Export Clamp

Clamps create in Guideline can be exported in STEP and IGES format, ready to be imported back in CAD (for seats modeling) or CAM (for campath design). In addition, in this menu it is possible to set elements to be transferred to NX using the related commands (see Guideline-NX interoperability #2: ON-LINE)

To enter the command, select "Export The Clamps in Step or Iges" form the main toolbar and the "Choose which Clamp to Export" window will display.

Profile selection dropdow: export configurations can be saved for further usage in profiles. This dropdown lists the available profiles

Suffix selection dropdow: clamping components can be exported in different versions than the original model (see below for more details), labeled with suffix. This dropdown lists the available suffix

Three tool edges: Guideline's tool models have tools split in 3 faces, to split thread from the core when subtracted in CAD. However, you may want to change the thread or create it full face: turning off this option will create a one-face tool

Exported file naming rule: Guideline 's4.0 names exported file following the naming convention displaied in that record. The convention can be set into Advanced Settings' GL tab (see Advanced settings: GL).

Suffix

Guideline 4.0's component library can have multiple calmping component versions (alias) for export to STEP/IGES: this way it is possible to generate different 3D models for different usage.

Typical case is CAM, whose models are provided by default and which benefits from simplified tables with no holes: that shrinks the calculation time, since the algorithm doesn't have to analyse holes' surfaces.

Export and import time can be greatly improved too, since the models are much lighter.

For more details on how to create alias, please see chapt. Base gauges, shoulders, cubes, pallets, third-point arms, machines.

Export to NX

This option defines the profile to be used for export towards NX definition. Since the target for NX export is the create subtractions, settings related are forced on and cannot be turned off

Settings must be then saved into a profile: that specifc profile can then be set into Advanced Settings (see Advanced settings: GL, GL to NX Setting Profile) and will be applied in interoperability #2 function (see Guideline-NX interoperability #2: ON-LINE).