How to analyze model-dimension x,y,z

[CESARHART]

I am an inspector and we use the Faroarm with mastercam software and I wanted to know the basics of how to analyze a model and how to dimension a part that is MBD!!Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

 

CESARHART

[Justin Beebe at Folsom Tool]

CESARHART,

 

Use the analyze drop down menu on your top toolbar to anylyze geometry in mastercam. Once you click on analyze you will have options such as analyze entity properties, analyze position, analyze distance.....etc. To dimension a part use the create drop down menu. For example create/drafting/dimension/vertical or create/drafting/dimension/horizontal. Add the dimensions by clicking on two points on the geometry.

 

HTH

[Steve Z]

CREATE} -

DRAFTING} -

DIMENSION} -SELECT ANY OF THE CHOICES.

TO GET MORE IN DEPTH....GO TO THE HELP MENU (?-CONTENTS) CLICK ON THE QUESTION MARK ON THE TOOL BAR. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND GET MORE SPECIFIC INFO IN THERE ON WHAT EVERY ICON MEANS/DOES. GOODLUCK!! STEVE

[Ron Branch @ 5th Axis]

Get Verisurf since it works perfect inside of Mastercam and takes the arms place into account when aligned to the model. We give you the ability to align the arm either using the Auto-Align from your model or feature align from features measured on the model. We will be at WestTec this year booth 2608 and I will be there Tuesday and Thursday.

 

Our software allows you to measure to the model real time using the arm. This real time measurement gives you the error right there on the screen. You can also use it to do 1st article inspection in minutes then create the report. We also have tools that allows you to do reversing, analysis, and other tasks. Again the best part is we work inside of the Mastercam environment you are already familiar with.

 

MBD is our strong point since we take the MBD data and display it from Catia right on the screen placing it in a tree in our MBD tab. We also work directly with MoldPlus using the translator to bring the model and MBD directly in. When MBD is tied to the model we use that in our analysis to give you the error and quality of the part.

 

Someone from our company would be glad to stop by and give you a demonstration using your arm with our software if you would like. Also if you would like a 30 day free trail send me an email and I will be glad to provide you a link to download.

[moeh]

Ron, if I am not mistaken you need an access code to use the 30 day free trial. I dl'd the software a couple of days ago. I should be talking to Scott Kenoke about this today. We have had a short game of phone tag going on.

[Code_Breaker]

Ron, has Verisurf been upgraded to X4 format or is it still using v9?

[Ron Branch @ 5th Axis]

Don we are working in X4 all the way up to 64 bit mode on Windows 7. We just released X4 SP5 that has tons of new features. IMHO it blows V9 out of the water in many ways. The Reporting, Analysis, MBD, support and other things are really top notch.