Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Metric Catalog ® ® Autodesk Inventor Series, ® ® AutoCAD and Mechanical Desktop Siemens PLM Software Solid Edge ® ® ® PTC Pro/ENGINEER 2001 & Wildfire™ ® Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks This document provides an introduction to the use of the MISUMI 3D CAD Library, by PARTsolutions Revision Date: October 30, 2007 MISUMI USA Contact Information for sales or technical support Email: inquire@misumiusa.com The PARTsolutions application and the MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY are also available, for a licensing fee in an enterprise version that is installed locally and accessed directly within all major CAD systems European / World Headquarters CADENAS GmbH Berliner Allee 28 b+c, D-86153 Augsburg GERMANY Tel: +49 - 821 - 58 58 0-0 E-mail: info@cadenas.de Internet: www.cadenas.de The Americas PARTsolutions, LLC 200 Techne Center Drive, Suite 118 Milford, OH 45150 USA Tel.: +1 (513) 453-0453 Fax: +1 (513) 453-0460 E-mail: info@partsolutions.com Internet: 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also reserved Copyright© 1992-2007 PARTsolutions, LLC All rights reserved PARTsolutions is a registered trademark of PARTsolutions, LLC CADENAS, PARTsolutions, PARTdataManager, PARTshaft, PARTconnection, eCATALOGsolutions, PARTdesigner, PARTconfigurator, PARTdxfconverter, PARTlanguage, PARTident, PARTeditor, PARTproject, PARTmedia, Visual Configurator, PARTserver, PDMsolutions are trademarks of CADENAS GmbH, Augsburg All further brand names, company names or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their rightful owners All information given without liability © 1992 – 2007, CADENAS GmbH and PARTsolutions, LLC Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® II Contents UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 MISUMI 3D CAD Library Quick Start Tutorial User Guide (Requires Adobe PDF Reader) Legal Information Help PARTDATAMANAGER USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Search Part Selection Part View 2D View Exploded View Export to CAD VIEW MENU SELECTING AND CONFIGURING MISUMI PRODUCTS 10 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN AUTODESK® CAD APPLICATIONS 13 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Autodesk Inventor® “Inventor 3D” Example 13 Autodesk Inventor “Inventor Macro 3D” Example 15 Autodesk AutoCAD / Mechanical Desktop “DWG 2D” Example .18 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop “DWG 3D” Example .20 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE SOLID EDGE® CAD APPLICATION 22 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE PTC® PRO/ENGINEER® 2001 & WILDFIRE CAD APPLICATIONS .23 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SOLIDWORKS CAD APPLICATION 24 8.1 8.2 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Example 24 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Macro Example .24 INSTALLING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY TO HARD DRIVE 25 Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® III UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION The MISUMI 3D CAD Library is based upon the PARTsolutions PARTdataManager application, which allows you to search or navigate for the MISUMI part that meets your needs, and then place it into your design with the click of a button This document will assist you become familiar with this digital catalog In order to utilize the MISUMI 3D CAD Library, the following requirements must be met: Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft® Windows® NT Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional System Memory: 512 Mb Minimum, Gb Preferred A CD-ROM drive This MISUMI 3D CAD Library supports the following CAD formats: o Autodesk Inventor – Versions 8, 9, 10, 11, 2008 (Direct Insert or Macro 3D) o Autodesk AutoCAD (DWG or DXF Formats) o Autodesk Mechanical Desktop (DWG or DXF Formats) o Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks 2001Plus, 2003-2008 (Direct Insert or Macro 3D) o DWG 2D, DWG 3D o DXF 2D, DXF 3D o IGES 2D, IGES 3D o PTC Pro/ENGINEER 2001i, Wildfire 1.0, 2.0 & 3.0 o SAT Binary, SAT ASCII o STEP 3D o Siemens PLM Software, Inc Solid Edge – Versions 15 – 20 Upon inserting the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, you will see the user interface below If for any reason you not, please run the program D:\software\cdstart.exe (where “D:” represents your CD-ROM Drive) Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 1.1 MISUMI 3D CAD Library Choosing the “MISUMI 3D CAD Library” option will start the MISUMI 3D CAD Library in PARTsolutions PARTdataManager The first screen displayed will be a registration wizard By registering your CD with MISUMI, you will be able to receive update information on the CD-ROM, new catalogs & other special offers & promotions Once you have completed the registration, you will see the MISUMI 3D CAD Library as shown below Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 1.2 Quick Start Tutorial This option will start the Quick Start Tutorial, which includes several videos to help familiarize you with the MISUMI 3D CAD Library 1.3 User Guide (Requires Adobe PDF Reader) The “User Guide” option opens this detailed “Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library” document This document requires Adobe PDF Reader, which can be downloaded from the www.adobe.com website Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 1.4 Legal Information This window contains the obligatory PARTsolutions license agreement for use of the MISUMI 3D CAD Library By clicking the "Start" or "Install" buttons in the startup screen, you acknowledge having reviewed & accepted the license agreement under the “Legal Information” button 1.5 Help This option displays the contact information for MISUMI should you require assistance with the MISUMI 3D CAD Library or any other assistance with MISUMI products Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® PARTDATAMANAGER USER INTERFACE OVERVIEW The PARTdataManager application is a user interface to allow for the search, display and export of components in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Like many software applications, the application can be run either from pulldown menus, or via icons in the user interface The user interface icons documented below are utilized when running the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Part Selection View Search 2.1 2D View Exploded View Part View Export to CAD S e a rc h Selecting the “Search” icon reveals the search window shown below, which is utilized to perform a variety of searches within PARTdataManager In the example shown below, the keyword “guides” is used to find matches in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 2.2 Part Selection Selecting the “Part Selection” icon will display the MISUMI 3D CAD Library part selection window The windows are automatically tiled in the space available in the main window This icon is a convenient way to return to part selection after having configured a MISUMI product 2.3 P a rt V i e w The “Part View” icon provides the view of a selected part in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library, as shown below Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 2.4 D V ie w The “2D View” icon provides 2D view options as shown below Simply select the preferred view and it is calculated and displayed 2.5 Exploded View The “Exploded View” option allows assemblies to be exploded upon an axis Note that exploded views are for viewing purposes only and not depict assembly ordering Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® Once the catalog is open, the hierarchy may be navigated in the left hand window which is a “Windows Explorer” like menu structure, or in the right hand window which shows the MISUMI products in a “Symbols” or “Details” display Navigate through the product folders via double-clicks or via right-click “open” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 11 Once you have located a part or assembly with the part icon, double-click or right-click “open” to enter the “Part View” mode, which appears as follows: Fields that appear with a yellow background are configurable Simply click on the numeric value to display alternative values, or to display the range of acceptable values Once you have selected and/or configured your MISUMI product, use the export functions described above in section 2.6 “Export to CAD” to access your MISUMI product in your CAD system application Detailed examples for accessing MISUMI products in Autodesk® CAD products are included in Section of this document Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 12 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN AUTODESK® CAD APPLICATIONS This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your Autodesk Inventor®, AutoCAD® and Mechanical Desktop® CAD sessions Please refer to the Quick Start Tutorial for an example of configuring and accessing a MISUMI part in Autodesk Inventor® In some cases, you may prefer to use the macro option For example, if you not have a copy of Autodesk Inventor® on your computer and you need to export a part in Autodesk Inventor® format, the macro option is the best choice Using neutral data formats will also work, but will result in a basic representation of the part (i.e not as if it was created in Autodesk Inventor®) 5.1 Autodesk Inventor® “Inventor 3D” Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to Autodesk® CAD applications as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Menu Bar Icons To export directly to Autodesk Inventor®, configure your MISUMI product and then select the “Inventor 3D” option Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 13 Enter destination folder: IMPORTANT: If Autodesk Inventor® is active, the part will appear on the screen, and the part will be saved in a “MISUMI” folder within the “Destination Directory” specfied If Autodesk Inventor® is not active, then the part will be created in the same folder, but will not appear on the screen The MISUMI Part or Assembly is built in Autodesk Inventor® Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 14 5.2 Autodesk Inventor “Inventor Macro 3D” Example Configure your MISUMI product and then use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “Inventor Macro 3D” Enter Destination File: Within Autodesk Inventor®, select the “Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor” option: Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 15 Within the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor select “File, Import File” and locate the file specified in Step # above Select “DocumentProject” in the Project Explorer Window Select “Run, Run Macro” or push the “Run Macro” button Select “CreateInventorDocument”, and the select “Run” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 16 When prompted, enter c:\cadfiles\ or another valid directory for scratch files during the part creation process IMPORTANT: Part creation will not complete properly if an invalid directory is specified The part is created by PARTsolutions and is displayed in Inventor: Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 17 5.3 Autodesk AutoCAD / Mechanical Desktop “DWG 2D” Example Configure your MISUMI product, and select the 2D icon to enter 2D mode: Use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “DWG 2D” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 18 Specify a file name, Select the preferred AutoCAD version, and choose which views to export Then select “OK” Import and place your views in AutoCAD or Mechanical Desktop Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 19 5.4 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop “DWG 3D” Example Configure your MISUMI product Use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “DWG 3D” Specify a file name, Select the preferred AutoCAD version, and choose which views to export Then select “OK” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 20 Use the “File, Open” command to view your MISUMI product in AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop® Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 21 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE SOLID EDGE® CAD APPLICATION This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your UGS Solid Edge CAD sessions IMPORTANT: 6.1 Your Solid Edge session must be active before selecting the “Export to CAD” options described below UGS Solid Edge Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to the UGS® Solid Edge CAD application as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Simply select the Export to Solid Edge option from the Export pulldown or Export icon, and your selected part will be built in your Solid Edge session Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 22 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE PTC® PRO/ENGINEER® 2001 & WILDFIRE CAD APPLICATIONS This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your PTC Pro/ENGINEER CAD sessions IMPORTANT: Pro/ENGINEER licensing requires that PARTdataManager has visibility to a valid installation of Pro/ENGINEER Mapped network drives must be used, UNC-paths (\\server\share\ ) can cause issues with auxiliary applications with Pro/ENGINEER Your Pro/ENGINEER session should be active before selecting the “Export to CAD” options described below 7.1 PTC Pro/ENGINEER Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to the PTC Pro/ENGINEER CAD application as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Simply select the Export to ProE Wildfire or ProE 2001 options from the Export pulldown or Export icon, and your selected part will be built in your Pro/ENGINEER session Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 23 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SOLIDWORKS CAD APPLICATION This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks CAD sessions In some cases, you may prefer to use the macro option For example, if you not have a copy of SolidWorks on your computer and you need to export a part in SolidWorks format, the macro option is the best choice Using neutral data formats will also work, but will result in a basic representation of the part (i.e not as if it was created in SolidWorks) IMPORTANT: 8.1 Your SolidWorks session should be active before selecting the “Export to CAD” options described below Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Example The “Export to CAD” icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to the SolidWorks CAD application as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Simply select the Export to SolidWorks 3D option from the Export pulldown or Export icon, and your selected part will be built in your SolidWorks session 8.2 Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Macro Example If you require a SolidWorks macro file for delivery to another computer or via email, select the “SolidWorks Macro 3D” option to create the macro file Then use the “Tools, Macro, Run” option within SolidWorks When prompted for a path, enter the name of an existing directory location for the SolidWorks files Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 24 INSTALLING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY TO HARD DRIVE This section describes the process of installing your MISUMI 3D CAD Library onto your hard drive The default installation directory is C:/Program Files/MISUMI: The MISUMI 3D CAD Library will be available under the “Start”, “All Programs”, “MISUMI” menu (or equivalent for other Microsoft Windows operating system versions) Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 25 [...]... the “SolidWorks Macro 3D option to create the macro file Then use the “Tools, Macro, Run” option within SolidWorks When prompted for a path, enter the name of an existing directory location for the SolidWorks files Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 24 9 INSTALLING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY TO HARD DRIVE This section describes the process of installing your MISUMI 3D CAD Library. .. export Then select “OK” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 20 8 Use the “File, Open” command to view your MISUMI product in AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop® Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 21 6 ACCESSING DATA WITHIN THE SIEMENS PLM SOFTWARE SOLID EDGE® CAD APPLICATION This section describes the process of exporting MISUMI products into your UGS Solid Edge CAD. .. invalid directory is specified 9 The part is created by PARTsolutions and is displayed in Inventor: Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 17 5.3 Autodesk AutoCAD / Mechanical Desktop “DWG 2D” Example 1 Configure your MISUMI product, and select the 2D icon to enter 2D mode: 2 Use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “DWG 2D” Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions®... have started the PARTdataManager application from the CD-ROM, your screen will look similar to this display 2 To select MISUMI components, simply double-click the MISUMI icon, or use right click “open” on the MISUMI icon to move to the next level in the hierarchy Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 10 3 Once the catalog is open, the hierarchy may be navigated in the left hand... Example The “Export to CAD icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to Autodesk® CAD applications as well as several other CAD applications and neutral CAD formats Menu Bar Icons 1 To export directly to Autodesk Inventor®, configure your MISUMI product and then select the “Inventor 3D option Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered... If Autodesk Inventor® is active, the part will appear on the screen, and the part will be saved in a MISUMI folder within the “Destination Directory” specfied If Autodesk Inventor® is not active, then the part will be created in the same folder, but will not appear on the screen 3 The MISUMI Part or Assembly is built in Autodesk Inventor® Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions®... Select the preferred AutoCAD version, and choose which views to export Then select “OK” 4 Import and place your views in AutoCAD or Mechanical Desktop Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 19 5.4 Autodesk Mechanical Desktop “DWG 3D Example 5 Configure your MISUMI product 6 Use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “DWG 3D 7 Specify a file name, Select the preferred AutoCAD... to CAD The “Export to CAD icons and the Export / File command from the menu bar provide options for exporting your MISUMI part or assembly to Autodesk® CAD applications as well as several neutral CAD formats Menu Bar Icons This MISUMI 3D CAD Library supports the following CAD formats: o o o o o o o o o o o Autodesk Inventor – Versions 8, 9, 10, 11, 2008 (Direct Insert or Macro 3D) Autodesk AutoCAD... describes the process of installing your MISUMI 3D CAD Library onto your hard drive The default installation directory is C:/Program Files /MISUMI: The MISUMI 3D CAD Library will be available under the “Start”, “All Programs”, MISUMI menu (or equivalent for other Microsoft Windows operating system versions) Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 25 ... “Inventor Macro 3D Example 1 Configure your MISUMI product and then use the Export menu or CAD Export icon and select “Inventor Macro 3D 2 Enter Destination File: 3 Within Autodesk Inventor®, select the “Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor” option: Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 15 4 Within the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor select “File, Import File” and locate the file specified ... CD-ROM Drive) Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 1.1 MISUMI 3D CAD Library Choosing the MISUMI 3D CAD Library option will start the MISUMI 3D CAD Library in PARTsolutions... matches in the MISUMI 3D CAD Library Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® 2.2 Part Selection Selecting the “Part Selection” icon will display the MISUMI 3D CAD Library part... DRIVE 25 Using the MISUMI 3D CAD Library – Powered by PARTsolutions® III UTILIZING THE MISUMI 3D CAD LIBRARY – INTRODUCTION The MISUMI 3D CAD Library is based upon the PARTsolutions PARTdataManager