Video Tutorial: Sample counters

In this video presentation we generate sample counter channels for all creasing lines in a 1up design. Then we will make a CAM sample by generating the tool path of the sample counters and of the 1up design.

Video: Generation of sample counter channels for creasing lines

Click the icon to watch the video. Run time: 1:51 min.

PROCEDURAL STEPS

1. Open EngView resizable design EVF11066 Regular Friction Tuck — Regular Tuck Lock.evr.
2. On the CAM toolbar, click New CAM .
3. Click New Sample Counter Drawing .

The Generate Sample Counter Drawing dialog box appears.

For details about the various group boxes, see the Sample Counter Generation Options dialog box.

4. To make the channel side lines meet at a right angle, under Corner Type, click Angular.
5. Under Generation Options, in Width, enter 3.00 mm. (The distance between the channel's side lines.)
6. In Correction, enter 4.00 mm. (This is the distance between the end of the creasing line and the ends of the channel side lines as projected on the creasing line.)

notes

• The correction makes the creasing tool stop before the end of the creasing line. This prevents the creasing of the adjacent regions.

• Ensure that the Correction value is not smaller than the Width value. This prevents two or more creasing lines that meet at an acute angle from ending up overlapping the sample counter's channels.

  8. In both Offset and Min hole size, enter 35.00 mm and 30 mm, respectively.
  9. Under Vacuum Area Margins, in both Left and Right, enter 15 mm.
  10. Click OK.
  11. (Optional) To hide the 1up (parent) drawing, in the graphical area, right-click anywhere, and then clear Show drawing on the context menu.
  12. On the Objects tab, click Rectangle , and then in the right-hand counterplate section, draw two rectangles in the Counterplate style (see video).
  13. On the CAM toolbar, click New CAM , and then click Generate Tool Path .
  14. In the Tool path generation options dialog box, under Generation Method, click Auto.
  15. Click Animate Tool Path .
  16. In the CAM Animation Control dialog box that appears, adjust the settings as you want them to be.

Notes

1. • You can produce any number of 1up samples with the same counter processed.
   • When you have generated the tool paths of the counter and of the 1ups, after cutting the counter channels, do not reset the samplemaker's zero point.