Just quickly reviewing the the NC Sheetmetal Design enchancements that can be found in the widlfire 5.0 has shown that PTC always believes there is room for improvement.
Some of the new enhancements to the NC sheetmetal desgin is the removal of the .mfg file type. Now for those of you who haven't used this option, mfg file type is the file type which was introducted into wildfire 4.0 NC sheetmetal design for the manfacturing side of Pro/E. The removal of .mfg file is being replaced by the .asm file type. This allows for easier data management of the manfuactoring model and provides functionality to the design as well.
Note that in Wildfire 5.0, when a .mfg file is retrieved, Pro/E will do the folllowing:
- The model carries the information stored in the manufacturing model in memory.
- Information is written to the assembly file on save.
- The .mfg file is no longer required to open the manufacturing model.
Another Feature which was improved in the NC sheetmetal addon was the Manufacturing Information Dialog Box. Addtional infromation such as the percentage of the scrap material of the stock used as well as the machining time of the part are displayed in the Manufacturing info dialog box to help with keeping track of waste and time taken during the manufacturing simulation stage.
For more information about NC sheetmetal Design, please vist PTC.com.
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