CAD device for metal mold
AssigneeMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKotaro Watanabe
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Abstract
The present invention relates to CAD device for designing molding pieces in addition to aiding mounting component parts or machining component part mounting holes for plural plates which are stacked to constitute a metal mold. The CAD device, which can prepare a drawing and generate NC data effectively, comprises software 4 stored in a main memory 3, a graphic defining command 4a, a plate setting command 4b, a component data base registering command 4c, a component mounting command 4d, a plate separating command 4e and an NC data generating command 4f. In accomplishing its goal, the CAD device makes each command available for the molding piece as well as the plates.
Claims25
A CAD device for designing a metal mold, having a plurality of plates and a plurality of molding pieces that are assembled to form the metal mold, and preparing finished drawings therefore, comprising:
- graphic defining means for designating to which plate and which molding piece a drawing to be prepared belongs among said plurality of plates and molding pieces and for adding data thereto and representing said data on a drawing of the metal mold;
- input condition setting means for setting a predetermined condition, including mutual data for the plates and the molding pieces;
- component data base registering means for registering graphic data for at least one component part that is to be mounted on the metal mold and machining data for mounting holes for mounting said at least one component part on the metal mold;
- component mounting means for designating on the drawing of the metal mold the mounting position of said at least one component part;
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- separated drawing preparing means for separating the representation of the drawing of the metal mold according to each plate and each molding piece and for preparing a drawing of at least one of the plurality of plates and a drawing of at least one of the plurality of molding pieces.
A CAD/CAM device comprising:
- a CAD device for designing a metal mold, having a plurality of plates and a plurality of molding pieces that are assembled to form said metal mold, and preparing finished drawings therefor comprising:
- graphic defining means for designating to which plate and which molding piece a drawing to be prepared belongs among said plurality of plates and molding pieces, and for adding data thereto and representing the data on a drawing of the metal mold;
- input condition setting means for setting a predetermined condition, including mutual data for the plates and the molding pieces;
- component data base registering means for registering graphic data for at least one component part that is to be mounted on the metal mold and the machining data for mounting holes;
- component mounting means for designating on the drawing of the metal mold the mounting position of said at least one component part;
- separated drawing preparing means for separating the representation of the drawing of the metal mold according to each plate and each molding piece and for preparing a drawing of at least one of said plurality of plates and a drawing of at least one of said plurality of molding pieces;
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- NC data generating means for selecting a hole of a largest diameter and generating NC data for a hole machining when two or more mounting holes are defined for mounting two or more component parts at a same coordinate.
A method for designing a metal mold, having a plurality of plates and a plurality of molding pieces that are assembled to form said metal mold, and preparing finished drawings therefor, using a CAD device, comprising:
- designating to which plate and which molding piece a drawing to be prepared belongs among said plurality of plates and molding pieces, and adding data thereto and representing the data on a drawing of the metal mold;
- setting a predetermined condition, including mutual data for the plates and the molding pieces;
- registering graphic data for at least one component part that is to be mounted on the metal mold and machining data for mounting holes;
- designating on the drawing of the metal mold the mounting position of said at least one component part;
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- separating the representation of the drawing of the metal mold according to each plate and each molding piece and preparing a drawing of at least one of said plates and a drawing of at least one of said molding pieces.
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