AC-16 ArtiosCAD Standards Standards Raghav Kota Application Engineer Engineer May 20th, 2013 2.30-3.30pm May 22nd, 2013 9.00-10.00am
Using Style Maker to Make Parametric Designs ● Use Variables instead of Values – Variable names can be up to 6 characters in length – Variables can be Letters and Numbers but must begin with a letter
● Use Multiple Menus – Menus can be of different type, i.e. Variable, Style Choice, Pre-Calculated
● Use of Check Conditions & Library Functions ● Use of Text Variables ● Ability to copy Variables from other workspaces Please Attend AC-18 and AC-19 for more info on Stylemaker and Adv.Stylemaker
Mathematical Statements ● Order of Operation – ( X+N ) Items in parentheses are evaluated first – POWER(X,N) Powers are evaluated second – X*N Multiplication – X/N Division – X+N Addition – X-N Subtraction Examples
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L>0 L is greater than 0 L<0 L is less than 0 L=0 L equals 0 L<=2 L is less than or equal to 2 L>=2 L is greater than or equal to 2 L<>2 L is not equal to 2 L=5 OR L=6 L equals 5 or L equals 6 L>0 AND L<100 L is greater than 0 and L is less than 100 L=2 NOT L=W/2 L=2 but not if W/2=2
Please Attend AC-18 and AC-19 for more info on Stylemaker and Adv.Stylemaker
ArtiosCAD Standards
What are Standards? Standards are parametric (re-buildable) designs provided by ArtiosCAD ● Which contains FEFCO, ECMA and ArtiosCAD Designs for corrugated, Folding Carton and Packaging industries. ● These designs are re-buildable and can be saved as a revision ● More Standards have been included in ArtiosCAD version 12.0.1 ● www.help.esko.com has online downloadable PDF for the Style Catalogue ● By giving initial values to the assigned variables of a given standard the drawings can be created even without using any tools ● Further changes can be done to a standard using the appropriate tool sets.
What Changes can we make to an Existing Standard?
● Standards can be re-named to your company terminologies ● Standard Defaults can be pre-set to your company Spec. ● Tolerances/allowances can be changed to match your machines( flexo, diecutter etc..) ● Board Grades
“Should”
be Created to match your Company Standards
(use Data-center to make your own Board Grades with appropriate cal,il,og,crrv)
Modifying a Standard
● In this exercise we’ll create a new design from the existing ArtiosCAD Standard and modify the formulas to match what works for you. ● A good example is “2 sided rollover with ears”. ● Lets modify this standard and save it in the catalog as your own company standard.
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards
1. Select “File”, “Run a Standard”, “Corrugated”, “ArtiosCAD Corrugated”, “2 Sided rollover-Ears”. 2. Select a Parameter set and Board. 3. Type in a value for Length, Width and Depth and select “OK”.
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards ● When the design rebuilds, it should look something like the image below. However, it probably doesn’t match your company spec’s. We can use Adv.Stylemaker to change the defaults to match what you use.
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards
Lets see what are the changes that we can make to this standard ● Flip the one-up 90 degrees to the left or the right. ● Add dimensions to the existing design ● Make the rollovers tighter RO2 ● Make the slots tighter to match the rollover SD2 ● Increase the tab depth to get a better lock TD2
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards
● Rotate the one-up by 90 degrees so that the corrugation direction runs across the rollovers. ● Add the dimensions to the one-up ● The added dimensions maintains the font and the position of the dimensions in the standard. ● Re-build the standard and make changes to the style choice menu.
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards
● Lets also change the Default Formula for variable RO2 to (2*IL)+CAL.
● Also change the formula for TD2 and SD2
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards ● Since we flipped the standard by 90 degrees we need to change the preview screen as well. ● So lets go ahead and create a new diagram
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards ● In the Preview Layer you can also add Annotation, Variable Names, 3D Diagram etc..
Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD Standards
● When you are satisfied with the changes you made in Stylemaker, save the design in the ServerLib folder as 2 Sided rollover with ears.ARD ● Select Options, Defaults. ● In Shared Defaults, right click on the on the Style Catalog folder. In the fly out select New, Folder . ● Name the Folder My Company Standards. ● Right click on the My Company Standards folder. In the fly out select New, Data. ● Name the Data “2 Sided rollover with ears” ● Close and save Defaults
Questions?
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