Lifter Pocket : Options and Results

Access: Open this function from one of the following locations:

Insert a cavity in the relevant active part(s) to make room for a lifter.

Create pockets for complex lifters.

Required Step 1

Pick the lifter for which a pocket is required. The shape of the created pocket is the same shape as the lifter.

A target part and a lifter are selected.

The pocket created in the target part has the shape of the selected lifter.

The next step of the function is automatically invoked.

 

Required Step 2

Pick the target part either from the graphics area or from the Assembly Tree. The target part is the active part to be cut by the lifter selected in the 1st step.

Pick either:

  • The target/stock part (the plate to be cut) either from the graphics area or from the Assembly Tree. The target part is the active part to be cut by the lifter selected in the 2nd step (using the Create Pocket in Selected Part toggle option).

  • The parting surface part. The pocket faces will be exported to this part in the 2nd step (using the Export Pocket Faces to Parting Surface Part toggle option).

The following parameters are displayed in the Lifter Pocket function:

 

Toggles to:

  

Parameter descriptions:

Create Pocket in Selected Part

This is a toggle option that enables you to select the target part (the part in which the pocket is to be created) from either an active part or in a parting surface part. The toggle options are Create Pocket in Selected Part / Export Pocket Faces to Parting Surface Part.

Create Pocket in Selected Part

Create the pocket in the target part (for the lifter selected in step 1).

The Target Part parameter is displayed in red until a part is selected, and then the parameter is grayed out and displays the name of the selected component.

Note: This is the only option displayed if the assembly has no work part or if it has a work part but no parting surface part.

Export Pocket Faces to Parting Surface Part

Create the pocket in the parting surface part. The pocket faces are exported to the selected part and coincident faces (with the work) are removed from the lifter and the faces in the work are split.

If there is only one parting surface part, the Target Part parameter is grayed out. If there are multiple parting surface parts, the Target Part parameter is available; see below.

Additional parameters are displayed with this option; see below.

 

Target Part

This parameter displays the name of the selected component.

This step requires that a target part be selected. This can be accomplished in a number of ways (see the options above); however, the interaction of the Target Part parameter is the similar for all the methods. The parameter is displayed in red when it is empty (before a part is picked or if you clear the selection). After a part has been picked, the parameter is grayed out and displays the name of the selected component. For example:

Before picking the target part.

After pick the target part.

When the Create Pocket in Selected Part option is selected (above); the parameter is displayed in red until a part is selected, and then the parameter is grayed out and displays the name of the selected component.

When the Export Pocket Faces to Parting Surface Part option is selected (above):

  • If there is only one parting surface part, the Target Part parameter is grayed out and displays the name of the parting surface part.

  • If there are multiple parting surface parts, the Target Part parameter displays the name of a parting surface part and is available.
    To select a different parting surface part, press the parameter button. All other parameters are hidden until a parting surface part is selected (only parting surface parts are selectable - either from the graphics area or from the Assembly Tree).

 

If the Export Pocket Faces to Parting Surface Part option is selected, the following additional parameters are selected:

Create New Direction

This is a dropdown list of options that enables you to define whether the coincident faces (of the work part and the lifter) after they are split in the target part, are assigned to a new QuickSplit direction, to a selected direction or if they remain in the same direction.

Create New Direction

Create a new split direction.

The Split Direction Name parameter is displayed with the default name; change this name as required.

Pick Existing Split Direction

Pick an existing split direction, either by pressing the pick direction button and picking a split face, or by selecting a split direction from the tree.

The Split Direction Name parameter is displayed with the name of the selected direction.

 

Do Not Create New Direction

No new split direction is created.

The Split Direction Name parameter is not displayed.

 

Use Lifter Body

This is a toggle option Use Lifter Body / Use Cutting Object that enables you to choose how to create the pocket. This parameter is only available if a cutting object exists inside the lifter.

Use Lifter Body

Use the lifter body for the pocket operation.

Use Cutting Object

Use the cutting object for the pocket operation.

 

Press OK or Apply in the Feature Guide to complete the function.

When completed, the Lifter Pocket feature will appear in the relevant assembly and part Feature Trees. This feature is created in the relevant part (stock or parting surface part) and also under the Lifter & Insert Pockets branch of the relevant assembly. See the examples below.

Feature created in the stock part:

Feature created in the parting surface part:

Feature created under the Lifter & Insert Pockets branch of the relevant assembly:

Some functionality may be dependent on the product package. Contact your Reseller if you require a license.