Sets and M-View

Sets and M-Views Tutorial
CimatronE 10.0 Tutorial

CimatronE 10.0 Sets and M Views Tutoriali
Table of Contents
Part Environment .................................................................................................................. 1

Sets ............................................................................................................................ 1
M-View ..................................................................................................................... 25
Assembly Environment ....................................................................................................... 39
Sets .......................................................................................................................... 39
M-View ..................................................................................................................... 50
CimatronE 10.0 Sets and M Views Tutorial1
Sets and M-View

Part Environment
Sets
Sets and M-View Introduction
Part
1. Sets
2. M-View
Assembly
1. Sets
2. M-View
Part Environment - Sets

Sets are used to create groups of specific geometric entities.
Sets can be chosen in the following two ways:
1. By Selection: This type creates a closed set. Once these entities have been
picked, the set is closed, and a new entity will not be included in the set unless
the set itself is edited.
2. By Criteria: This is a dynamic type of set. Once a query has been made based
on the attributes of the entities, every new entity which matches the query is
added to the set. Every new operation referring to this set includes this new
entity.
Sets Tab
Open the Clip Core part under
\\Cimatron_Documents\Tutorials\CimatronE_10_Workfiles\Design folder.
Open the Sets tool by clicking the Sets tab in the Features Tree.
Show the Archive set.

The Archive set contains Datums and/or Wireframe entities used to build
features in Cimatron.
In this case the original plane can be seen along with the sketch used to place Mold
Ejector Pins.
There is normally no need to see these entities, but it can be a quick guide to see
the entities' original sketch.
This set cannot be edited.

Hide the Archive set.
Create by Selection
Create the following extrudes:
Select Curves/Circle.
Select the Center and Radius option.
Select the center point and set the parameters shown:
Click Apply in the Circle Feature Guide and create the circle below:
Click OK in the Circle Feature Guide.

Select Solid/New/Extrude, select one of the circles and enter a delta of 20.
Select Apply in the Feature Guide and repeat the extrude for the other circle.
Select the Object Filter.

Right-click in the Sets Tree and select New Set.
Select the extrude objects and click OK.

Name the set Cylinders.
Hide the Cylinders set and notice how the All Entities set now shows Mixed
mode.
The Mixed mode status appears when sets entities are both hidden and visible in
the display area i.e. in our case the Cylinders set is hidden while the original Clip
Core part is still visible in the display area.
All newly created entities will automatically be entered into the All Entities set.
Activate
Activate the Cylinders set, by double-clicking it in the Sets tree.
The Cylinders set is now active. This can be seen by its Bold status in the Sets
tree.
Create the following sweep face:
Select Faces/Sweep and click on the edge highlighted below:
Note that the Cylinders set is now shown in Mixed mode, as shown below.
All new features are automatically added to the active set. In our case the set was
hidden in the previous topic. However, the sweep face (which belongs to the set) is
visible.
In order for entities not to be added to an active set, activate the All Entities set.
Show from Selected Sets

Pick the sweep face created and click on the Hide Other icon.
The Clip Core part is now hidden.

Select View/Settings/Show from Selected Sets, or right-click on the Cylinders
set and select Show from Selected Sets.
With the set highlighted (either in the Sets tree or by picking the Sweep face in
the display area) show the Cylinders set.
The two cylinders are now visible i.e. entities relevant to the selected (highlighted)
set are displayed.
Manipulation
Show the All Entities set.
Create the following cylinder (select New Extrude).
Zoom into the area circled below:
Select the Circle function and change the option to 3 points.

Pick the following 3 points.
Select OK in the Feature Guide and select Solid/New/Extrude.
Change the objects' color to Yellow.
Choose the Object Filter and pick the object below:

Select the yellow color from the Icons toolbar.
Select the Cylinder object created and create a new set named Runner.
The cylinder created belongs to both the Runner and Cylinders sets (since the
Cylinders set is active).
Manipulation 2
Hide the Runner set and notice that the Cylinders set is switched to Mixed
mode.
Show the Runner set and activate the cylinder object.

Add a revolve at the end of the cylinder.
Select Solid/Add/Revolve, open the sketcher and on the face indicated draw the
following sketch using the cylinder's edges as a reference:
Exit the sketcher and select the line indicated as the rotation axis.
Set the parameters as shown:

The revolve belongs to the Runner set and the Cylinders set.
Hide the Cylinders set.
All the sets created are now hidden.

Show the Cylinders set and activate the Runner set (by double-clicking on it).
Create a new revolve (Solid/New Revolve) on the other side of the cylinder.
The new revolve belongs to the Runner set ONLY.

Hide the Cylinders set.
Now the entities belonging to the Cylinders set are hidden i.e. the cylinders, the
sweep face and the yellow cylinder and revolve object created above.
The visible entity is the revolve, which was created when the Runner set was
active and therefore belongs to this set.
Update Mode
When creating these sets, the update option is by default Automatic in this exercise.
Hide the Runner set.

Toggle the update option to Manual and add the following Sweep face.
The Runner set appears hidden, as it has not been updated with the new face.
Toggle the update option to Automatic and notice the Runner set is now
updated.
The set appears in Mixed mode as not all its entities are visible.
When the Feature Tree is in use, the Sets update mode is ALWAYS set to Manual
to save calculation time.
When returning to the Sets tree, the sets are automatically updated.
Move Entities
Activate and show only the All Entities set i.e. hide all the sets created.
Create a new set containing the top face of the Clip Core part.
Hide the Top Face set created.

Pick the Core Part object in the display, right-click on the Top Face set, and
select Move Entities.
The Top Face set switches to Mixed mode.

Move Entities moves all selected entities to the highlighted set ONLY.
Using the Attach Entities/ Detach Entities option ensures that entities REMAIN
in their original sets, as well as moving them to the highlighted set.
Create by Criteria
Hide all sets.
Highlight the Cylinders and Top Face sets in the Sets tree (Using the Ctrl key)
and select Show.
Create a new set By Criteria and select the Yellow color.
Sets created By Criteria and By Selection are differentiated by:

The icons of the sets.
By Criteria sets are placed below By Selection sets.
Save your work.

Open a New Part file and click on the Sets tab.
Cimatrons default Sets template can be seen in the Sets tree. This saves time when
organizing Cimatron documents.
Import the Core Part file to the new document and notice the sets are updated.
Select File/Import/From Part.

Select the saved part from the CimatronE Explorer.
Sets can also be saved as a user-defined template.

Tutorial Examples
Further examples of various uses of the Sets function can be found in the following
tutorials:
Steps 9-11 of the Environment Tutorial
The Blend step of the Solid Tutorial
M-View
Part Environment - M-View

An M-View (Modeling View) is a user-defined view of entities which includes a
profile of display parameters, section parameters, drafting parameters, etc. Visibility,
orientation, as well as section-lines can be defined for each view.
New M-View
The Clip Core part from the last exercise will be used.
Show the All Entities set and select the M-View tab.
Right-click in the M-View tree and select New M-View from the popup menu.
The M-View Feature Guide opens and various editing options can be performed.
Orientation
Rotate and position the part in the display, as shown below:
Click OK in the Feature Guide.

Select Front View.

Click on the Hide icon and drag a box from left to right around the faces shown
below:
Left-to-right dragging includes entities partially contained by the box, while right-
to-left dragging includes only entities fully contained by the box.
Middle-mouse-click to accept the faces and hide them.

Double Click on M-View1 in the M-View tree.
All the M-View parameters have been restored (Orientation, Zoom and
Visibility).
The Orientation and Zoom parameters (ZPR) ONLY can be restored by clicking
ONCE on the Camera icon.
Zoom
In the M-View tree, toggle the Zoom to Selection icon to Zoom All icon.
Double click on M-View1 to update the zoom status.
Toggling the zoom mode switches the M-Views zoom status between the M-View
default display size (and position) and the Zoom All size.
Selecting the Zoom to Selection status ensures the M-View reverts to its saved
zoom state.
Selecting the Zoom All status ensures the M-View reverts to its Zoom All
state.
Section Line
On the XY plane, draw the following sketch:
Rotate to Plane and add the reference point circled.
Rotate the part as required and create a new M-View.

Name the M-View: Section Line.
Toggle the As Displayed option to By Sets, and select the Top Face set.
The Unassigned set includes entities that are not included in sets created e.g. the
sketch created above.
The sets can also be selected via the Sets tree.
In the M-View Feature Guide select the Section Line icon.
Select the sketch created above as the section line.
The section line must consist of straight lines.

Flip the section line direction so it appears as shown below and click OK in the
Feature Guide.
The Start point and End point of the section line can be toggled by clicking on
either end of the section line.
Turn the section off by either:
Clicking on the Section icon.
Save your work.

Drafting
Open the Drafting application, select the View Creation icon and load the
previously saved Clip Core part from the CimatronE Explorer.
Set the following view options:
Place the 3D section view anywhere in the display area.
Select the View Creation icon and click on the view created.
In the View Creation dialog, click on the Derived View icon and select the Top
view.
Show the section line created in the last topic.

Click on the Show/Hide PMI Symbols icon.
Place the view anywhere in the display area.
Save your work.

Assembly Environment
Sets
Sets Tabs
Unpack the clip mold Assembly.ctf (located in the \\ Tutorial Work Files \
Design directory).
Select the clip mold-md.elt assembly document.
Select a location on your computer where you would like the mold stored.
Once the Unpack operation has been completed, click OK in the dialog and open
the clip mold assembly from the CimatronE Explorer
The catalog components keep their connections according to the relative path in
which they were saved (C:\Cimatron\CimatronE\Catalogs). If the catalog components
have been placed in a location not relative to this path, the Connection Status dialog
will appear.
If you do not have a Hasco Catalog on your computer, press the Continue button.
Click HERE to find out how to reconnect the catalog components to those found
on your computer.
Notice the location of the Sets and M-View tabs:
The Sets tab is available in the Assembly tree and in the Features tree (which shows
assembly operations).
The Sets created in the Assembly tree are relevant ONLY to the MAIN
ASSEMBLY.
The M-View tab is available only in the Features tree. The tab will display M-Views
depending on which component is active in the assembly.
The M-Views created when a part is active are relevant to the part AND to the
entire assembly.
Pick Face
In the Assembly tree, hide the Fixed Side.
In the Feature tree switch to the Sets tree, right-click and select New Set, as
shown in the picture below.
Pick the top face of the K20 plate as shown below and name the set K20.
When a face of an object is picked within an active assembly the whole object is
selected.
Sub-Category
Create another set using the By Criteria option.
Under the Sub-Category criteria group select the Cap Screw/Cap
Screws criteria.
Hide the All Entities set and show the Screws set.
Color
Show the entire assembly, hide the cooling part in the movable side as well as the
layout part, and in the Assembly tree, color the K10, Z00 and Z51 fixed side
components red.
In the Sets tree, create a new set called By Criteria and select the Red color.
The two By Criteria options used in this exercise affect ONLY the assembly and
not the individual components.
Hide the All Entities set and show the Red set.
Move Entities
In the Assembly tree, show the following sub-assemblies (show the movable side
apart from the cooling part):
Display the Sets tree and select a face of the K11 plate.
Right-click on the K20 set and select Move Entities.
Hide the K20 set.

Open a new Assembly file and click on the Sets tab.
Cimatrons default Sets template can be seen in the Sets tree.
M-View
Assembly Environment - M-View

Visibility
Use the Clip Core Assembly from the last exercise and with the Fixed Side,
Runner system, and Cooling part in the movable side hidden, create the M-View,
as shown below:
Click on the M-View tab at the bottom left of the screen, right-click in the M-
View tree and select New M-View.
Show the entire assembly and then double-click on the M-View created.
Notice that only the assembly components are displayed when creating the M-
View.
Edit
Edit the M-View created.
Under the Assembly tab show the Fixed Side K20 plate.
Click OK in the Feature Guide to accept the M-View changes.

Hide Other
Create an M-View of the following five plates.
Activate the Movable Side and from the Hasco mm catalog add a Z31 screw
(8x100) to the top face of the K20 plate.
Select Mold Design > Add Mold Component > Screws & Bolts.
If the Hasco catalog is not available, select a part from the Standard Parts catalog
(\\Cimatron \ CimatronE \ Catalogs \ Standard Parts).
Click OK in the Add from Catalog Feature Guide.
Select the screw created (either in the Assembly tree or in the Display), right-
click, and select Hide Other.
When a sub-assembly or part is activated, the Hide Other mechanism relates only
to what is active i.e. if the screw was activated, a face picked and Hide Other
selected, only the unpicked selection of the screw would be hidden, as shown in the
example below:
Activate and show the Fixed Side.

Add the screw (using the Add this component function) to the top face of the
K11 plate.
Select the screw and select the Add this Component function.
Edit the screw's length to 40 and click OK in the dialog.
Activate the assembly.

Click on the second M-View created and notice only the screw created in the
Movable Side is displayed and click OK in the Add from Catalog Feature Guide.
Using the M-View function enables the efficient creation of virtual sub-assemblies
as seen in the example picture opposite.
The resulting arrangement of the mold when using the rearrange function is shown
below.
Section Off
Show M-View1.
On the XY plane draw the following sketch:
Create another sketch on the XY plane.
The Active part shown here was hidden to enable easier drawing of the sketch.
Show the fixed side and the Mail clip mold movable side part. Create a new M-
View using the first sketch created as the section line.
In the Feature Guide, click on the Section Off List icon.
Components for which a section view is required can be selected.

All (catalog) components with a Section On/Off status are displayed at this point.
Select the screws indicated to view their sections as shown below.
Click OK in the M-View Feature Guide.

You can define three different shade modes for the sectioned face, as defined in
the General Preferences M-View Section dialog.
From the General Preferences menu, select the M-View Section option. Choose
Semi-Transparent. This option defines the sectioned faces with 50% transparency,
as shown in the picture below:
Refresh the display of the newly created section by clicking it twice.
In the next topic you can see the Section On/Off feature in the drafting
application.
Create the following M-View using the second sketch created as the section line.
Verify that the Start Point of the section line appears as in the picture below:
Turn off the section of the Plug and Divert Coupling Unit and click OK in the
Feature Guide.
Save the assembly.

Drafting
Open the Drafting application, select the View Creation icon, and load the saved
Assembly (clip mold.elt) from the CimatronE Explorer.
Create a 2D section view of the first section line created.
The circled screws have their section shown.

Create a 3D section view of the second section line created.
The Plug and Divert Coupling unit that's circled doesn't have its section shown.
Save your work.

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Part Environment .................................................................................................................. 1

Sets and M-View

Sets and M-View Introduction

Part Environment - Sets

Show the Archive set.

This set cannot be edited.

Select the center point and set the parameters shown:

Click OK in the Circle Feature Guide.

Select the Object Filter.

Right-click in the Sets Tree and select New Set.

Select the extrude objects and click OK.

Create the following sweep face:

Select Faces/Sweep and click on the edge highlighted below:

Show from Selected Sets

The Clip Core part is now hidden.

Create the following cylinder (select New Extrude).

Zoom into the area circled below:

Select the Circle function and change the option to 3 points.

Select OK in the Feature Guide and select Solid/New/Extrude.

Change the objects' color to Yellow.

Choose the Object Filter and pick the object below:

Select the yellow color from the Icons toolbar.

Show the Runner set and activate the cylinder object.

Add a revolve at the end of the cylinder.

Set the parameters as shown:

All the sets created are now hidden.

The new revolve belongs to the Runner set ONLY.

Hide the Cylinders set.

Hide the Runner set.

Hide the Top Face set created.

The Top Face set switches to Mixed mode.

Create a new set By Criteria and select the Yellow color.

Sets created By Criteria and By Selection are differentiated by:

Save your work.

Select File/Import/From Part.

Sets can also be saved as a user-defined template.

The Blend step of the Solid Tutorial

Part Environment - M-View

Click OK in the Feature Guide.

Select Front View.

Middle-mouse-click to accept the faces and hide them.

Double Click on M-View1 in the M-View tree.

Double click on M-View1 to update the zoom status.

Rotate the part as required and create a new M-View.

Select the sketch created above as the section line.

The section line must consist of straight lines.

Save your work.

Place the 3D section view anywhere in the display area.

Show the section line created in the last topic.

Place the view anywhere in the display area.

Save your work.

Right-click on the K20 set and select Move Entities.

Hide the K20 set.

Open a new Assembly file and click on the Sets tab.

Cimatrons default Sets template can be seen in the Sets tree.

Assembly Environment - M-View

Click OK in the Feature Guide to accept the M-View changes.

Activate and show the Fixed Side.

Edit the screw's length to 40 and click OK in the dialog.

Activate the assembly.

Create another sketch on the XY plane.