Footnotes
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- You will find a complete reference of
all mouse functions used in SISCAD-P in the appendix on page
.
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- Of course, you can always generate a point by
directly entering its co-ordinates.
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- To open and close additional windows, use the
window menu (tool box in the main menu).
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- The individual snap
symbols will be explained in detail within section Construction Aids on
page
.
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- A later saving of constraints is possible
by using the command REMEMBER CONSTRAINT.
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- Activating
parametric mode is done by the command MODIFY PART PARM OP=<id>;PRM=1!.
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- The document SISCAD-P Parametrics will explain the
significance of the degrees of freedom.
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- Both dimensioning methods are explained in
detail in chapter Dimensioning page
.
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- Info on parameterization, layers, parts are available
through the corresponding icons.
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- Part lists (or Bill of materials) contain information on parts in
table form. SISCAD-P offers you quantity overview part lists (QBOM),
constructionally part lists (CBOM) and structure part lists (SBOM).
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- Master data is the construction data of the parts. Master
data id divided into article-master data (e.g. part number, part name,
material) and master data of title blocks (e.g. drawing number, company,
modification). This last type of data can also be entered in the text field.
Master data is managed with the help of variables in SISCAD-P
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- You are
warned before SISCAD-P executes a command that cannot be undone. Undoing
several commands is possible by using the Buffer Administration feature
of the Tool Box.
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- The required steps to configure output devices are
described in the document SISCAD-P Installation Guide.
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- More precisely, the help text always pertains to the currently
marked yellow parameter of the CAD-command. The help text concerning
actions, objects and characterizations is, however, always
available through the right mouse button.
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- The structure of the CAD
commands is looked at more closely in an appendix.
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- If
you want to avoid having new auxiliary lines generated on touching certain
points, you have to press the
-key when touching the point you want
to select. SISCAD-P will ignore all subsequent points as long as the the
key remains depressed.
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- The
pick symbol shows a line as opposed to pick symbol 2 (Picking a point on
a line) where a point is shown in the circle.
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- You are
also offered virtual intersection points.
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- Producing and modifying hatch
patterns is done with the command
CREATE/MODIFY HATCHING OP=<id>;HPAT=pattern! .SISCAD-P offers
you more than 20 of the most usual hatching patterns. Using further optional
parameters (e.g. DST = hatch pattern distance), you can additionally
modify the look of the hatch patterns.
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- When generating objects with SISCAD-P, you are always offered
all possible solutions. Using the optional parameter SEL , you select
your solution. If this parameter is not used, all possible solutions are
generated.
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- To
generate an arc of circle, you use additional parameters,
e.g. CIDxREFL (circle ID).
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- If a line or a circle are selected as this parameter, the
resulting circle will be tangent to those objects.
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- Naturally, circles are
also taken into account when trimming. We only ignore them in these exercises.
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- Because you can combine
areas (UNI,DIF,ITS) , you can generate areas
quickly as well as in a logical manner. Thus, you can for example
unite areas and then hatch the result with only one command. To hatch areas,
there is the command CREATE HATCHING.
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- After the command has terminated,
you have no way to immediately see that an area has been created. The area
status will only be visible once you try to combine or hatch the area.
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- You select an area by picking a border line of
the area.
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- Using the parameter OPi (OPi
stands for an arbitrary number of operands), you can enter as many areas as
you want, and they all will be subtracted from the first area. You can
additionally specify circles and closed lines as OPi.
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- When using the commands to combine areas, the display
attributes (e.g. hatch pattern) of the newly generated area are always
inherited from the first area selected during the creation of the new area.
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- Almost all types of dimensions (except for
chain dimensions, ascending dimensions and vertical linear
dimensions) can be used for parametric work.
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- To change
the value of a parametric dimension, use the CAD-command MODIFY
NOMINALSIZE.
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- WYSIWYG =
What You See Is What You Get.
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- As the dimensions are
displayed green, they all are reference dimensions.
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The defaults are stored in the file siscadp.def. You can find further
information in the document: SISCAD-P Installation Guide.
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- DXF = Data eXchange Format
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- If the execution of the
teaching program is to be terminated, or another tutorial is to be started, you
can reactivate this window by clicking the Load icon.
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- Some commands
(e.g. MODIFY) do not need a characterization.
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- The language elements characterization and parameter
are not mandatory for all CAD-commands (MODIFY,VIEW POINT).
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- That's
why this symbol is also displayed in the text window for all
parameters that have been clicked in the CAD-command window, and that expect
a text as return value.
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- Commands can also be concluded by a right mouse click in
the graphics window
Thu Aug 3 12:02:33 MET DST 1995