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Introduction  |  Features  |  Enhancements  |  Bug Fixes

Axel32 Version 5.71-5.46 Release Notes

21 November 2004

Introduction

This document provides list of features, enhancements, bug fixes since version 5.46 till 5.68. See below for a complete list.

Features

Description
Pipe Exchange Format: Import/export pipes between packages.
CAD Export: CAD export in IGES added as standard feature of all Axel packages. It is a great help for digitizing purposes.

New Features: Round and rectangular slot features added.

CAD Import: Improved method 2 for importing IGES CAD files

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Enhancements

Date Type Description
22.11.04   New cnc program for plane measurement PLA_TPc1.SEQ (circular). The program can be selected in options - standard programs and plane program property dialog.
12.10.04   When in joystick off-line mode, program does not send commands to PH9/10 probe. It allows off-line programming.
    Joystick control panel (in menu Windows) added. It works in addition to windows joystick and is used for moving the axes of virtual CMM machine in off-line programming.
    Program property dialog extended. Now you can change the standard feature sequence and dry run it.
07.11.04 3D View Drawing circle and arc fetaures in 3d corrected/improved for beter visibility.
    Changed joystick movements. Joystick directions are always relative to the Measure Window observer.
22.10.04   Joystick button and space bar enabled for enering move in Learn mode, while
3d points mode is acive.
  CAD Warning message if Iges contains hidden entities
  CAD Catia import dialog progress bars added
  Surface Surface property for the plane is added if selectedf in program options
(Surfaces page), and if the plane is initially measured on the cad.
Plane results are corrected by the thicknes in the same way as probe correction.
This is applied when the plane is measured with non- cad points.
12.10.04   Probe tips selection menu shows calibratio state, similar as in the list
in the calibration dialog.
11.10.04 CAD IGES - some invisible entities from iges now can be found on geometry hidden layer after iges load.
30.09.04   End of feature sounds
OOT sound is on when :
- tolerances/nominals defined in toler dialog
- fetuare defined from cad
- pipe features
- GO : fetaures that has measure points from machine - ie not construction
- no sound for SP, EP at the moment
08.09.04 Colision Detection New Dry run in 3d simulation, with colision detection ane unexpected data
point error. Parameters in menu Program-Options.
08.09.04   New Cylinder constructions
Cylinder feature can be constructed from one circle or circle + point(for length).
Cylinder can now have user diameter (at the moment used in pipe with flange)
24.08.04   Surface points import from text file
A text file with lines
X Y Z i j k
can be imported and surface points for each such line will be created.
SP will have current working reference system, and the file coordinates
are assumed to be in this system.
19.08.04   Separate MoveTo button in the program editor - creates MoveTo command
with current probe position in working system.
17.08.04 3DView 3D axes in the left corner shows status working system if the option is checked in 3d menu-grid-coordinates-current working system. If this selected do Desktop Save to remember this setup (at the memoment this choice in not saved in the part files).
  Pipe BestFit alignemnt enabled for pipe module.
30.07.04 CAD 3D probe cross.
A cross of size 15 mm is displayed when the probe model is hidden. The cross is also displayed in collisions mode (bigger size 30 mm).
28.07.04   Solid with mesh option in 3d menu for geometry
  CNC With learn option "Use standard program" switched off, now there is possibility of selecting existing feature from the list (measured erlier), press remeasure function (instead of new fetaure). Learn will insert Measure-Finish comands.
    3d Points mode points can now be selected when geometry is referenced
to any system
    3D model position updated after changing geometry reference system
09.06.04   Results boxes 3d view for SP
There is a result boxes option to hide boxes of SP that are hidden in 3d view. This option might need some testing as it sometimes hides boxes that should be visible.
05.06.04   Result boxes arrow line is now in selected colour (if feature selected)
    GO mode results window now shows previous feature from the current one,
until first data point is collected, similar to the 'repeat' mode.
19.04.04   MMC position tolerance
MMC is enabled for Position tolerance feature with second feature as circle.
It takes Nominal, LoTol, UpTol of the circle diameter. Positional tolerance is eneterd in the UpTol of the Position feature, but results tables display calculated MMC tolerance im this
position.
    Runout tolerance feature
It takes two features data :
1 - line, cylinder, cone
2a - plane,
2b - cylindr, cone
2a - face runout calculated as:
squareness line-plane over the reference length +
plane flatness (???)
2b - axial runout calulated as :
distance between the two axes in space (???) +
paralelism of the two axes over the reference length +
both cylindricity(conicity)

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Bug Fixes

Date Type Description
22.11.04 3DView Grid now works in inch units when in one of the perpendicular views XY, YZ or XZ. Previously grid only implemented in metric units.
  CAD Correction of plane feature creation in points mode.
16.11.04 PH10 Calibration program ph_cal2.seq corrected. There was wrong approach angle
for some non-90deg positions.
09.11.04 Pipe Pipe with brackets - remeasure - corrected finish. Pipe program used to finishe bracket remeasurement after the first bracket.
    Corected initial selection of probe mode when starting part. Program remembers the last operating mode.
   

Pipe nominals table input in inch

- Pipe points nominal received wrong values after OK
- Input resolution in inches corrected to 5 decimal places.

12.10.04   Part file restore 3d geometry and feature display mode.
01.10.04   Error rendering 3d view to a file or report, with reults option "Hide not visible SP boxes" enabled.
    Average point dot (small circle) drawing on printout
    Part 22XR - problem with calculation plane created for a circle
27.09.03 CAD Correction in IGES export global section (ie units)
Error calibrating first tip on some systems
3D features : on top visibility option
3D geometry : transparency option
Iges export - planes and circles
10.09.04 Pipe Pipe points created during Pipe generation have assigned tolerances from pipe parameters.
17.08.04   Circle created from cad has now correct nominals.
    Fetaure OOT/IT sounds enabled only for fatures with Printout flag on.
    Results window buttons hints enabled
18.06.04   Corection in calculating rotation of a coordinate system.
Loaded part would need recalculation (ie reclaculate element) to display the coordintes correctly. New measurement will also repair this.
16.06.04   Correction in calibration programs xxx_cal2.seq, situation with relatively big BaseDia parameter. There is additional move to not colide with the sphere.
05.06.04   Autoarrange - there was an unnessesary msg about adding another view.
This was happening with result option display In/Out of tolerance boxes.
15.05.04 Surface

Corrected drawing of cad acrs in 3d view

Correction of feature list

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