Block of material from solid or surface.
Block of material from solid or surface.
(OP)
Is there a way in Unigraphics to take a single 3D solid or surface model and determine what the minimum size block of material (steel, aluminum, etc...) would be needed to machine that part?
Thanks.
-al
Thanks.
-al





RE: Block of material from solid or surface.
$$ PROGRAM TO LABEL OVERALL PART DIMENSIONS
$$ BASED ON GRIP COMMAND 'SOLBOX'
$$ THIS COMMAND RETURNS THE DIAGONAL CORNERS OF A BOX
$$ CONTAINING THE SPECIFIED BODY, FACE, OR EDGE
$$ AS THE DOCUMENTATION SAYS:
$$ "The box is usually close to the minimum
$$ possible size, but this is not guaranteed."
$$ DECLARATIONS
ENTITY/SOLID1,PT(5),XDIM,YDIM,ZDIM,CSYS1,OLDCSYS
NUMBER/RESP,VAL(6),COLOR,OFFSET,OLDCSIZE,OLDLYR,OLDARW
STRING/WVW(10)
COLOR=&ENTCLR $$ SAVE CURRENT COLOR TO RESET IT LATER
OLDLYR=&WLAYER $$ SAVE CURRENT WORK LAYER
OLDCSYS=&WCS $$ SAVE CURRENT CSYS
OLDCSIZE=&CSIZE $$ SAVE CURRENT CHARACTER SIZE
WVW=&WORKVW $$ SAVE CURRENT WORK VIEW
OLDARW=&ASIZE $$ SAVE ARROW SIZE
$$ MASK SELECTION FOR SOLIDS ONLY
MASK/70
$$ PROMPT FOR USER SELECTION OF SOLID
IDENT/'SELECT A SOLID FOR BOUNDING BOX ANALYSIS',SOLID1,RESP
IF/RESP<=2,JUMP/ENDPROG:
$$ PERFORM ANALYSIS
MESSG/TEMP,'CALCULATING BOUNDING BOX'
&WCS=&ABS $$ SET CSYS TO ABSOLUTE
VAL=SOLBOX/SOLID1
$$VAL(1)=MIN X
$$VAL(2)=MIN Y
$$VAL(3)=MIN Z
$$VAL(4)=MAX X
$$VAL(5)=MAX Y
$$VAL(6)=MAX Z
$$ COORDINATES ARE RETURNED IN ABSOLUTE CSYS
$$ DRAW POINTS (COLOR = YELLOW, LAYER = 99, MAKE 'SLA_DIM' LAYER CATEGORY)
&ENTCLR=&YELLOW
CAT/'SLA_DIM',99
LAYER/WORK,99
PT(1)=POINT/VAL(1),VAL(2),VAL(3)
PT(2)=POINT/VAL(4),VAL(2),VAL(3)
PT(3)=POINT/VAL(4),VAL(5),VAL(3)
PT(4)=POINT/VAL(4),VAL(5),VAL(6)
PT(5)=POINT/VAL(1),VAL(5),VAL(3)
$$ CALCULATE DIMENSION LINE OFFSET AS 20% OF MAX DIMENSION
OFFSET=0.2*MAXF((VAL(4)-VAL(1)),(VAL(5)-VAL(2)),(VAL(6)-VAL(3)))
$$ SCALE DIMENSION CHARACTER SIZE TO OFFSET VALUE
$$ SO WE HOPEFULLY GET READABLE DIMENSIONS
$$ WHEN WE PRINT TO 8-1/2" x 11" SHEET
&CSIZE=OFFSET/8
&ASIZE=&CSIZE
$$ CHANGE CSYS TO DRAW X DIMENSION
CSYS1=CSYS/PT(1),PT(2),PT(3)
&WCS=CSYS1
XDIM=LDIM/HORIZ,0.5*(VAL(4)-VAL(1)),-OFFSET,PT(1),PT(2)
$$ CHANGE CSYS TO DRAW Y DIMENSION
CSYS1=CSYS/PT(2),PT(3),PT(1)
&WCS=CSYS1
YDIM=LDIM/HORIZ,0.5*(VAL(5)-VAL(2)),-OFFSET,PT(2),PT(3)
$$ CHANGE CSYS TO DRAW Z DIMENSION
CSYS1=CSYS/PT(3),PT(4),PT(5)
&WCS=CSYS1
ZDIM=LDIM/HORIZ,0.5*(VAL(6)-VAL(3)),-OFFSET,PT(3),PT(4)
$$ DELETE UNNEEDED WORK POINT
DELETE/PT(5)
ENDPROG: $$ JUMP TO HERE IF USER CANCELS PROGRAM
$$ RESET SYSTEM VALUES
&ENTCLR=COLOR
&WCS=OLDCSYS
&CSIZE=OLDCSIZE
&WLAYER=OLDLYR
&ASIZE=OLDARW
HALT
RE: Block of material from solid or surface.
Would you be able to send me your grip program
compiled for winnt? I don't have a compiler license.
Just grip execute.
I too need to get block size for plastics part
for quoting purposes.
TNX
rcanlas@lakesideplastics.com