Using the MISUMI 3d CAD library

Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Metric Catalog – Volume & Volume Autodesk® Inventor® Series, AutoCAD® and Mechanical Desktop® Siemens PLM Software Solid Edge® PTC® Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire™ Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks® Th is d o cu m en t p r o vid es an in t r o d u ct io n t o t h e u se o f t h e MISUMI 3D CAD Lib r ar y, b y PARTso lu t io n s Revisio n Dat e: Sep t em b er 4, 2008, MISUMI CD Ver sio n : 20080904 MISUMI USA Contact Information for sales or technical support Email: inquire@misumiusa.com The PARTsolutions application and the MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY are also available, for a licensing fee, in an enterprise version that is installed locally and accessed directly within all major CAD systems The Americas PARTsolutions, LLC 200 Techne Center Drive, Suite 118 Milford, OH 45150 USA Tel.: +1 (513) 453-0453 Fax: +1 (513) 453-0460 E-mail: info@partsolutions.com Internet: www.partsolutions.com European / World Headquarters CADENAS GmbH Berliner Allee 28 b+c, D-86153 Augsburg GERMANY Tel: +49 - 821 - 58 58 0-0 E-mail: info@cadenas.de Internet: www.cadenas.de Japan CADENAS Web2CAD, Inc 114-0003 8-4-1 Toshima Kita-ku Tokyo Japan Tel.: +81 03 (5959) 5201 Tel.: +81 03 (5959) 5202 E-mail: info@partsolutions.com Internet: www.web2cad.co.jp Text and illustrations have been created using the greatest possible care PARTsolutions, LLC and CADENAS GmbH assume no legal responsibility or any liability for any incorrect information and the consequences thereof The information contained in this documentation is not subject to liability and can be modified without further notice CADENAS GmbH is not entering into any obligation This manual is protected by copyright All rights reserved The rights of the documentation are owned by PARTsolutions, LLC No part of this documentation may be reproduced or transferred to a language that can be used by machines, in particular printing processing equipment without written permission from PARTsolutions, LLC The rights for reproduction in any form, including lectures, radio, television, etc are also reserved Copyright© 1992-2008 CADENAS GmbH and PARTsolutions, LLC All rights reserved PARTsolutions is a registered trademark of PARTsolutions, LLC CADENAS, PARTsolutions, PARTdataManager, PARTshaft, PARTconnection, eCATALOGsolutions, PARTdesigner, PARTconfigurator, PARTdxfconverter, PARTlanguage, PARTident, PARTeditor, PARTproject, PARTmedia, Visual Configurator, PARTserver, PDMsolutions are trademarks of CADENAS GmbH, Augsburg All further brand names, company names or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their rightful owners All information provided without liability Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® II Contents UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION 1.1 MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Volume Set 1.2 MISUMI 3D CAD Library 1.3 Quick Start Tutorial 1.4 User Guide (Requires Adobe PDF Reader) 1.5 Legal Information 1.6 Help PARTDATAMANAGER USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW 2.1 Search 2.2 Part Selection 2.3 Part View 2.4 2D View 2.5 Exploded View 2.6 Export to CAD VIEW MENU 10 SELECTING AND CONFIGURING MISUMI PRODUCTS 11 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN AUTODESK® CAD APPLICATIONS 14 5.1 Autodesk Inventor® “Inventor 3D” Example 14 5.2 Autodesk Inventor “Inventor Macro 3D” Example 16 5.3 Autodesk AutoCAD / Mechanical Desktop “DWG 2D” Example 19 5.4 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop “DWG 3D” Example 21 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE SOLID EDGE® CAD APPLICATION 23 6.1 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE PTC® PRO/ENGINEER® W ILDFIRE CAD APPLICATIONS 24 7.1 Siemens PLM Solutions Solid Edge Example 23 PTC Pro/ENGINEER Example 24 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SOLIDW ORKS CAD APPLICATION 25 8.1 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Example 25 8.2 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Macro Example 25 INSTALLING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY TO HARD DRIVE 26 Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® III UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION The MISUMI 3D CAD Library is based upon the PARTsolutions PARTdataManager application, which allows you to search or navigate for the MISUMI part that meets your needs, and then place it into your design with the click of a button This document will assist you become familiar with this digital catalog In order to utilize the MISUMI 3D CAD Library, the following requirements must be met: Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional Microsoft® Windows® NT Microsoft® Windows® 2000 System Memory: 512 Mb Minimum, Gb Preferred A CD-ROM drive This MISUMI 3D CAD Library supports the following CAD formats: o Autodesk® Inventor® – Versions 8, 9, 10, 11, 2008 (Direct Insert or Macro 3D*) o Autodesk AutoCAD® (DWG or DXF Formats) o Autodesk Mechanical Desktop® (DWG or DXF Formats) o Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks® 2003-2008 (Direct Insert or Macro 3D) o DWG 2D, DWG 3D o DXF 2D, DXF 3D o IGES 2D, IGES 3D o PTC Pro/ENGINEER® Wildfire 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0 o SAT Binary, SAT ASCII o STEP 3D o Siemens PLM Software, Inc Solid Edge® – Versions 15 – 20 Upon inserting the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, you will see the user interface below If for any reason you not, please run the program D:\software\cdstart.exe (where “D:” represents your CD-ROM Drive) Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 1 MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Volume Set The MISUMI 3D CAD Library is now delivered in a Volume CD-ROM set Volume includes the following MISUMI products Precision Linear Shafts Shaft Supports Set Collars Linear Bushings / Ball Splines Oil Free Bushings Slide Guides V Guides / Slide Components One-Axis Units / Shaft Motors / Ball Screws Slide Screws / Trapezoidal Screws / Components Related to Trapezoidal Screw Rotary Shafts / Cantilever Shafts / Hinge Pins Bearings with Housings / Bearings Couplings / Motors Locating Pins / Bushings for Jig Locating / Guide Components / Plungers XY Stages / Lens / LED Lamps Posts / Stands / Strut Clamps Inspection Jigs / Toggle Clamps Round Bars / Rods / Pipes / Resin Rods Washers / Collars / Shims Screws / Washers / Nuts Keys / Pins / Magnets Springs / Shock Absorbers / Gas Springs Urethanes / Rubber / Glass / Soundproof / Antivibration / Antistatic Measures Manifolds Volume includes the following MISUMI products: Steel Pipes / Hoses / Tubes / Piping Components Cylinders / Cylinder Components / Connecting Components Heaters / Temperature Controllers Contact Probes / Switches & Components Timing Pulleys / Belts / Mecha Locks Pulleys / Idlers / Rollers & Conveyer Components Spur Gears / Sprockets / Chains Aluminum Frames / Brackets Accessories for Aluminum Frames Pipe Frames Cover Panels / Boards Casters / Adjustment Pads Levers / Handwheels / Handles / Knobs / Hinges Resin Plates Metal Plates Machined Sheet Metals / Machined Metal Plates Angles / Angle Plates / Ribs / Section Steels Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 2 MISUMI 3D CAD Library Choosing the “MISUMI 3D CAD Library” option will start the MISUMI 3D CAD Library in PARTsolutions PARTdataManager The first screen displayed will be a registration wizard By registering your CD with MISUMI, you will be able to receive update information on the CD-ROM, new catalogs & other special offers & promotions Once you have completed the registration, you will see the MISUMI 3D CAD Library as shown below Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 3 Quick Start Tutorial This option will start the Quick Start Tutorial, which includes several videos to help familiarize you with the MISUMI 3D CAD Library User Guide (Requires Adobe PDF Reader) The “User Guide” option opens this detailed “Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library” document This document requires Adobe PDF Reader, which can be downloaded from the www.adobe.com website Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® Legal Information This window contains the obligatory PARTsolutions license agreement for use of the MISUMI 3D CAD Library By clicking the "Start" or "Install" buttons in the startup screen, you acknowledge having reviewed & accepted the license agreement under the “Legal Information” button Help This option displays the contact information for MISUMI should you require assistance with the MISUMI 3D CAD Library or any other assistance with MISUMI products Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® PARTDATAMANAGER USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW The PARTdataManager application is a user interface to allow for the search, display and export of components in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Like many software applications, the application can be run either from pulldown menus, or via icons in the user interface The user interface icons documented below are utilized when running the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Part Selection View Search 2D View Exploded View Part View Export to CAD Search Selecting the “Search” icon reveals the search window shown below, which is utilized to perform a variety of searches within PARTdataManager In the example shown below, the keyword “guides” is used to find matches in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 2 Part Selection Selecting the “Part Selection” icon will display the MISUMI 3D CAD Library part selection window The windows are automatically tiled in the space available in the main window This icon is a convenient way to return to part selection after having configured a MISUMI product Part View The “Part View” icon provides the view of a selected part in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library, as shown below Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® Once the catalog is open, the hierarchy may be navigated in the left hand window which is a “Windows Explorer” like menu structure, or in the right hand window which shows the MISUMI products in a “Symbols” or “Details” display Navigate through the product folders via double-clicks or via right-click “open” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 12 Once you have located a part or assembly with the part icon, double-click or right-click “open” to enter the “Part View” mode, which appears as follows: Fields that appear with a yellow background are configurable Simply click on the numeric value to display alternative values, or to display the range of acceptable values Once you have selected and/or configured your MISUMI product, use the export functions described above in section 2.6 “Export to CAD” to access your MISUMI product in your CAD system application Detailed examples for accessing MISUMI products in Autodesk® CAD products are included in Section of this document Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 13 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN AUTODESK® CAD APPLICATIONS This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your Autodesk Inventor®, AutoCAD® and Mechanical Desktop® CAD sessions Please refer to the Quick Start Tutorial for an example in Autodesk Inventor® The “Inventor 3D” option is the best method, but in some cases, you may prefer to use the macro option For example, if you not have a copy of Autodesk Inventor® on your computer and you need to export a part in Autodesk Inventor® format, the macro option is the best choice Using neutral data formats will also work, but will result in a basic representation of the part (i.e not as if it was created in Autodesk Inventor®) Autodesk Inventor® “Inventor 3D” Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to Autodesk® CAD applications as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats A local installation of Inventor is required Menu Bar Icons To export directly to Autodesk Inventor®, configure your MISUMI product and then select the “Inventor 3D” option Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 14 Enter destination folder: IMPORTANT: If Autodesk Inventor® is active, the part will appear on the screen, and the part will be saved in a “MISUMI” folder within the “Destination Directory” specfied If Autodesk Inventor® is not active, then the part will be created in the same folder, but will not appear on the screen The MISUMI Part or Assembly is built in Autodesk Inventor® Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 15 Autodesk Inventor “Inventor Macro 3D” Example Configure your MISUMI product and then use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “Inventor Macro 3D” Enter Destination File: Within Autodesk Inventor®, select the “Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor” option: Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 16 Within the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor select “File, Import File” and locate the file specified in Step # above Select “DocumentProject” in the Project Explorer Window Select “Run, Run Macro” or push the “Run Macro” button Select “CreateInventorDocument”, and the select “Run” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 17 When prompted, enter c:\cadfiles\ or another valid directory for scratch files during the part creation process IMPORTANT: Part creation will not complete properly if an invalid directory is specified The part is created by PARTsolutions and is displayed in Inventor: Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 18 Autodesk AutoCAD / Mechanical Desktop “DWG 2D” Example Configure your MISUMI product, and select the 2D icon to enter 2D mode: Use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “DWG 2D” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 19 Specify a file name, Select the preferred AutoCAD version, and choose which views to export Then select “OK” Import and place your views in AutoCAD or Mechanical Desktop Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 20 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop “DWG 3D” Example Configure your MISUMI product Use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “DWG 3D” Specify a file name, Select the preferred AutoCAD version, and choose which views to export Then select “OK” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 21 Use the “File, Open” command to view your MISUMI product in AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop® Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 22 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE SOLID EDGE® CAD APPLICATION This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your Siemens Solid Edge CAD sessions A local installation of Solid Edge is required IMPORTANT: Your Solid Edge session must be active before selecting the “Export to CAD” options described below Siemens PLM Solutions Solid Edge Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to the Solid Edge CAD application as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Simply select the Export to Solid Edge option from the Export pulldown or Export icon, and your selected part will be built in your Solid Edge session Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 23 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE PTC® PRO/ENGINEER® WILDFIRE CAD APPLICATIONS This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your PTC Pro/ENGINEER CAD sessions IMPORTANT: Pro/ENGINEER licensing requires that PARTdataManager has visibility to a valid installation of Pro/ENGINEER Mapped network drives must be used, UNC-paths (\\server\share\ ) can cause issues with auxiliary applications with Pro/ENGINEER Your Pro/ENGINEER session should be active before selecting the “Export to CAD” options described below PTC Pro/ENGINEER Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to the PTC Pro/ENGINEER CAD application as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Simply select the Export to ProE Wildfire option from the Export pulldown or Export icon, and your selected part will be built in your Pro/ENGINEER session A local installation of Pro/EGINEER is required Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 24 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SOLIDWORKS CAD APPLICATION This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks CAD sessions In some cases, you may prefer to use the macro option For example, if you not have a copy of SolidWorks on your computer and you need to export a part in SolidWorks format, the macro option is the best choice Using neutral data formats will also work, but will result in a basic representation of the part (i.e not as if it was created in SolidWorks) IMPORTANT: Your SolidWorks session should be active before selecting the “Export to CAD” options described below Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to the SolidWorks CAD application as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Simply select the Export to SolidWorks 3D option from the Export pulldown or Export icon, and your selected part will be built in your SolidWorks session A local installation of SolidWorks is required Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Macro Example If you require a SolidWorks macro file for delivery to another computer or via email, select the “SolidWorks Macro 3D” option to create the macro file Then use the “Tools, Macro, Run” option within SolidWorks When prompted for a path, enter the name of an existing directory location for the SolidWorks files The “Direct Insert” method is always the preferred method, but it requires a local copy of SolidWorks to function Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 25 INSTALLING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY TO HARD DRIVE This section describes the process of installing your MISUMI 3D CAD Library onto your hard drive The default installation directory is: C:/Program Files/MISUMI20080904V1 for Volume 1, and C:/Program Files/MISUMI20080904V2 for Volume It is very important that you NOT attempt to install the CDs into the same directory The installed versions of the CDs will not function properly if you so The MISUMI 3D CAD Library Volume and Volume will be available under the “Start”, “All Programs”, “MISUMI” menu (or equivalent for other Microsoft Windows operating system versions) Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 26 ... / Section Steels Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 2 MISUMI 3D CAD Library Choosing the MISUMI 3D CAD Library option will start the MISUMI 3D CAD Library in PARTsolutions... THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY TO HARD DRIVE 26 Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® III UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION The MISUMI 3D CAD Library is... Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® II Contents UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION 1.1 MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Volume Set 1.2 MISUMI 3D CAD