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3.1.14.3.  Search for unmachined parts

  • Functional description

    This search detects fitting unmachined parts for the production of finished parts. For example: An engineer is looking for a special flange. Then he wants to search for already existing unmachined parts, from which the flange can be produced, in order to avoid the redundant creation of a new unmachined part (material master). This process is very time consuming, because the parts have to be overlaid in the CAD one after another.

    With PARTsolutions "Search for unmachined parts" you can do this much faster.

    The search detects, whether a part is completely contained in another part: The finished part has to be smaller than the unmachined part, so that it can be produced by removing wasted material. As soon as the extensions of the finished part exceed the ones of the unmachined part only at a certain point, it cannot be used at all or at least badly.

    The search calculates the volume of the material to remove (waste). The less material to remove, the higher the ranking in the result list, because this criterion is determining for the manufacturing costs.

    The reverse search is also possible: Which finished parts can be produced from a certain unmachined part?

    Waste and missing material are marked in red in the report.

    Example: "Search for unmachined parts"

    Example: "Search for unmachined parts"

    Furthermore the 3D view can be opened anytime in order to check in detail.

    The search can be performed for parts or complete directories. All finished parts then are compared with all unmachined parts and displayed in a report.

  • Call up (create new report)

    • Extras menu -> Search for unmachined parts -> Search finished parts for unmachined part / Search unmachined parts for finished part -> Create report...

    • Context menu of project or directory in index tree

    • Context menu of a table line

  • Open existing reports

    If there are reports already available, the respective icon is displayed (both in the index tree and in the table).

    When moving the mouse over an icon, a tooltip opens, which shows a list of all already created reports.

    When clicking on the icon, the dialog box Report management opens (if there are several reports available) or the only existing one.

    When clicking on a link,m the respective report opens.

    • Example: Tooltip in the table

      Open report via tooltip in the table

      Open report via tooltip in the table

    • Example: Tooltip in the index tree

      Open report via tooltip in the index tree

      Open report via tooltip in the index tree

    Furthermore all existing reports are also displayed in the context menu.

  • Licenses and packages:

    Search for unmachined parts is part of the geometric search and thus available in the following packages:

    • PARTsolutions/base modul CAD professional

    • PARTsolutions/base modul CAD geometrical search