Frame Builder

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  • What
  • Questo comando espone tutte le funzionalità del modulo telai.
  • Display all features of the frame module.
  • Why
  • Questo comando consente di progettare dei telai 3D per parti utilizzando la libreria profilati di TOP.


Permit to plan 3D frames for parts using the TOP profiles library

  • How
  • Lanciato il comando viene mostrato il dialogo principale del generatore telai


Launched the command it shows the main dialog of the frames generator


In the upper part there are exposed the commands to manage the ___ library. In the central part the beam insertion commands and, in the lower part the junction editing commands.

Library

The library include the three families available in the 2D part.

  • ______
  • ______
  • _____

A user library and the possibility to select a profile from the drawing are added to the three base libraries.

Other than these the command to draw metal sheet is exposed as well.

Standard libraries show the same 2D interface conveniently appropriated to disable the option that does not apply to 3D.


The user can select the desired standard and it will remain active until a new configuration is selected or when exiting the programme.

Customized libraries can be made very easily creating drawings containing blocks of the desired profiles. The base point of the block will be used as a reference point of the profile in extrusion phase.



The command permits to select a profile to use showing a small preview of the profile and the block's name to simplify the selection.

With the option “manuale” it is possible to select directly a profile in the current drawing.

Il profilo deve essere chiuso e realizzato con polilinea o curve (linee, archi, splines, …). Il programma identifica automaticamente la presenza dei vuoti interni.

Inserimento dei profili

I profili possono essere inseriti in due modi:

  1. Per due punti
  2. Seguendo un binario

Il comando di inserimento per due punti chiede di selezionare i due punti (inizio/fine) e traccia la trave utilizzando come binario la linea che passa per i due punti e utilizzando il punto di posa del profilo.


The profile must be closed and made by poly-lines or curves (lines, arcs, splines, ...). The programme automatically identify the presence of internal holes.

Profiles addition

Profiles can be added in two ways:

  1. Through two point
  2. Following a track

The insertion command through two points requests to select two points (start/end) and trace the beam using as track the line that pass through the two points and using the placing position of the profile.

In questo caso ovviamente il profilo è sempre rettilineo. Utilizzando una curva qualsiasi come binario è possibile realizzare profilati sagomati (anche se non realizzabili realmente).


In this case obviously the profile is always straight. Using any curve as track it's possible to make shaped profiles (even if they can't truly be made).

Esiste poi un comando per l'inserimento multiplo che consente di selezionare tutti i binari e creare automaticamente tutte le travi in una sola operazione.


There is a command for multiple insertion that let's you select all tracks and make automatically all the beams in just one operation.

Questo consente di costruire il proprio telaio in pochi semplici passaggi.

Opzioni di inserimento

Le opzioni di inserimento profili sono le seguenti:

  • Angolo di rotazione – permette di definire l'angolo di rotazione attorno all'asse del profilo.
  • Offset – permette di indicare l'offset dai punti di terminazione naturali della trave secondo il binario o i punti indicati.

Modifica

Le travi disegnate sono normalissimi solidi, quindi possono essere editati con i normali strumenti del CAD. Per facilitare le lavorazioni standard il modulo prevede alcuni comandi per velocizzare la modifica e la lavorazione delle giunzioni.


This let's you build your own frame in a few easy steps.

Insertion options

The profiles insertion options are the following:

  • Rotation angle - it let's you define the rotation angle around the profile axis.
  • Offset - it let's you indicate the offset from the natural termination points of the beam according to the track or the indicated points.

Modify

The drawn beams are normal solids, so they can be edited with normal CAD tools. To ease the standard processing the module have available some commands to speed up the modification and the joints processing.

Per la normale modifica sono stati previsti i seguenti comandi

Rotazione

Consente di ruotare un profilo attorno al binario di riferimento. È possibile inserire l'angolo di rotazione nella casella di riferimento. La rotazione avviene secondo la regola della mano destra considerando il verso della trave.


For the normal modification are available the following commands

Rotation

It let's you rotate a profile around the reference track. It's possible to insert the rotation angle in the reference slot. The rotation occur according to the right hand rule considering the beam direction.

Nelle immagini il risultato di una rotazione di 90 gradi.

Allineamento

Il comando di allineamento consente di allineare due profili utilizzando le facce piane come riferimenti.

Immaginiamo di avere 4 travi. Due travi sono barre a sezione rettangolare mentre due barre hanno una sezione triangolare.


In the illustrations the result of a 90 degrees rotation.

Alignment

The alignment command let's you align two profiles using the plane faces as references.

Imagine to have 4 beams. Two beams are rectangular section bars while two bars have a triangulat section.



It could be not immediate measureing quickly the right rotation angle to allign the face related at the hypotenuse of the triangular section to the upper face of the rectangular profile.

In this case it's usefull the alignment command. The command asks the face that has to be aligned and the reference face (or 3 points) and rotate the indicated beam until the indicated faces become co-planar (if a solution exists).



The result of the example is illustrated in the image.


Delete beam

The delete beam command is a “delete beam” modified to filter just the "beam" parts. The command deletes the parts and as consequence the solids contained inside them.

Connect beams

The command "connect beams" do a fusion between  the selected solids and it makes just one resulting part. The united beam parts are automatically deleted.

Update beams registry

The command "update beams registry" handles the recalculating the physical characteristics of the beams and it updates the part's data so that it can maintain the right informations in the ____ creation phase. See the specific paragraph to have more details on the registry data management.

Joints processing.



Angular connection

The angles can be processed in two ways:

  • _____
  • _____

The _____ processing let's you align the profiles against each other.



The software asks to select the beams and propose the first available solution. It's possible to modify the solution selecting the specific button. Optionally it's possible to insert a gap (light) between the two beams.



In case you'd want cancel the operation it's enough to use the CAD cancel command.

To do a ___ processing press the specific command. The command shows a dialog with the main options.


The first option is the single _____ and it requests the selection of the two beams involved in the processing. It is possible to indicate a gap to maintain between the two beams in this case as well.

The second option is the "___________" and it requests the selection of just one beam. If the beam have some interference on the final points with other beams they are processed automatically.


In the example it can be seen two interferences on the final points. In this case it's enough to select the main beam to obtain the processing of both sides.



The final result is as follow


The last option is the multiple _____ that let's you select a whole frame and generate an automatic solution based on the reciprocal interference.


Obviously the selection has to be done being careful not to select halfway intersections otherwise the results are not foreseeable.

T connection

The halfway T processing are taken care of shortening or cutting off the beam “_______”. In case of the normal shortening of the beam the software shows a configuration panel.


Two options are available:

  • Manual selection
  • Automatic selection

In case of the manual selection it requests to select the reference beam and then to select the beams _________


The command permits indeed to work on more than one beam at the same time. The final result is as follow.


The command remains active when ending the processing waiting for more selections.

The second option (Automatic Selection) uses the interface to automatically know the shortening limits and ease the command use because it requests just one selection.


The command will shorten the beam until the limit of the two adjacent beams.


An optional gap is available to maintain light between the two beams in _______

Connection with processing

In case of shaped profiles (Ex IPN) the connection must be often done by a shaped cut of the beam.


In this case the command _______ can be used.


The programme asks the beam that realize the processing and the beams that have to be processed. Optionally it's possible to insert a gab (light) between the two processed solids.

Biographical data

For each generated beam is normally created a part containing the solid and the related information.

Part name

The main information is the part's name that shows in the browser for parts.


The creation of the part's name is automatic and it follows a template defined in TOPX.PRS file to allow to reach variable tile related to the length. In the illustration the generated names for various types of profiles can be seen.


Other than the part's name other information are memorized.

Code

The standard code, in case of a library, is automatically calculated and it follows the same rules of 2D libraries.

Material

The material can be assigned automatically at the same exact way of 2D. If there is an aspect (material) in CAD with the same name it's automatically set.

Length

The length is automatically calculated by the programme and it's used to update the description.

Weight

The weight is automatically calculated if physical properties (density) are indicated. If they're not assigned it's used the default value.

Surface

It's automatically calculated by the programme.

Itemized lists

Frame module adds two new itemized lists to TOP.

Profile itemized list (length)

This itemized list gathers the beams by code and sum up the lengths and the amounts. In this way it's possible to esteem the number of pieces to generate and the total surface area of the semi-finished.


Profile itemized lists (processing)

The processing itemized list shows the list of each beam (not summed) indicating the beam's code, its description, its position (if _____) and the head and end processing if present.