73. t Desktop CS casar CSPLANE MENTO para programa rt J J LICerios Gr o gt Procedimertos lon ES ore wrede Expor 2D Meus E Corel User Fios on Calcioctt 70 Acad documentos U Correio ws _WAced Wanton Wwerd Increase 49 ED quihotna pecas BA caldi ctef Dimrssh Meu computados Meus arquivos recebidos ES cadd U Mus eBooks Mimas visos lt gt Third Step Choose the file name Second Step Choose the exportation format DXF DWG or STL What each kind of files are DXF standard file of CAD programs DWG standard file use for the AutoCAD STL file supported by commercial 3D programs ex SolidWorks and a infinity of free viewers IMPORTANT DXF and DWG files are exported usind the format R14 AutoCAD R14 79 e Exporting a 3D piece LISP To export a piece in 3D interface into AutoCAD click on the 3D Acad button on the 3D toolbar of the Manager The piece that is being viewed will be opened by the AutoCAD through LISP routines The following message will be displayed CALDsoft v6 08 f Your AutoCAD already can search this 3D figure Use the Lisp rotin CALD3D LSP typing on prompt the commands 3DF to genarate a faces piece 3DL to generate a lines piece 3DP to generate a points piece Don t use the OSNAP on because it may modify the Figures On this moment you already can open the AutoCAD Click on the Load Application menu or load it from the control line by typing appload Now
74. table you will view this point on the Viewing Area Distance coordinate table Selecting a point To select a distance select one of the points of the first table and then select one of the points of the second table Then click on the Include distance option The distance will be included and it will be displayed on the printing table white chart right below the Include distance button As an example we will use the distance between points 2 and 5 AI x E E Include Distance EN o D p 00 Clear exe ee Print Lisp Expor E E N a D ES o o E z N S El 13 To select all distances among the points for printing click on All to select all distances among points that has lines click on Lines and to select the distances among all of points that have dimension click on Dimen To clean the distances square click on Clean to erase a distance already included on printing square click twice on the distance chose and cofirm the operation To print just click on Print button e Printing for X and Y Coordinates Include Distance EXE w O10 xY Print Lisp Export pl S On the same option of printing for points has a XY button If you click on the button XY you will go to print the coordinates of the flat pattern This is another method of designing which you can use the point coor
75. umerical numerical numerical ps Next Last numerical numerical numerical 10 numerical Unity Column size Standard WOOIMNO ECN Select on the bottom left list the numeric fields 1 to 25 and the text fields 26 to 28 which will make part of the new misc material On the flat washer example we can create three numerical fields including the following information Field name Unit Column size 1 Numeric Field name Unit Column size 2 Numeric Field name Unit Column size 3 Numeric 26 Text Field name Unit Column size De Washer outside diameter mm 1000 standard value of the column width Di Washer inside diameter hole diameter mm 1000 standard value of the column width esp Washer Thickness mm 1000 standard value of the column width Treat Washer surface treatment itis not applied to text fields 1000 standard value of the column width 15 Now you just need to close the screen and the Flat washer family is then created To enter the washers you need to add a new material into the current family as explained previously Importing an existing table Let s suppose that the table of the washer dimensions is already available or you prefer to create on the Excel El Microsoft Excel Book IDl x First you need to create a family as GE o EAR Yow owt Fam Tods eta ndon tiep E NE described previously informing the pisa EE

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