Designing an Electrode with VISI Electrode

January 24, 2012 By
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Once a tool is properly setup for electrode insertion, the VISI Electrode module will allow for easy  creating and editing of the tool. The Electrode module is started by using the "Electrode" dropdown menu and selecting the first option: Electrode. VISI then prompts the user to select the profile, sheet, or solid body. For relatively simple cavities, the most straightforward method is to select the faces that will be burned out with the electrode. After confirming all of the surfaces, select … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Molding, Twitter, VISI-Mold, VISI-Series

Analyzing Draft in VISI Analysis

January 16, 2012 By
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In this next article we will take a look at taking a mold part and how to analyze it for proper draft before designing the mold tooling. The part used in this instruction is the handle of a floor care machine. The complete assembly is shown here: Start by opening the plastic part file in the VISI Modeling interface. VISI Analysis allows us to look for draft across the entire part with just a few menu picks. Start by using the "Analysis" dropdown menu and selecting the "Draft Analysis" option. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Molding, Twitter, VISI-Mold, VISI-Series

How to Mirror 2-D Wireframe in VISI

December 13, 2011 By
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In the last example we looked at translating some 2-D wireframe along the x-axis while creating two copies of it in the process. In this demonstration, we take it a step further and mirror those 3 T-Slots across a reference point for more drawing ease. Prior to the video, I had already drawn two construction lines for reference during my mirror operation. Begin by again going to the "Edit" dropdown menu and now selecting the 3rd option: "Mirror". VISI prompts you to select the elements to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: VISI-Modeling, VISI-Series

How to Copy and Move 2-D Wireframe in VISI

December 13, 2011 By
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Sometimes a design is going to have the same feature used multiple times. When designing from the ground up in VISI, it's easy to draw these features once, and then copy and translate it as many times as you need it throughout your design. First start by drawing the original shape in the VISI workfile. Any construction methods will work here as long as the end product is made of 2-D wireframe elements. The "Translation" tool is started by clicking on the first option in the "Edit" dropdown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: VISI-Modeling, VISI-Series

Blank Smoothing in FormingSuite

December 1, 2011 By
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After creating the blank in FormingSuite, you may see that when zooming in that the blank has jagged edges, particularly around the corners. If you plan to export the blank to your CAD software, consider smoothing the blank first to clean up the sharp edges. Once all of the steps up to and including completing the blank are finished, the "Smoothing" icon becomes available in the vertical toolbar. If that button is clicked a dialog box pops up offering different resolution options for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FASTBLANK, FASTFORM, FASTFORM Advanced, FASTFORM Multistage, FASTIncremental

Creating Flexible Balloon Dimensions in VISI

December 1, 2011 By
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A recent customer support call we handled asked how a Visi user could be more flexible in placing balloons while dimensioning in Plot View. As users know, by default the balloons seem to snap to predefined positions when moving the cursor around which limits how you are able to design your drawings. Going to the "System" dropdown menu and selecting "Grid Parameters" opens the dialog box that allows you to change this. By varying the anglular inputs in "Vertical Snap", "Horizontal Snap", "Bold … [Read more...]

Filed Under: VISI-Modeling

Filling Holes in FormingSuite

November 30, 2011 By
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Sometimes when you are creating a blank you will be working from a model that has holes that will be added farther down the production line. It is possible to make FormingSuite ignore those holes and treat the piece as a solid part before adding the mesh. After you import the part file, create the skin, and specify the material, the option to "Fill Holes" becomes active. After selecting this, a dialog box opens asking which holes you would like to select. Choose the holes by clicking directly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FASTBLANK, FASTFORM, FASTFORM Advanced, FASTFORM Multistage, FASTIncremental

How to Update Materials in FormingSuite

November 28, 2011 By
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By default, FormingSuite comes with a library of commonly used materials for easy analysis purposes. As you work through more customer projects however, you will ineviably come across a material that is not available in the library. FormingSuite makes it easy to add new materials to the Material Library however as long as you have the material information. From the launch screen, go to the menu bar along the top and open up the "Tools" dropdown menu. In the menu, select "Material Library". In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: COSTOPTIMIZER, FASTBLANK, FASTFORM, FASTFORM Advanced, FASTFORM Multistage, FASTIncremental

TransMagic Shatters Large CAD File Limits

December 17, 2009 By
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New 64-bit Product Unleashes Significant Performance Gains WESTMINSTER, CO ‐ December 17, 2009 ‐ TransMagic, Inc., developer of 3D CAD data exchange products announced the first release of a true 64‐bit version of their flagship product, TransMagic EXPERT. Translating large 3D design files is a memory‐intensive operation that has been very challenging, primarily due to system memory restrictions. TransMagic 64‐Bit permanently changes the landscape for large CAD file translation by … [Read more...]

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