The cam drawing is a wireframe representation of the cam surface and some other items that may be added; such as, follower, cutter, hub, bore, and hole. To see how this works, view this video.
The mouse is used to change the viewing of the cam. Use these buttons to change how the cam is viewed:
1.Click the right mouse button to position the origin at the position of the cursor.
2.Hold the right mouse button down and then hold the left down and orbit the cam about the x and y axes.
3.Press and hold the mouse wheel to pan the drawing.
4.Hold down the Control Key and Left Mouse Button to rotate about the X axis.
5.Hold down the Alt Key and Left Mouse Button to rotate about the Y axis.
6.To zoom in, or out with a window, click the Zoom Window + for zooming in and - for zooming out.
There are two ways to change the views of the cam:
1. Select the view from the drop-down list (19)
2.Hold the shift key down and press:
•F for front view
•T for top view
•B for bottom view
•R for right view
•L for left view
•Alt and B for back view
•I for isometric view
At the bottom right of the drawing form is a button called Animate. Click this to animate the cam and view the changing values of Cam Position through Torq/Force as the cam moves. To stop the animation, click the Animate button again, or press the Esc key. Also, you may use the slider or the Cam Inc. Up/Down arrows to position the cam.
To Export the drawing of the cam and some of the items added, see DXF Translation, or Surface Curve Vectors.
Barrel Cam Unwrap View |
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This button will draw the barrel cam surface curves unwrapped from the cylinder (barrel). |
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Add Hole Base Circle Text |
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These buttons will allow placing a hole in the cam, drawing the base circle of a plate cam, and placing text in the drawing. |
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Find Min and Max computed values |
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Select a computed parameter from the drop-down list and click Min, or Max button to see the computed value and where it occurs in the cam cycle. |
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Inside/Outside Values |
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The min and max values above can be seen for the inside face, or outside face of the cam |
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View Settings |
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These buttons will change views from the drop-down list, zoom in and out and pan select the previous view and view all. |
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Menu selections |
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Menu selections: File will allow export of the cam to DXF, Coordinates of the curves, export to Solid Works, etc. |
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Rotate about axes, animate the cam |
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These selections will rotate the drawing about the three axes as well as animate the cam. |
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