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May 20th, 2013 2.30-3.30pm

May 22nd, 2013 9.00-10.00am

AC-16

ArtiosCAD Standards

Raghav Kota

Application Engineer

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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

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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

L>0 L is greater than 0 L0 AND L

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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.

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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, die-cutter 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)

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Modifying a Standard

In this exercise well 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.

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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.

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Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD

Standards

When the design rebuilds, it should look something like the image below. However, it probably doesnt match your company specs. We can use Adv.Stylemaker to change the defaults to match what you use.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Creating New Standards from Existing ArtiosCAD

Standards

In the Preview Layer you can also add Annotation, Variable Names, 3D Diagram etc..

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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

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Questions?

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Thank You for Attending!!