Create a new setup for caliper and soft

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Create a new setup for caliper and soft

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jaws.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to

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create a new cam setup for

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two

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select fixture and model and set up and

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locate work coordinate system relative to soft jaws.

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In this video,

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you can carry on with your own models from when you created the

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soft jaws or you can upload the supply data set precision modeling caliber front

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two setup dot F three Z.

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This will bring in the program for soft jaws and for

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one as well as the Caliper model.

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What we want to do now is we want to create an

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two that is going to make use of the

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stock that was used in the first machining operation.

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But we also need to place the caliper inside of

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the soft jaws and reference that for our coordinate system

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to get started.

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We're gonna navigate back to the design workspace and we wanna make

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sure that we are showing the vice with the caliper in place,

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but we need to make sure that we have the correct soft jaw visible.

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So let's go ahead and navigate into the soft jaw. Now,

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this could have been done with either using a copied body or a copied component.

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So if you copied the component,

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you simply need to hide one of the components that was moved and show the other.

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If this was done with bodies,

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then you simply need to go into the body's folder and

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show the imposition body and hide the one to be machined.

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Again,

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there are many different ways that you can do

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this and the workflow that you come up with

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really is going to be tailored to how you

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receive models if they're modeled in Fusion 3 60

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how you decide to set them up for machining.

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So multiple ways for us to do this but simply need to make

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sure that we are showing the Caliper model in the correct orientation,

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the vice with the soft jaws and then move back into our manufacturing workspace.

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At this point. We're gonna begin by creating a new setup. Note that

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one was active and our new setup is going to be coming down below

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one.

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We need to make sure first that we select the appropriate body.

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So we're going to expand our models, expand the precision modeling caliper,

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expand the body's folder and select caliber front.

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Then in the fixtures, we wanna make sure that we select the appropriate fixtures.

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We're gonna hide the original vice and we're

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gonna show the vice in its secondary position.

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For this example, I'm gonna carry on showing all of the various components

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but note that when I change the visibility of each of these components,

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it's not selecting them as my fixture.

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So I need to make sure that I manually show and select each component that I need,

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gonna make sure that I am showing the component

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in position

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and then select each component that we want to reference as part of our fixture.

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This can be done in the browser or it can be done on the screen.

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So if you don't want to include all of the hardware, for example,

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you can select just the pieces or portions of the vice that are important to you.

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Once we have those selected,

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we need to go over to our stock and make sure that

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we are going from preceding setup and we're gonna continue rest machining.

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This will better help us identify all of the remaining stock from

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one

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inside of our setup.

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Now,

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we need to make sure our coordinate system is

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in the correct orientation by selecting Z and X.

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Once again,

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this can be done by selecting edges on our

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model or by using the default coordinate system.

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For example, by selecting Y,

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we need to flip Z so that it's pointing up. And then we need to select a point.

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In this case, the selected point on the corner of our soft jaw.

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Remember that these points are going to be referenced

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for the coordinate system when machining our part,

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any time we flip a part over and there's remaining stock.

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It's never a good idea for us to reference that remaining stock as

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it could be different sizes based on how the stock was prepared,

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making sure that we're machining from a specific reference.

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In this case, the soft jaw that's holding our part.

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Next,

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we need to go to our post process settings and we need to

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define the program number as well as the comment and the W CS offset

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for this. We want to make sure that we're using 10200 for our program number.

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And then we're gonna do

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two

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caliper front,

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our W CS offset in this instance is going to be two which represents G 55 on our host

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nextgen

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control.

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The reason that we're using a W CS offset of two is

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just in case we want to machine with two positions at the machine

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to do a version of

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one at the same time as a version of

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two,

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this can help speed things along when

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producing multiple parts along the same batch.

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So in this case, make sure that we're using two for our W CS offset

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now because we're using from preceding setup, we can see the stock on the screen

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but note that we do have some extra bodies visible and

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we want to make sure that we rename this setup.

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So let's go ahead and minimize some of these various options in the browser

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and let's rename, set up three to be

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two,

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we also wanna make sure that we are only showing the components that are important.

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So inside of our precision machining,

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we're gonna go into our soft draw component

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and make sure that we are hiding the two B machine.

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We're gonna minimize this, make sure that we're in a good position,

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right click and create an associated named view.

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This means that every time we activate our

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two,

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it should bring us back and show those components.

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Now,

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one of the reasons that we're continually getting that secondary or

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that in position and to be machine version of the soft jaw

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is during the setup, I selected the component rather than the specific body.

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If we right click and we edit this and we go to our fixture selection.

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If we expand the components

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and instead of selecting the entire soft jaw,

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we only select the body that is in a position and say, OK,

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we should be able to get rid of that secondary or that moved component

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by hiding it

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and then right click and reaso

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or update our named view.

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So in this case, if we select new named view,

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it's going to create a new version of that.

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But if we expand the name views folder, go to two and we update it,

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this should be able to update the version of it.

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So if we go to one

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and back to two, we no longer see that secondary version of the soft job.

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I know it's a roundabout way to do this.

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And sometimes you have to create some extra clicks and steps.

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But keep in mind that the way in which we copy bodies and components,

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the way we select them and the way we structure this

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is going to have a downstream effect.

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So if you do have problems, just double check your selections in your setup,

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you can always go back update associated views,

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you can edit your set up and make sure

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that everything is efficient and working for you.

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Now that we have this set up,

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let's make sure that we do save this before we move on to the next step.