Combining fixtures in the New Fixture window
Application
The New Fixture window allows combining several fixtures and saving them as a new fixture. This enables realizing and monitoring complex clamping situations.
Related topics
- Fundamentals of fixtures
- Integrating fixtures into the NC program
- Set up fixtures (#140 / #5-03-2)
Integrating fixtures into collision monitoring (#140 / #5-03-2)
Requirement
- Fixtures of suitable format:
- STL file
- 20,000 triangles maximum
- Triangular mesh forms a closed shell
- CFG file
- M3D file
Description of function
To navigate to this function:
Tools Combine fixtures
The control also makes this function available as a selection option for opening CFG files.
- Combined fixture with variable transformations
The Add fixture button selects all required fixtures one by one.
If one of the transformations contains the ? character in the key, you can enter the value of the transformation within the Combine fixtures function. This allows easy positioning of clamping jaws, for example.
The control displays a preview of the combined fixture and the total number of all triangles.
The Save as button saves the combined fixture as a CFG file.
Notes
- For optimum performance, HEIDENHAIN recommends that combined fixtures contain no more than 20,000 triangles.
- If the position or the size of a fixture must be adapted, use KinematicsDesign.