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1. Figure 2 Proceed in a similar way to make the multiple copy of the vertical line The start point is the same but the end point is the top of the vertical line and there are three decades Figure 3 Figure 3 You have now created a piece of logarithmic graph paper as the grid for the diagram Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 179 Next label the axes at the appropriate points with appropriate values In the example 4 mm high text is used The X axis labeling can also be placed rotated by 90 To do this enter the rotation angle in the Dimension gt Text gt Standard To align the labeling with a line draw a vertical and a horizontal Construction Aid line parallel to the relevant axis You can place the label text on these lines making use of Edge snapping mode Figure 4 100 1 10 100 1000 10000 Figure 4 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 180 Examples Now you can begin to draw the graph lines using the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide This can be done with the help of bases and B zier curves or Splin
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3. Tips amp Tricks The word click by itself means click the left mouse button once sometimes also called left click Otherwise we say right click or double click This means the Shift key This means press KEY1 and KEY2 at the same time For example ALT TAB means hold down the ALT key while you press the TAB key User input e g text in edit controls Strengthening of single words or phrases File name When referring to elements in dialog boxes the element names are displayed in quotation marks e g Options button This means the command Modify Objects in the Shape menu of Malz Kassner CAD6 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 6 Information System Requirements General requirements e Windows 8 7 Vista XP Server 2012 Server 2008 Server 2003 e Mouse or similar input device e Processor with at least 500 MHz 512 MB RAM e XGA graphics with 24 bits color depth 32 MB video RAM e 20 70 MB hard disk space Recommendations for Windows 8 7 Vista Server 2012 Server 2008 e Dual Core Processor with at least 1 GHz 1 GB RAM e SXGA graphics with 32 bits color depth 128 MB video RAM Advice for Plotter Output This section contains important information for Malz Kassner CAD6 users who wish to output their drawings on an HP GL plotter Most standard plotter drivers for Windows have weaknesses We strongly recommend that you use the Malz Kassner HP GL 2 export filter instead You can u
4. lt width X gt lt width gt me Introduction Restore original filling mode Filling color of the text in RGB notation with R G and B being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively each defining the red green or blue component of the color Filling color of the text in CMYK notation with C M Y and K being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively each defining the cyan magenta yellow or black component of the color Filling color of the text in GRAY notation with G being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively defining the gray component of the color 0 black 1 white Filling color of the text in HSB notation with H being an unsigned value between 0 and 360 inclusively S and B being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively each defining the hue saturation or brightness component of the color Filling color of the text in LAB notation with L being an unsigned value between 0 and 100 inclusively A and B being signed values between 127 and 127 inclusively each defining the L a or b component of the color Restore original filling color Outline color of the text in RGB notation with R G and B being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively each defining the red green or blue component of the color Outline color of the text in CMYK notation with C M Y and K being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively each defining the cyan magenta yellow or blac
5. Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 217 Choose the pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow and use Draw gt Line gt Standard to draw horizontal and vertical symmetry lines extending 5 mm beyond the square s edges that is one position grid point or half a display point from the edge Join the corners with diagonals Your page should now look like figure 8 Figure 8 You can now change the view displayed in the main window again and use the same procedure to draw the circle and symmetry lines in the other views Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 218 Examples The finished drawing will now look depending where you started something like this Figure 9 Finally center the object using Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Page Both and the F10 key then save it using File gt Save Drawing as Figure 10 Figure 10 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 219 The creation of a drawing in isometric representation or in type 2 dimetric representation view from the right side works similar The only difference is in the views that are chosen for the windows coordinate systems If your screen resolution is high enough you should use the advantages of multiple window display for all types of drawings Each window can display another detail of the drawing allowing fast copy and paste operations For activation of any desired window simply press SHIFT Window Number on your k
6. Units All values entered without a specific unit relate to the current length or angle unit of the active window s coordinate system To specify a unit for a value the appropriate abbreviation should be used These are the possible units and their abbreviations um Micrometer 1 1000 mm mm Millimeter 1 mm cm Centimeter 10mm dm Decimeter 100 mm m Meter 1000 mm km Kilometer 1000000 mm mil Mil 1 1000 in in Inch 1 in 25 4 mm ft Foot 12 in yd Yard 3 ft m1 Mile 1760 yd dp Decipoint 1 720 in pt Point 1 72 in bp Didot 1 2660 m cic Cicero 12 2660 m Possible angle units and abbreviations deg or Degree 360 per rotation min or Minute 1 60 degree min or Second 1 3600 degree gra Gon 400 per rotation rad Radian 2pi per rotation rel Relative 1 per rotation Units can be mixed within a term These are examples using mm as the current length unit and deg as the current angle unit 100 1in equals 100 mm 1 in 125 4 mm 100 1 in equals 101 in 2565 4 mm 2yd 1ft 9 5in equals 93 5 in 2374 9 mm sin pi rad equals sin 180 0 0 45 6 3600 equals 47 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 50 Introduction Statements in Texts If enabled by the user Drawing Settings gt Screen statements in texts are evaluated This can be used for example to display the result of a Term Evaluation For that a statement has to be enclosed in braces Additionally the opening brace can be immediately followed b
7. After loading the drawing you will see that the substitution has already been made Transforming Remove the Electronics Library from memory by choosing Library gt Library Management and clicking on the Remove button then leaving the dialog by clicking on OK The block name and library name for each block will be displayed on screen because the program cannot call on the library any more Without the library the circuit diagram cannot be displayed or printed properly because the drawing only holds references to the original blocks in the library After loading the library with Library gt Library Management Open the blocks will be displayed again To make the drawing library independent either transform all the external to internal blocks with the command Library gt Transform External Block to Internal or making the blocks into objects again using Library gt Block gt Resolve Block Instances Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 209 Transforming external blocks to internal has the advantage that all the instances are kept intact and the blocks are saved with the drawing Change the external blocks to internal and remove the library from memory As expected the drawing retains its original appearance After saving the drawing the blocks are contained independent of the library in the drawing Attributes Each block can have unique properties also known as Attributes The block propertie
8. In the dimension parameter dialog accessible with SHIFT ESC specify an open circle as the start symbol for the dimension line but leave the end symbol as a filled arrow In addition click on the icon for vertical dimension line alignment and enter 5 mm as the distance Deactivate the Center and Close check boxes to enable hand centering of the dimension text and activate the Rotate check box The start point for each of the vertical dimensions is point B This is also the reference point for the distance The end point is the corresponding marking on the curve Pull all the dimension lines out by the same distance so that they form a continuous line This should be to the left of point C so that the upper part of the outline is not cut To position the dimension text snap to the to the Construction Aid intersection which lies at the same height as the marking at the end point of the extension line Enter the dimension text s rotation angle 0 into the dialog after pressing F8 ENTER The last dimension 120 mm is an exception The end point for this measurement is placed on the reflection of point D F to create a longer extension line It is not necessary to draw a further line later on Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 191 840 780 _6 0 6 0 aio ado Figure 7 Proceed in a similar manner for the horizontal sections on the top and bottom of the outline
9. Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 143 The next step is to add the outline of a triangle You can see from the finished drawing that this is a right angled triangle with a 120 mm hypotenuse long side Figure 4 There are two possible ways of constructing the triangle graphic and mathematical Hypotenuse 120 0 Figure 4 The Graphical Method Draw a rectangle 120 mm x 120 mm anywhere on the page Draw in the two diagonals as Construction Aid lines using Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Standard with Corner Endpoint snapping mode active You can determine the outline of the rectangle from this construction Figure 5 Figure 5 Choose Draw gt Polygon gt Triangle and place the corners on the two lower corners of the rectangle 1 and 2 and the intersection of the two Construction Aid lines 3 After you have drawn the triangle you can delete both the square and the Construction Aid lines using Shape gt Delete Objects Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 144 Examples The Mathematical Method This method requires a little more knowledge about the mathematical construction of triangles but is faster Choose Draw gt Polygon gt Triangle Click the mouse button to place the first point of the triangle on the page Press the F8 key and use polar coordinates to enter the length and angle of the hypotenuse Assuming the first point is the lower left angle the following values have
10. The Bearing The center of the eccentric bearing is specified next It lies 90 mm below the intersection of the Construction Aid lines Choose Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical enter 90 mm as the distance and identify the existing horizontal line as the reference line Place the parallel line underneath the reference line The Intersection of this new line and the vertical line Point Z is the center of the bearing Figure 2 Using this new intersection as the center use Construction gt Construction Aid Circle gt Standard to draw a Construction Aid circle with a radius of 52mm Use Construction gt Construction Aid Circle gt Concentric to draw 2 further circles with radius of 78 mm and 90 mm Figure 2 9 The two circles can be drawn in the same command sequence Instead of finishing the command after entering the first radius press F8 again enter the second radius and then finish the command click right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command The Spring Nut These Construction Aid lines are used to determine the position of the spring nut Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical to draw two parallel vertical lines 16 mm on either side of the existing parallel line This can be done in one step by first identifying the vertical line then clicking with the left mouse button to the left of the reference line
11. base font is Arial Code sequence in the text The lt b gt quick lt b gt brown fox lt u gt jumps lt u gt over the lt i gt lt b gt lazy lt b gt dog lt i gt Displayed text The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Code sequence in the text a lt sub gt 1 lt sub gt a lt sub gt 2 lt sub gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt b lt sub gt 1 lt sub gt b lt sub gt 2 lt sub gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt c lt sub gt 1 lt sub gt c lt sub gt 2 lt sub gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt Displayed text a a2 b b2 Cy C2 Code sequence in the text sin lt font 1 512 400 Symbol gt a lt font gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt cos lt font 1 512 400 Symbol gt a lt font gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt sin lt font 1 512 400 Symbol gt b lt font gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt cos lt font 1 512 400 Symbol gt b lt font gt lt sup gt 2 lt sup gt 1 Displayed text sin a cos a sin B cos B 1 Code sequence in the text lt frac gt lt u gt 1 lt u gt lt sep gt 16 lt frac gt a lt frac gt lt u gt 1 lt u gt lt sep gt 16 lt frac gt b lt frac gt lt u gt 1 lt u gt lt sep gt 16 lt frac gt a tb Displayed text 4at b 4 atb Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 38 Introduction Unicode Characters A Unicode character is represented by a code sequence analogically to HTML amp xX Representation of the Unicode character X with X being the Unicode character s num
12. gt Concentric and entering the new radius using F8 ENTER Figure 2 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 152 Figure 2 Examples Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 153 To work out the center position of the third circle which makes up part of the outline add a parallel Construction Aid line 42 0 mm to the left of the existing vertical Construction Aid line Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical A further horizontal Construction Aid line 42 5 mm below the horizontal Construction Aid line running through the center of the upper circle determines the center of the third circle part Draw a Construction Aid circle with a radius of 16 mm from this point In addition you can add two parallel Construction Aid lines 6 5 mm on either side of the vertical center Construction Aid line These two lines mark the distance between the inner and outer walls Figure 3 Figure 3 The Construction Aid circles are joined using arcs with a radius of 6 mm Add these arcs to the drawing using Draw gt Circular Arc gt Radius Object Object After entering the radius identify the relevant Construction Aid circles and click on the Forwards key in the Choose object window until the arc you want to add appears on screen and then click on OK Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 154 Examples Repeat the process until all the arcs have been added Figure 4 EEEE AE EEN TEEN EEEN E
13. or Absolute Mode WYPIWYG Mode where you point is where you go If this mode is active a certain tablet area is mapped on the screen so that any position of the input device inside this tablet area is mapped absolutely to the mouse pointer s position on the screen For example if you position your input device in the lower left corner of this tablet area then also the mouse pointer is displayed in the lower left corner of the screen To be able to use a tablet in Absolute Mode it has to support the so called WINTABe interface All major digitizer manufacturers for example Wacome Geniuse CalCompe and Summagraphics deliver along with the tablet appropriate drivers If you have no driver for your tablet or are looking for a newer version you can download the current driver from the manufacturer s Web site Setting up the Tablet After the successful installation of the tablet driver you have to specify some settings in the tablet driver s control programs Usually you can find the corresponding shortcut in the Windows Control Panel Although the relevant settings have different names in the various manufacturer specific control programs you always have to specify the settings listed below You should not change the default values of the other settings Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 8 Information After you have specified all necessary settings in the control program you should exit and restart Windows to ac
14. t t b 4 ed a a a hs a Shs T et te tet t i 4 4 4 a a a NS 4 t ttt ttt ttt ttt Figure 8 w Remember that a polyline is actually a curve on which some operations can not be carried out To manipulate the polyline it must first be converted to a series of individual lines with Trim gt Trim Objects gt Resolve Completely which can then be manipulated easily ans a Next place the block Closed contact point on the junctions Place an Open contact point on the free ends of the capacitors C1 and 2 Finally use Lettering gt Text gt Standard to label the components In the example 4 mm high Times New Roman is used Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 207 Q To enter a special character into the text you can either hold down the ALT key and type the ANSI code for the relevant character on the numeric keypad and then release the ALT key or start the Windows Character Map accessory choose the character required copy it to the Clipboard and then paste it into the Malz Kassner CAD6 text field by using CTRL V or SHIFT INS This is how you add the u symbol to the labels for the capacitors U 12V C1 10uF Ba two stage amplifier Figure 9 To conclude this example the working of libraries with respect to changes is explained again Before carrying out the further exercises save the drawing with the name Circuit mkd using File gt S
15. the symmetry lines are drawn in at this stage Change to the pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow and use Draw gt Line gt Center Cross to draw the arc s center cross Make the vertical line longer using Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Point Figure 21 Figure 21 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 138 Examples Change back to the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide for the remaining steps Using Draw gt Line gt Parallel numerical draw a short line 24 mm above the horizontal line so as to create an intersection with the arc s left side Join this intersection to the center using the command Draw gt Line gt Standard See Figure 22 Remove the short horizontal line using Shape gt Delete Objects or by using the DEL key and make the diagonal line longer by choosing Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Point Identify the lower part of the line press F8 and enter 45 mm as the length Figure 23 Figure 22 Figure 23 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 139 The edges of the blank area are generated next using the symmetry axis just drawn as a model Choose Shape gt Move gt Perpendicular and activate the duplicate function by pressing F7 or clicking on the button in the panel Identify the diagonal as the object to be moved and as the reference object The reference point can be placed as desired Press F8 and enter 10mm as the distance Note the direction of the arrow in
16. CTRL F3 Searches in backward direction for the currently selected text starting before the text selection The last search text is globally saved so that it remains available in the next dialogs Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 35 Text Formatting and Unicode Inside any type of text Malz Kassner CAD6 allows the use of text formatting and Unicode characters Both will be used analogically to HTML Text Formatting The following code sequences are used analogically to HTML lt b gt lt b gt lt i gt lt i gt lt S gt lt s gt lt u gt lt u gt lt sub gt lt sub gt lt sup gt lt sup gt Bold font on Bold font off Italic font on Italic font off Strikeout on Strikeout off Underlining on Underlining off Smaller lowered text on index The text will be scaled to 70 71 and will be offset by 20 of the line height Smaller lowered text off Smaller lowered text on power The text will be scaled to 70 71 and will be offset by 40 of the line height Smaller lowered text off The following code sequences are an extension modification of HTML lt frac gt XXX lt sep gt YYY lt frac gt A fraction with numerator XXX and denominator YYY If you wish a separating line simply underline the numerator lt font Type Style Weight Name gt This sequence should always be inserted by lt font gt lt dx X gt lt dx gt lt dy X gt lt
17. Resolve Block Instances or make a copy of the relevant library block Library gt Block gt Edit Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 198 Examples Comparison Groups are the simplest but most inconvenient way to manage objects which belong together They are used to protect objects temporarily from alteration or to create simple structures during drawing Internal blocks should be used in drawings when it is important to work independently of libraries Whenever external blocks are used in drawings it is important to make the corresponding libraries available as well Internal blocks make it easy to manage elements and prevent the drawing from being changed by accidentally altering a library Basically an internal block should be used if an object is only used in one drawing External blocks should be used whenever the same block is used in several drawings Using external blocks ensures consistency because if an external block is altered then that change is automatically applied to all Instances of that external block in all drawings After altering an external block drawings only have to be printed again to get the correct altered drawings In addition the use of external blocks referring to libraries reduces the size of the saved drawing file e The external blocks in all drawings change without any form of checking control or notification if the libraries which contain the block definitions are altered Because of this the
18. Use point C as the starting point see Figure 8 Figure 8 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 192 Examples Next the missing overall dimensions are added When drawing the vertical height measurement of 122 mm it is important to place the starting point on point B as the intersections of extension lines for measurements drawn later will be placed there Remember to set the start symbol back to an arrow in the dimension parameters dialog The check box Close can be reactivated and the check box for rotating the dimension text can be deactivated To have the right separation distances available for all the dimensions reduce the dimension line distance to 5 mm in the dialog Use Lettering gt Dimension gt Distance Object Object to apply the 6 mm dimension to the tongue In this case it is not necessary to use snapping as you only have to identify the objects Figure 9 12 0 30 0 49 0 72 0 105 0 120 0 39 0 60 0 75 0 105 0 210 0 215 64 Figure 9 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 193 To add the distances from the curve points to an imaginary rectangle enclosing the outline use the command Lettering gt Dimension gt Length Point again Choose the filled arrowhead as both starting and end points of the dimension line and deactivate the Center check box Turn snapping on and click on the marking and the corresp
19. can reach as described above Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 32 Introduction A typical architectural dimension looks like this Each dimension is assigned to a coordinate system from which it retrieves the required information about the scale length and angle units and the desired number display mode The assignment of the coordinate systems is also done in the dimension s parameters By using multiple coordinate systems you can realize different scales and or dimension types within one drawing Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 33 Text Input In all text input fields within dialogs of Malz Kassner CAD6 you have additional functions that are extensions to the usual possibilities in such fields Term Evaluation If the text input field contains a numeric term see Term Evaluation this term can be evaluated by means of a single keystroke In single line input field the term evaluation is initiated by means of the Arrow Up key in multi line input fields by means of the CTRL Arrow Up key combination If at the time of the initiation a partial text is selected the term evaluation will only cover this selected text The result will be displayed by means of a small tooltip windows that disappears after a short period History of Previous Inputs In all text input field a list of the least recently entered texts can be called In single line input field this is done by means of the Ar
20. corner of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 76 Screen Elements Command Bar The command bar contains several groups of buttons each of which containing a useful set of related commands and settings Those button group can be switched on and off indivi dually Furthermore additional buttons and separators can be added Click with the right mouse button into the window to display the context menu in which to determine among other settings the button groups that shall be displayed in the command bar Some buttons groups are used to alter properties During standard operation these buttons will directly affect the current properties of pen Standard When drawing without the use of pens the command bar offers the fastest way to select the desired properties gt This button is used to select a line pattern When left clicking it a list of all currently defined line patterns appears 0 13 18 25 35 EN ee ae eee See fe 2 These buttons are used to select the line width They do always display the line width in millimeters independent of the current unit setting Clicking with the left mouse button selects the line width clicking with
21. exported using suitable extra output parameters markings and Construction Aid lines The output parameters are set in a dialog called with View gt Drawing Settings gt Output These settings can also be altered at the last minute by clicking on the Options button in the File gt Print Drawing dialog In order to export parts of the current drawings to a Malz Kassner CAD6 file choose the File gt Export gt Malz Kassner CAD6 MKD command Q If the program to which you wish to export Malz Kassner CAD6 graphics cannot handle TrueType fonts enable the TrueType As Surface check box in the output parameters dialog This setting converts all characters into surfaces before output to the Clipboard a WMF or the printer This procedure can also be useful if TrueType fonts do not print correctly on your printer Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 176 Examples e Diagrams 100 10 c2 GA z Nae E D py x 2s 2 O me Cc Q S 2 5 N 0 1 1 10 100 1000 10000 strip conductor resistance CU in mQ jem W W This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Aim Malz Kassner CAD6 makes it possible to draw complicated technical drawings for
22. g Term or gX Term or g Term or g X Term or g Term or g X Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated and output as exponential or floating point number using the shorter version If the g character is followed by a point or comma this indicated the decimal separator to be used If the g character or the point or comma respectively are directly followed by an integer number this number denotes the number of mantissa places to be output If no number is given the current default number of mantissa places is used Example 1 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 g 3 Value 3 1e20 Result text 6 67e 019 Example 2 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 g 8 Value 3 1e20 Result text 6 6666667e 019 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 59 Signed Integer Value d Term or dX Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded and output as a signed integer number If the d character is directly followed by an integer number this number denotes the number of digits to be output filled with trailing zeros If no number is given the required number of digits is used Example 1 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 n Value 600 Result text 1200 Example 2 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 n8 Value 600 Result text 00
23. gt On Circle and draw the missing arc by identifying the relevant Construction Aid element and clicking on the two arcs endpoints with Corner Endpoint snapping mode active Figure 7 Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 113 The outline for the right cut out is now complete Choose Shape gt Reflect Objects gt Line To be able to mirror and duplicate the cut out in one move press and hold down the CTRL key and identify each of the elements in the cut out s outline Holding down the CTRL key makes it possible to identify more than one object for manipulation at the same time Release the CTRL key after identifying all the elements in the outline Next it is necessary to identify the axis of reflection Press the CTRL key again to activate the duplicate function You will know that it is active because a appears on the crosshair Identify the vertical Construction Aid line running through the center of the circle as the rotation axis by clicking on it The reflection should now appear symmetric to the original Figure 8 Figure 8 Apart from the mid lines the section indicator and the dimensions the plan is now complete Before they are added to the drawing the section drawing should be drawn Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 114 Examples The Section View To make drawing the section as easy as possible the most important points from the eccentric are to the side view with the help o
24. horizontal symmetry line using Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical The left hand intersection of this new Construction Aid line with the Construction Aid circle is one end of the center line of the ball head s blank space Figure 4 K The other end of this center line lies at the center of the circle M Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Standard Figure 4 Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical to draw lines 10 mm above and below this line Figure 5 Figure 5 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 129 To determine the depth of the blank space use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Angle to line to draw a line at 90 to the center line M which passes through the intersection of the center line M with the Construction Aid circle Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical to draw parallel B 45 mm from the new Construction Aid line Figure 6 Figure 6 From the Construction Aid to the Objects So far you have drawn a rather complex Construction Aid It contains all the intersections and elements needed to draw the objects Now you can begin to draw the objects themselves Make use not only of the Construction Aid snapping mode but also of the zoom functions as some of the intersections are close together Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and
25. into the block list window click the right mouse button on one of the buttons in the block list window This calls a dialog which is the same as the one called with Library gt Block gt Insert Choose the library which you wish to use Then click on the block name and choose a rotation angle and enlargement factor As the components in the library just created are already the right size only the rotation angle needs altering Begin by choosing the transistor leave the dialog by clicking on OK without altering the rotation angle The NPN transistor should now appear in one of the block list window buttons Proceed in the same way for the other components Add the resistor again but rotated by 90 If the blocks rotation angles are not displayed choose Edit gt Options gt Block List and enable the Rotation checkbox Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 205 Start by positioning the more complicated blocks In this diagram this means the transistors First position transistor V1 Click on the transistor icon in the block list window The component hangs from the crosshair The insertion point lies at the center of the crosshair If the grid is active this guarantees that the block will be inserted with its end on a grid point Insert the element by clicking the left mouse button Next choose the vertical version of the resistor and place it twice on the page aligned with the upper and lower connectors of the transisto
26. is displayed there in square brackets The ruler display shows which window is active After activating one of the small windows you can apply a coordinate system to it by choosing View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit and setting the coordinate system to the desired one in the dialog Activate the dimetric views for windows 2 4 Windows Working with windows is relatively easy You can easily choose the window you wish to work in You can tell which window is active because the crosshair appears completely in that window whereas in the others just a small cross showing its position appears Even at Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 212 Examples high resolution windows 2 4 do not offer much drawing space and you can swap the contents of a small window into the main drawing window to make life easier Do this by holding down the SHIFT key and pressing the number of the window whose contents you want to see in the main window For example SHIFT 3 will swap the contents of window 3 into the main window The main window has the number 1 This makes it easy to put the view of your choice into the main window Figure 2 1 50 0 50 100 150 200 250 2 efron octane er e thal Estrin cnien atten store aari r rE A Err eee a a Ea 1 ana a 150 100 wj n r S Figure 2 9 It is a good idea to always put the dimetric window back in its original place This guarantees a better overview of the views Otherwise t
27. is used For control texts of the CAM postprocessor the corresponding value from the postprocessor settings is used Numerical Term Statement Rounded Decimal Point Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded to the active number of decimal places here five and then output A point is used as decimal separator Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 1 Value 3 Result text 0 33333 e The number of decimal places is mostly determined by the active coordinate system If the statement is part of a dimension text then the number of decimal places specified in the object s dimension parameters is used For control texts of the CAM postprocessor the corresponding value from the postprocessor settings is used Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 56 Introduction Numerical Term Statement Rounded Decimal Comma Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded to the active number of decimal places here five and then output A comma is used as decimal separator Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 1 Value 3 Result text Q 33333 4 The number of decimal places is mostly determined by the active coordinate system If the statement is part of a dimension text then the number of decimal places specified in the object s dimension parameters is used For control
28. of decimal places is mostly determined by the active coordinate system If the statement is part of a dimension text then the number of decimal places specified in the object s dimension parameters is used For control texts of the CAM postprocessor the corresponding value from the postprocessor settings is used Numerical Term Statement Integer Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded to zero decimal places integer and then output Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 amp Value 3 Result text 1 Floating Point Value f Term or fX Term or f Term or f X Term or f Term or f X Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated and output as floating point number If the f character is followed by a point or comma this indicated the decimal separator to be used If the f character or the point or comma respectively are directly followed by an integer number this number denotes the number of decimal places to be output If no number is given the current default number of decimal places is used Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 58 Introduction Example 1 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 f 3 Value 3 Result text 0 667 Example 2 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 f 8 Value 3 Result text 66666667 Exponential Value
29. of pages and activate the option Auto Assign New Objects to Active Page so that it is checked This structure is normally used when importing DXF and DWG drawings Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 27 Pages as Model Space Dividers Multiple Independent Pages If the drawing consists of one huge contiguous model such as a land register plan a hall plan etc that shall be printed onto multiple pages the pages can be used to divide up the Model Space by placing them above the Model Space like punching forms The pages can be rotated and or scaled individually Here is a schematic view Coordinate Range For multiple independent models e g a collection of separate components the same structure can be used but with non overlapping pages Here is a schematic view Coordinate Range Model Space OOO Page Page 1 In order to use and output this structure in a sensible way the following display and output settings should be adjusted Option View gt Page Display gt Active Page Model Command View gt Drawing Settings gt Output setting Output of objects based on their page assignment Output current page model space Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 28 Introduction Furthermore View gt Pages gt Edit should be called There right click into the list of pages and clear the option Auto Assign New Object
30. press SHIFT and ESC at the same time then press the Options button The same dialog as before appears and you can set the value 20mm for the second line s spacing Proceed as previously identify the last line and move the crosshair until the red line jumps 20 mm to the right Click the mouse button to confirm this and move the crosshair again until the line jumps another 20 mm click the left mouse button to confirm the command Then end the command sequence click right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command After pressing SHIFT ESC and the button Options again enter the last interval of 50 mm and proceed as previously Figure 1 Construction Aid To finish constructing the Construction Aid use the command Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal to place a horizontal line in the lower part of the page The Construction Aid should resemble Figure 1 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 97 To draw the first rectangle activate snapping and the Construction Aid snapping mode Choose Draw gt Polygon gt Rectangle and click on the intersection of the left Construction Aid line with the horizontal Construction Aid line Point 1 Figure 2 Because you can choose the height of the rectangle freely and only have to place the rectangles second corner on the second vertical line activate the Edge snapping mode and then place the second cor
31. saved date of the drawing Current date Current year 1998 2006 Current month 01 12 Current day of month 01 31 Current hour 00 23 Current minute 00 59 Current second 00 59 Number of pages Total number of sheets in multiple sheets printing mode Current sheet number in multiple sheets printing mode Page number this object lies in Width of the page this object lies in in mm Height of the page this object lies in in mm Width of the page this object lies in in inch Height of the page this object lies in in inch Comment of the page this object lies in Scale of the active coordinate system Output scaling factor as entered in printing dialog Output scaling factor as defined by page scaling Output rotation angle as defined by page rotation in deg First dimension value in any type of dimension Second dimension value only in a coordinate dimension File size in KB in memory Number of objects in the drawing Number of internal blocks in the drawing Number of used external blocks Number of used bitmaps Number of used external references File name of the drawing including path Title of the drawing Topic of the drawing Comment on the drawing File name of the drawing without path File name of the drawing without path and extension Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 41 Example Code sequence in the text Page p3 of pe Possibly displayed te
32. selection filter To activate or deactivate the selection filter please choose the command Selection Filter 0 or click the corresponding button in the Panel To edit the parameters of the selection filter please choose the command Selection Filter Parameters 0 or right click the corresponding button in the Panel You can activate deactivate or edit the selection filter even during an object selection by keeping the CTRL key pressed until the object selection is completed Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Procedures 65 Point Selection Some commands in Malz Kassner CAD6 require a point selection where the user selects a group of definition points that the current command shall be applied to The point selection works similar for all commands Any number of points can be chosen This can be done with various methods which can be used on their own or in combination with one another e Points can be chosen by simply clicking on them e To select several points quickly hold down the CTRL key and then click on each point Release the CTRL key to end the selection e To select several points more comfortably use the Extended Identification mode e Whole areas can be chosen by holding down the SHIFT key and specifying two opposite corners of a rectangle This chooses all the points which lie wholly within the specified area Alternately you can use the Extra gt Identify gt Identify Area command e All the points in the drawin
33. text does not contains any braces afterwards except those that have been inserted as explicit characters The spaces in the statement texts are not required they have been added only for better readability Samples Assignment Statement Var Term or Var Text The assignment statement is marked by the control character it is followed by the variable name and a term or text statement If the specified variable exists the result of the term evaluation is assigned to that variable or the text is copied to the variable If the variable does not exist a syntax error is output Example 1 Statement in the text Counter Counter 15 Result text None Explanation The variable Counter is incremented by 15 The assignment statement does not create an output Example 2 Statement in the text String This is a text Result text None Explanation The text This is a text is copied to the variable String The assignment statement does not create an output Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 52 Introduction g The statement Counter assigns zero to the variable Counter The statement String assigns an empty text to the variable String i e the variable s content is cleared Conditional Statement Condition Term1 Term2 or Condition Text1 Text2 The assignment statement is marked by the control character it is followed
34. texts of the CAM postprocessor the corresponding value from the postprocessor settings is used Numerical Term Statement Rounded Decimal Point Always with Sign Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded to the active number of decimal places here five and then output A point is used as decimal separator The number is always preceded with a sign or Zero is always preceded with Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 1 Value 3 Result text 0 33333 e The number of decimal places is mostly determined by the active coordinate system If the statement is part of a dimension text then the number of decimal places specified in the object s dimension parameters is used For control texts of the CAM postprocessor the corresponding value from the postprocessor settings is used Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 57 Numerical Term Statement Rounded Decimal Comma Always with Sign amp Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded to the active number of decimal places here five and then output A comma is used as decimal separator The number is always preceded with a sign or Zero is always preceded with Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 1 amp Value 3 Result text 0 33333 e The number
35. the drafted object Even though the measure itself is identical there are several ways to display such a measure Two standard types of dimension display forms are used most drawings Once a dimension command has been activated e g Text gt Dimension gt Length Points the parameters of this command can be edited either by calling the Extras gt Edit Parameters ESC command or by pressing SHIFT ESC The first standard method using arrows as end symbols is mainly used in engineering The dimension line is terminated by a filled arrow on both sides and it is aligned to the extension lines that connect the dimension line with the measured object 25 20 29 In order to create such a dimension the dimension line end must be displayed in the Aligned mode the end symbol is a filled arrow The second standard display method is used for architectural dimensions It uses sloping lines or filled circles instead of filled arrows and the dimension line juts out the extension lines 25 20 29 Architectural dimensions often use a modified number display mode that automatically converts values below one meter into centimeters and displays values below one centimeter in superscript digits You can active this number display mode either in the coordinate system see Coordinate Systems Scales Grids etc that is assigned to the dimension button Numbers entry Length Display or directly in the dimension parameters that you
36. the right mouse button displays a dialog window where the line width assigned to that button can be edited These buttons are used to select the line color Clicking with the left mouse button selects the line color clicking with the right mouse button displays a dialog window where the line color assigned to that button can be edited O re SE These buttons are used to set the filling mode The available filling modes are in this uw 4 A a order Outline Filling Filling amp Outline Eraser Eraser amp Outline These buttons are used to select the fill color Clicking with the left mouse button selects the fill color clicking with the right mouse button displays a dialog window where the fill color assigned to that button can be edited During the execution of the command Modify Objects the command bar works differently Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 77 Pressing property buttons in the command bar will now directly alter the properties of the currently selected objects Since multiple objects with different properties might be selected the property button of the command bar will not be displayed permanently pressed This would lead to the incorrect assumption that the button state visualizes the objects properties which is not the case Context Menu The command bar has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click inside the
37. the status line It shows the direction of movement Repeat the process using a distance of 10 mm Figure 24 Use the command Draw gt Line gt Standard with the Corner Endpoint snapping mode turned on to draw a line joining the ends of the new lines Trim the upper ends of the lines to the arc radius using Trim gt Trim Objects gt Length Radius to Object See Figure 25 Figure 24 Ya Figure 25 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 140 Examples Now change the pen properties of the middle diagonal line from pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide to pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow with Shape gt Edit Properties The Fixed check box is enabled automatically after choosing this command Extend the blank space s symmetry line outside the edges of the blank area using Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to point Figure 26 Figure 26 The rest of the procedure such as adding dimensions and text and centering the drawing follows the same methods as when the Construction Aid is used Finally save the drawing with File gt Save Drawing as Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 141 Using Surfaces in Construction This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Settings Tutorial mkd Aim This example illustrates the use of surface operations alongside t
38. to argument Examples rand 1 rand 10 result 6586 result 17 3681 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 48 Introduction Variables In case you have defined variables within the active drawing by means of the Edit gt Edit Variables command you can use those as operands as well For that you have to enclose the variable name in characters same as with variables in text see Variables and Attributes Example vari lt var2 2 result mean value of vari and var2 Constants According to the type of input being carried out certain constants are available which can be used in the terms They allow for example relative values to be entered during coordinate entry The following constants are available x and y Current X and Y coordinates of the reference point 1 Current length of the reference object or previously entered line section r Current radius of the reference object a and w Current angle of the reference object or previously entered line section b Current arc length of the reference object Fl Frame Left _fr Frame Right ft Frame Top _fb Frame Bottom Rectangular coordinates of the frame which surrounds all currently selected objects _pl Page Left _pr Page Right _pt Page Top _pb Page Bottom Corner coordinates of the current page e Base number for natural logarithms 2 7182 pi pi z 3 1415 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 49
39. to read the capa citor into the library as for the resistor The name of that block should be Capacitor Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 202 Examples Transistor E He ab oe ob a Figure 4 Begin by drawing the connections The line with the arrow is drawn using Lettering gt Dimension Line gt Straight Make sure that the Not rotated setting in the dimension line parameter dialog accessible via SHIFT SCR is enabled or the arrow will be pointing in the wrong direction Finally draw the surrounding circle using Draw gt Circle gt Standard The center of the circle is the display grid point marked with an M Figure 4 The radius of the circle is the point of the arrow just drawn Choose connector E as the insertion point and read the component into the Library using the same procedure as for the resistor To avoid confusion with other transistors which might be added to the Library later give this transistor the name NPN Transistor Contact points 4 4 0 Figure 5 The contact point is a circle with a 0 5 mm radius circle Draw it on top of a grid point using Draw gt Circle gt Standard and use the direct entry method F8 to enter the radius 0 5 mm Read this object into the Library with the name Open Contact Point Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 203 Next alter the circle s properties with Shape gt Edit Properti
40. upper right corner of the drawing window Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 71 Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Panel The panel is located on the left of the Malz Kassner CAD6 main window It is made up of many buttons with which various functions can be activated In addition the buttons show the status of the corresponding functions In general the setting can be changed by clicking on the button with the left mouse button Clicking into the window with the right mouse button will display the context menu The panel consists of the following elements Snapping functions and Snapping radius see Snap Modes gt Snap Active F6 and Snap Modes gt Radius Snap Mode Midpoint see Snap Modes gt Center Snap Mode Quadrant see Snap Modes gt Quadrant Snap Mode Edge see Snap Modes gt Edge Snap Mode Corner End Point see Snap Modes gt Corner End Point Snap Mode Intersection see Snap Modes gt Intersection Snap Mode Construction Aid see Snap Modes gt Construction Aid Snap Mode Marking see Snap Modes gt Marking Snap Mode Other Point see Snap Modes gt Other Point Snap Mode Relative see Snap Modes gt Relative wee KKanOO rF A collection of th
41. use of external blocks should be thought about carefully Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 199 Circuit Diagram U 12V C1 10uF 4 two stage amplifier Aim This example illustrates the practical use of libraries in a drawing You will practice creating a new library merging and altering elements in the library In addition methods for working with simple background grids are introduced This example is drawn from the world of electronics but the same techniques can be used in similar ways in other areas of work Settings Tutorial mkd Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 200 Examples Basics A circuit diagram consists largely of repetitive elements yellow parts of figure 1 which when they have been draw once can be used again in other drawings U 12V C1 10uF two stage amplifier Figure 1 In order to make these elements as widely usable as possible they should be drawn in accordance with recognized standards For example there is a DIN Standard for the background grid behind the drawing elements In this example the size of the background grid should be set to M 2 mm To create universally usable elements on this grid junctions should always lie at 2M i e 4 mm Preparations Before beginning drawing turn on the display grid using the F3 key or the button in the Panel Select 4 mm grid size so that only every other grid point that is the points to which the crosshair snaps are dis
42. various technical purposes In this example a double logarithmic resistance diagram showing Ohmic conductor resistance against conductor width Settings Tutorial mkd with the page set to landscape orientation Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 177 Set the boundaries of the diagram Using the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow or a self defined thin pen draw the left and bottom boundaries of the diagram with Draw gt Line gt Horizontal and Draw gt Line gt Vertical Leave enough space to add further text You can resize the diagram at a later stage but getting it right now will save work later So that the diagram looks tidy use Corner Endpoint snapping mode to make sure that the vertical lines do not extend below the intersections Figure 1 Figure 1 The diagram is divided into four decades in the X direction and 3 decades in the Y direction To draw the grid lines use the command Construction gt Multiple Copy gt Length Begin with the X divisions Identify the vertical line and with Intersection snapping mode on choose the intersection of both lines as the reference point This is also the start point the end point is the end of the horizontal line Click on the Logarithmic radio button and enter 4 as the number of decades Close the dialog by clicking on OK Figure 2 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 178 Examples
43. will be saved with the drawing You can enter a name with up to 64 characters for the block in the Block field You can then specify using a check box whether the objects which make up the newly saved internal block should remain in the drawing or be replaced by an instance To place a block from the list into the drawing choose Library gt Block gt Insert and choose an internal block from the list Make sure that the Internal Blocks library has been selected Before clicking on OK you can enter a custom rotation angle and or scaling factor for the block The chosen block now hangs at the cursor If the block was read in via frame then the insertion point will always be in one of the insertion frame s corners During insertion the insertion point always lies at the center of the cursor You should bear this in mind while reading in the block and use a distinctive point as the insertion point Use snapping when you insert blocks into the drawing External Blocks If a block is stored in an external library a separate file then it is known as an external block Before an external block can be created a library must be opened or created using Library gt Library Management and clicking on either New or Open and then entering either a new or existing library name Click on OK to either open the existing library or create a new library You can now read a new external block into the library in much the same way
44. 0 Figure 16 The Eraser To clear an area for the radius dimension in the hatching use the eraser Every object which is drawn has a position relative to the objects drawn before and after it You can think of the objects as playing cards which when placed on the pack partly or completely cover the underlying cards Use the command Draw gt Polygon gt Arbitrary to place a surface over the dimension which will rub out the background and only allow those objects to appear which are above that surface i e drawn later Then choose the command Shape gt Edit Properties identify the previously drawn surface and set its filling mode to Eraser the fourth of the five available filling modes Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 121 Objects can be brought to the front or sent to the back This is necessary in this case because the eraser to allow calculation of the dimension was the last drawn object Choose Shape gt Change Order gt To Front and click in the center of the erasing surface under which the dimension lies It is also possible to use Shape gt Change Order gt To Back and move first of all the erasing surface and then the hatching to the back Bear in mind that the erasing surface must be identified at its edge The erasing surface should now block out part of the hatching and the dimension should be clearly visible Figure 17 Figure 17 Add the symbol to th
45. 001200 Unsigned Hexadecimal Value x Term or xX Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded and output as an unsigned hexadecimal number If the x character is directly followed by an integer number this number denotes the number of digits to be output filled with trailing zeros If no number is given the required number of digits is used Example 1 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 x Value 600 Result text Abe Example 2 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 x8 Value 600 Result text 000004b0 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 60 Introduction Unsigned Binary Value b Term or bX Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded and output as an unsigned binary number If the b character is directly followed by an integer number this number denotes the number of digits to be output filled with trailing zeros If no number is given the required number of digits is used Example 1 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 b Value 600 Result text 10010110000 Example 2 Statement in the text the variable Value equals 2 b16 Value 600 Result text 0000010010110000 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 61 File Format MKD The following list shows all file elements available in a MKD file of the type drawing S
46. 90 0 Figure 19 Drawing Frame and Text Box Now a standard template is to be added Select all the objects in the drawing with Extra gt Permanent Selection gt Set and pressing F10 This makes it possible after inserting the template to move the selected objects but not the newly added ones Now open the library containing those templates 01_Title_Blocks_DIN_6771 mk1 using the Library gt Library Management command Then use the Library gt Block gt Insert command to choose the DIN A3 Landscape block in the Frames folder and place it in the drawing Once finished select the Type 4 block from the Title Blocks folder and place it in the lower right corner of the frame Before the next step you should make sure that you placed one of the pass marks referred to earlier otherwise it will be much harder to align the Construction Aid after the centering Center all the selected objects in the free drawing area using Shape gt Align Objects gt Center Frame Both To identify all the selected objects but not the merged objects press the F12 key and choose as the area in which everything should be centered the inner upper left corner of the drawing frame and the upper right corner of the text box All the selected objects can now be deselected by choosing Extra gt Permanent Selection gt Clear and pressing F10 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 124 Examples Finally you can use the command Lettering gt Text gt Stand
47. Distance Object Object The remaining lengths can be measured using Lettering gt Dimension gt Length Points Figure 17 Choose Shape gt Edit Text to remove unwanted diameter symbols and then add a drawing frame and text fields Finally save the drawing with File gt Save Drawing as Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 168 Examples Tables and Parts Lists Linetype Linewidth Linegroups Solid line wide Dash dot line wide Dash line Solid line narrow Dash dot line narrow Freehandline This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Aim This example should explain how to generate parts lists and tables You will get to know the various methods of making multiple copies and how to align text into predetermined areas In addition it goes into the process of exporting graphics for use in other applications e g word processors The example is the table which you already know from the introduction to the chapter on the pen and layer concept Generating parts lists and text boxes for technical drawings follows a similar procedure Settings Tutorial mkd Basics The procedure for producing a table is determined by the type of table Parts lists for technical drawings make use of a predetermined grid tables in technical documentation usually cannot exceed certain dimensions This
48. EE E ER teeekeoneme she TERE Figure 4 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 155 Add the missing circular arcs between the 6 mm connecting arcs using the command Draw gt Circular Arc gt On Circle To do this identify each of the relevant Construction Aid circles in turn and snap to the ends of the existing circular arcs using Corner Endpoint snapping mode Figure 5 Figure 5 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 156 Examples In order to be able to construct the correct transition from the inner to the outer wall draw a Construction Aid circle concentric with the upper large Construction Aid circle with a radius of 52 mm and a Construction Aid circle concentric with the lower large Construction Aid circle with a radius of 50 mm Construction gt Construction Aid Circle gt Concentric This value is calculated from the radii of the outer wall outline 56 mm 58 mm minus the thickness of the wall 6 mm see Figure 6 Figure 6 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 157 The missing circular arcs with a 4 mm radius are added next again using Draw gt Circular Arc gt Radius Object Object The circular arcs are tangential to the just constructed Construction Aid circles and the vertical Construction Aid lines 6 5 mm from the central vertical Construction Aid line Activate Corner Endpoint snapping mode and join the 4 mm arcs to the relevant 6 mm arcs using Draw gt Line gt Standard F
49. Figure 15 Figure 15 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 135 Join the ends of the arc by using Draw gt Line gt Standard with Corner Endpoint snapping mode active Trim the vertical lines to the new horizontal line using the command Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Object To do this click first on the upper part of the line to be trimmed and then on the object until the line is the correct length Figure 16 For the lower part of the ball head draw a rectangle 24 mm wide and 102 mm minus 35 mm minus 38 mm 29 mm high somewhere on the page This is the height of the ballhead minus the height of the parts already drawn This sum can be entered directly into the status line as simple mathematical operations are allowed here Choose Midpoint snapping mode and the Shape gt Move Objects gt Standard command Place the reference point on the middle of the rectangle s top edge and move it to the middle of the previously drawn object s bottom edge Figure 17 Figure 17 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 136 Examples Use Draw gt Line gt Parallel numerical to draw a line 2mm below the last drawn rectangle using Edge snapping mode to get the ends of the line in the right place Figure 18 Figure 18 The next step is to create the chamfer at the bottom of the ballhead Using Draw gt Line gt Angle to Line draw a 45 line in the corner Turn on Corner Endpoint snapping mod
50. Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 188 Examples Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide to draw the rest of the objects Activate Markings snapping mode and join the points with a Spline curve Draw gt Spline To finish drawing a Spline click the right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command Join points C and D using Draw gt Line gt Standard with Markings snapping mode active Figure 3 Peo Gee Bk eee OS Dee SE ee eee ee OM Se ee oe ee eee eee Figure 3 Next the symmetry axis is drawn between points A and E You can now mirror and duplicate the outline using Shape gt Reflect Objects gt Line Hold the CTRL key down whilst identifying the four objects Release it and then press it again This activates the duplicate function Now identify the symmetry axis to reflect and duplicate all the selected objects Figure 4 Poe ee Sek Om eo Bee ee SS SRR Se eee eS Ca SS eee ee eS eee Se Figure 4 To draw the tongue on the right hand side move the existing line by 6 mm parallel to itself with the duplicate function active Choose Shape gt Move Objects gt Perpendicular and Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 189 identify the line on the right Choose the line itself as the reference line Press F7 to turn on the duplicate function and then press F8 ENTER and enter 6 mm Notice the arrow direction in the dialog This shows the positive measurement directio
51. Malz Kassner GMBH CAD SOFTWARE CONSULTING Release 2015 User s Manual Edition March 2015 Simply good drawing Malz Kassner GmbH Leopoldstrafse 7a 38100 Braunschweig Germany Gesch ftsf hrer Stefan Malz Olaf Kassner e Amtsgericht Braunschweig HRB 4986 Fon 49 0 531 400 137 Fax 49 0 531 400 138 www malz kassner com post malz kassner com Deutsche Bank PGK AG Konto 3611449 BLZ 270 700 24 Contents Contents Chapter 1 Informati n s sssisssssscsisscssessosesasssisososssosessssssscssscsosossscsissssosossasssssss Conventions in This Reference ccsscssccssccsscesccsscesscesccescesscesceeseeseeees 5 System REGU IPCINGNES cea cosscdnensspaanceniniadraxtaiatsenuniatnacnanneenadeacneaneaenen 6 Advice for Plotter Output souseran E 6 Using Digitiz f Sa uirrasciarmecticurmea einen eiacunmnecailerumbiantuascaiieancikcdmunmckitunuectias 7 Chapter 2 Introduction seesssesesssessecssessesssessecssessesosessecssessesssessesssessesssesses 12 Data DiS ab Ba esd EEEE O EEEE 12 Coordinate Systems siesena i i a e 15 Layers Pens and Transmission seessessessesessessessesseseseessesessessessessesess 18 Coordinate Systems Scales Grids etc sesssesseesessssessessessesessessesseseo 21 Snapping Duplicate and other Options s ssssssessessessssessessessssessesseseese 23 M del Space and Pag s eresie sesir taiere nn EEEE EE EEE NEEE 25 Libraries Blocks and Instances
52. Set the text alignment to Centered the text size to 4 mm and the text style to bold italic Position the text in the space meant for it and use Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Frame Both to center it in the frame Use the intersection of the Construction Aid line with the right hand vertical line as the lower right corner of the frame Figure 7 Linetype Linewidth Linegroups Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 172 Examples Use the same method to place the figure centered in the top left number field It should be 5 mm high and use the standard font Copy this text into all the other number fields Choose Construction gt Multiple Copy gt Array and identify the text object The reference point is the upper left of the field A This point is also the first corner point Corner point 2 is at the top left corner of the bottom left number field B and corner point 3 at the upper left corner point of the bottom right number field C In the first dialog box enter 5 for the number of linear segments six copies and in the second dialog box enter 4 five copies for the number of horizontal segments See Figure 8 Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Figure 8 You can now use Shape gt Edit Text to alter each piece of text to the corre
53. Surface Text gt Dimension Line gt Straight Text gt Dimension gt Length Points Text gt Calculate gt Area Library gt Position Number gt Assign Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 67 Chapter 4 Screen Elements Main Window The Malz Kassner CAD6 main window serves as a background for the other screen elements Its main function is to display the menu bar which provides access to all available commands The name of the program the current zoom factor and of the current drawing are shown In the main window s title bar If UNTITLED is shown here then the drawing is as yet unnamed An asterisk after the drawing name e g MYFILE indicates that the drawing has been changed since it was last saved The size of the Drawing Windows changes automatically whenever the size of the main window is altered System Menu The main window has a system menu from which certain settings relating to the main window can be changed Top open it click onto the icon on the left end of the title bar In addition to the usual commands for moving and closing the window and altering its size the following commands are available Display Menu Bar This command determines whether or not the menu bar is displayed If the menu entry is checked the menu bar is displayed If the menu bar is not displayed then pressing the ALT key displays a floating menu menu at the current mouse position It can be used like t
54. a drawing Dimension do always show the real size of an object based on the scale and not its size on the paper This is why each dimension is directly linked to a coordinate system out if which is determines the scaling information In addition it uses the desired length and angle units stored in the coordinate system for the dimension If dimensions are to be linked to a specific coordinate system this can either be done in advance by means of the Lettering gt Dimension Parameters command or afterwards by means of the Shape gt Edit Properties command Anyway the scale and the units do not only influence dimensions placed in the drawing but all types of measurement both during user entry e g numerical input of a length and during screen output e g the coordinate display in the Status Line 9 If you do not like the default measurement units of a coordinate system during input you can choose different ones e g cm instead of mm by typing the abbreviation for that unit after the figure You can use this procedure in all dialogs You can combine different units in the same calculation see Extra gt Coordinate Input F8 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 22 Introduction Grids Another important component of coordinate systems are grids which are divided into position grid and display grid The position grid is an invisible regular series of points which the crosshair moves along The points are always the same di
55. a new button before the clicked one by choosing the desired command in the appearing graphic menu All following buttons will be moved down one step Move Button to Begin This command can be used to move the clicked button to the beginning of the button list Move Button One Upward This command can be used to move the clicked button one step upward Move Button One Downward This command can be used to move the clicked button one step downward Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 75 Move Button to End This command can be used to move the clicked button to the end of the button list Delete Button This command can be used to delete the clicked button All following buttons will be moved down one step Reset All Buttons This command can be used to reset all button to their respective default assignment Display This submenu can be used to determine which buttons shall be displayed in the panel Opacity This submenu can be used to determine the opacity of the element names insert i e how much the drawing area shall be concealed Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Panel on off Placeable If this menu entry is checked then the window can be placed anywhere on the screen Otherwise it will be aligned to the left edge of the screen Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The panel window is normally in the upper left
56. ad that library into Malz Kassner CAD6 Library gt Library Management Blocks located in such a library are called external blocks Blocks can also be located in a so called pseudo library named Internal Blocks The pseudo library Internal Blocks is not an external file but it is located in the drawing Consequently the blocks of the pseudo library are called internal blocks When creating your own libraries Library gt Block gt Create Insertion Point you should consider the advantages and disadvantages of both block types External libraries can easily be used by several people in different drawings If for example all people in company use the same libraries located on a central server this helps to standardize drawings and also makes it easy to update them Because if you replace a library with an updated version of course the block names must remain unchanged this update automatically will have an effect on each drawing which contains instances of blocks of that updated library simply by reloading the drawing Of course if you want to pass on your drawing files to another company or a client you either also have to pass on the used library files or you have to convert the external blocks into internal blocks using the command Library gt Convert External Blocks Alternatively you could also use the command Library gt Block gt Resolve Block Instances to replace each instance with the objects that make up the respective
57. and clicking with the left mouse button to the right of the reference line then finishing the command sequence click right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 108 Examples To determine the depth of the nut a horizontal Construction Aid line is placed through the lower quadrant of the innermost Construction Aid circle Choose Quadrant snapping mode and draw a horizontal line through the lower quadrant using Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal with the SHIFT key held down The spring nut is 110 4 mm from this line Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical is used to specify the distance exactly and draw the Construction Aid line The outline of the bearing is found from the intersections Turn on the Construction Aid snapping mode and use Draw gt Line gt Polyline to draw the bearing s sprung nut by using the intersections A B C and D in Figure 3 as the corners of the polyline End the command sequence by clicking the right mouse button after entering the fourth corner point If you misplace one of the corner points then you can take it back by pressing the ESC key before ending the command Figure 3 Complete the bearing by drawing the remaining arc using Draw gt Arc gt On Circle Identify the Construction Aid circle on which the arc is to be drawn and then choose as s
58. ands and keyboard commands are only available when the mouse pointer is within a drawing window The mouse position in a drawing window is indicated by a cross hair and not by a pointer The crosshair makes it easier to recognize horizontal and vertical movement The intersection of the crosshair s lines is the current drawing position The coordinates of this point are shown in the Status Line if it is turned on In addition the mouse position can be read from both Rulers The number of drawing windows is controlled with the command Options gt Windows Several layouts are available which all have one thing in common All drawing windows in a layout have the same height width relationship This has the advantage that the contents of two windows can easily be swapped e g see Enlarge Window 2 The size of the drawing windows changes automatically if the size of the main window is altered Individual drawing windows cannot be resized If several drawing windows are visible then one of them will always be active Which window is active can be seen by the way the rulers are displayed A window is activated by clicking on its rulers with the left mouse button Many commands which modify window specific settings e g Zoom gt Section always relate to the active window If only one drawing window is displayed it is automatically the active window Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 69 Context Menu The drawing
59. ard to generate the necessary text to go in the text box Save the drawing using File gt Save Drawing as Alternative Construction Methods The sprung nut and the cut outs can also be constructed by using standard objects and trimming them Try to draw the eccentric without referring to the tutorial Use your own ideas and in case of difficulty refer to the electronic reference Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 125 The Ballhead Ball 70 0 Ballhead lt C o on This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Aim This example should make both principle methods of drawing using the Construction Aid and trimming functions Note that in practice using just one method of construction is very rare Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 126 Examples Settings Tutorial mkd The Ballhead Construction Aid Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal and Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Vertical to draw to lines A and B whose intersection places the center of the ball head as close as possible to the center of the page Next draw a Construction Aid circle with a radius of 35 mm using the intersection as the center Construction gt Construction Aid Circle gt Standard Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal to dra
60. ark before beginning drawing to make it easier to put the Construction Aid and the objects in the correct relationship Alignment marks are used in the printing industry for example to line up printing films or plates precisely In this example the Construction Aid is on one film and the objects are on the other If objects have to be moved during drawing it is important to move the Construction Aid by the same amount Alignment marks help you to do this The coordinate system s origin normally the bottom left of the sheet is a good place for an alignment mark Choose Construction gt Construction Aid Circle gt Standard press the F8 key and enter the coordinate and into the dialog This places the center of the Construction Aid circle on the origin Pressing F8 again and entering 2 in the dialog sets the Construction Aid circle s radius to 2 mm Choose Construction gt Markings press F8 again and enter and to place a marking at the center of the Construction Aid circle You can move the Construction Aid to agree with the position of the drawing by choosing Shape gt Move Objects gt Standard and grabbing hold of the marking with Midpoint snapping mode active and letting go of it on the marking with Marking snapping mode active Alignment The starting point of the drawing is to be the plan the left part of the drawing To guarantee horizontal alignment place a horizontal Construction Aid line across the center
61. as reading in an internal block You can make use of the commands Library gt Block gt Create Insertion Point or Library gt Block gt Create Frame You must set the correct path to the library in the dialog which appears Q To more clearly arrange internal and external blocks a hierarchical folder structure similar to that used for file directories can be created To create a folder use the Library gt Block gt Edit command Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 197 Drawing Drawing Library conifer conifer hight 6 m hight 6 m age 6 J age 6 J class 2 class 2 Worksheet Worksheet Worksheet i Drawing Instance Instance Instance Instance Instance Instance i 2 Identical 2 Groups 2 Internal 2 External Object Sets Blocks Blocks Figure Groups internal and external blocks It is only possible to change the properties of instances in a drawing The original in memory remains unchanged Malz Kassner CAD6 does however make it possible to change the properties of blocks directly Using Library gt Block gt Edit you can alter the original not an instance of the block Such an alteration will be visible immediately because any instances in the drawing are based on the altered original in memory If individual instances in a drawing may not change you can either convert external to internal blocks Library gt Convert External Blocks to Internal resolve blocks Library gt Block gt
62. as some of the points would either lie on the edge of the page or would have to have an offset value added to their coordinates The points are set using markings Choose Construction gt Markings press F8 and enter the first point s coordinates Use the values from the drawing at the beginning of this chapter A reference point measurement is chosen and the values are relative to the origin For your convenience so called redundant measurements calculated from existing measurements are given in brackets If possible the use of these measurements in drawings should be avoided For the lower curve the following points have to be entered using markings 39 0 60 0 8 75 3 0 105 3 7 See Figure 1 eos ene Sar ce oa a AR Rp eae E a ah E ae ee ee es ed eh ee eee a Figure 1 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 187 Proceed in the same way for all the points in the left half To specify the position of the upper curve use the formula y 120 a where a is the distance to the highest point of the curve Figure 2 Se ee a Rt SO a ee eS RY Be ee Figure 2 The outline of the left side of the trouser leg consists of three curves AB BC DE and a line CD Note that the curves AB and BC are two separate objects They must not be drawn as a single object as they form a corner at point B Corners cannot be defined within a Spline curve The command must be ended at point B and then restarted at the same point Malz
63. ave Drawing as Updating One advantage when libraries are used is the easy maintenance of drawings If the block is changed after the creation of a library then all occurrences of that block in all drawings are updated as well Test this by using the library which you created for the circuit diagram Make a copy of the library with the name Electronics Library Copy by using the command Library gt Library Management Save As Later you will be able to copy the new library back to the original undoing the changes Before starting the exercises start a new drawing by choosing File gt New Drawing There are two main methods of placing new or altered blocks which will replace blocks in existing drawings into a library Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 208 Examples Method 1 The altered block is saved under a new different name This method makes it possible to only alter those blocks which you really want to change It is the safest method and should therefore be used most of the time Its disadvantage is that a relatively high amount of effort is required because each block must be altered in each drawing In the example if the standard for depicting a transistor changes it would be necessary to make a corresponding alteration in the library The new representation is different from the old one in that the circle around the block is no longer used To change the representation place the Transistor block on the page and
64. begin to draw the two circle parts using the command Draw gt Arc gt On Circle Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 130 Examples Figure 7 The next step is to draw the two rectangles underneath the ball head using the command Draw gt Polygon gt Rectangle Check the position of the rectangles against the original drawing Figure 8 Figure 8 Complete the object by drawing the missing line sections the blank space and the chamfered section using Draw gt Line gt Polyline Note that the bottom corner point of the blank space does not lie on the central vertical Construction Aid line but is a product of the two diagonal Construction Aid lines Zoom in on this area before locating the intersection See Figure 9 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 131 Figure 9 Next the central lines are drawn Select the pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow and draw the missing circle part in the blank space using Draw gt Arc gt On Circle Use Draw gt Line gt Center Cross to add the ball head s horizontal and vertical center lines at the same time To extend the vertical line below the bottom of the object choose Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Point identify the lower part of the line and click on the point to which the line is to be extended Use Draw gt Line gt On Straight Line to draw the blank space s center line The Construction Aid can now be turned off using the
65. ber in decimal notation Example amp 945 The small alpha a of the Greek alphabet Unicode character 945 You as a user will not see this representation of Unicode characters since all dialogs in the program which handle text have an automatic translation of Unicode characters Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 39 Variables and Attributes Malz Kassner CAD6 supports variables valid for the total drawing and attributes variable only valid within blocks These variables are in fact text variables because variables can contain numbers texts and statements refer to Statements in Texts Basics A variable has to be enclosed in tilde characters Ansi 126 to be evaluated in texts or statements respectively e g Variable The text Price Price Euro contains a variable named Price If the variable Price exists it is evaluated i e the string Price is replaced by the value or the content of the variable Price For example if the variable has the value 29 95 the following text is created Price 29 95 Euro If a text contains a variable that does not exist then this variable cannot be evaluated In such a case the variable is replaced by the text UNDEFINED For the example above the resulting text would be Price UNDEFINED Euro To output the explicit tilde character please use Customizable Drawing Variables Drawings can contain any variables that can be us
66. button in the panel or by pressing F9 Figure 10 Figure 10 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 132 Examples The 24 mm and 36 mm dimensions can be added using Dimension gt Dimension gt Length Object and simple identification Choose whatever distance you wish from the object in the parameters dialog accessible by pressing SHIFT ESC To place the 36 mm dimension turn the center dimension check box off The 20 mm width of the blank space is measured using the command Dimension gt Dimension gt Distance Object Object To make the dimension arrows point inwards choose the Orientation Rotated setting in the parameters dialog All of the other dimensions are added using Dimension gt Dimension gt Distance Object Point Choose the dimension line s orientation from the icons in the dialog box AAAA Your drawing should now look like figure 11 Figure 11 Finally add the missing text and symbols using Shape gt Edit text If the chamfer dimension text 2 0x45 lies within the dimension lines you can correct this using the command Dimension gt Edit Dimension gt Position by clicking first on the dimension text and then on its new position Figure 12 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 133 Ball 70 0 In conclusion as in the previous example of the eccentric cam a frame can be placed around the drawing a text box added and the ballhead centered in
67. by the numerical condition which may include a complete term along with variables and two term or text statements If the condition is true i e the numerical expression is non zero the first statement is used On the other hand if the condition is false i e the numerical expression is zero the second statement is used e Please note that in order to compensate the internal calculation inaccuracy values between 1e 10 and 1e 10 are also considered to be false Example 1 Statement in the text Value 0 100 Value 0 Result text variable Value equals 5 20 0 Result text variable Value equals 0 8 0 Explanation If the condition is true Value is non zero the result of the division 100 divided by variable Value is output Otherwise 0 0 is output Example 2 Statement in the text Value gt 5 Big Smal1 Result text Big oder Small Explanation If the condition is true Value is greater than 5 the text Big is used Otherwise the text Small is used g Please note that the two text statements may include statements again Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 53 Non Existence Statement Var Term1 Term2 or Var Text1 Text2 The assignment statement is marked by the control character it is followed by the variable name and two term or text statements If the variable is not defined or empty the first statement is u
68. ce to this block Initialize it with any useful value e g 100 ohm After you have created this block you are ready to use the resistor symbol Create multiple instances of this block using the Library gt Block gt Insert command Be sure that the Copy Attributes check box is set in the block selection dialog You will see that all resistor symbol placed display the same text 100 ohm Now choose the Shape gt Edit Text command and identify one of these resistor symbols In the appearing dialog change the value of the Resistance attribute to 10 kohm After pressing OK the identified resistor symbol will display 10 kohm instead of 100 ohm Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 44 Introduction If you want to edit the attribute s value for each block you place you can simply set the Edit Attributes check box in the block selection dialog of the Library gt Block gt Insert command This will display the Edit Attributes dialog each time you place a symbol Please note that attributes have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example Resistance Implicit Attributes Implicit attributes are a special kind of local attributes They are owned by any block even though they are not visible to the user and are usually used for parts lists They are used to store internal information such as the block name library name position etc The following implic
69. cenarios Text Styles Windows Defaults Settings Plug In Settings Pages Custom Colors Hatch Types Line Sequences Coordinate Systems Pens Line Patterns Layers Bitmaps Variables Internal Blocks Groups Position Numbers Objects and Instances MKD files of the type library or font respectively do only contain some of the elements listed above When opening or saving a file the current File Options determine which of these elements are actually loaded or saved respectively If you want to change the file elements to be loaded or saved only temporarily for the current file operation you can also apply the Options button in the File Selection dialog If you want to import certain file elements into the current drawing from another drawing then choose the command File gt Import gt MKD MKD By applying the Options button in the File Selection dialog you can specify which file elements are to be imported and whether the existing file elements are to be replaced or to be merged with the imported file elements To export certain file elements use the command File gt Export gt MKD MKD To import or export only the file element Layers you can also apply the Layer Status button in the Edit Layers dialog Bn MKD drawings have the file extension MKD MKD libraries and fonts have the file extension MKL These files if not saved compressed see Save Drawing as are pure ANSI files
70. click inside the window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Status on off Placeable If this menu entry is checked then the window can be placed anywhere on the screen Otherwise it will be aligned to the lower edge of the screen Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The status window is normally in the lower left of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 82 Screen Elements Block List Blocks Ea Fine Section M10x1 2 Fine Side View M10 x1 Fine Front View M10 x The block list contains 200 buttons which can have blocks allocated to them This makes it easy to access frequently used blocks rapidly Left clicking on a button allows the block associated with that button to be placed in the drawing It hangs from the crosshair and drops into the drawing at the position of the crosshair when the left mouse button is clicked again This operation can be repeated until the right mouse button is clicked ending the command sequence Right clicking allows the button allocation to be chan
71. command it is still active you can measure the right vertical side of the rectangle in the same way Figure 4 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 94 Examples 100 0 50 0 Figure 4 Next apply a hatching to the rectangle Activate the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow and choose the Hatching gt Objects command from the Drawing menu To apply the hatching identify the rectangle by clicking on its edge Figure 5 Figure 5 Finally choose Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Page Both and press F10 to center the whole drawing relative to the page margins Choosing View gt Zoom gt Page allows you to see the effect properly To save your first drawing choose File gt Save As enter a file name e g Drawing1 mkd and click on OK You can then enter a full description of the drawing in a further dialog and carry out the save by clicking on OK Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 95 Snapping Functions and Compound Measurements This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Aim The following example shows ways in which the Construction Aid and snapping functions can be used and in addition how to set dimension parameters to cope with making complicated measurements Settings Tutorial mkd Procedure First of all the rectangles are drawn and hatched then rotated and measured This drawing doe
72. ct value Identify and alter each piece of text separately see Figure 9 Linetype Linewidth Linegroups Solid line wide 0 7 1 0 Dash dot line wide 0 35 0 5 0 7 1 0 Dash line 0 25 0 7 0 35 0 5 Dash dot line narrow 0 18 0 25 0 35 0 5 Solid line narrow 0 18 0 25 Freehandline 0 13 0 18 0 25 0 35 0 5 Figure 9 Alter the properties of the Line Types piece of text Do this with Shape gt Edit Properties After identifying the text click on the Special button and alter the text style to Bold Italic Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 173 Finally the tables appearance is improved by adding differing line widths and shading Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and with Corner Endpoint snapping mode active draw the outer frame Change back to the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow and use Draw gt Line gt Equidistant to draw a thin line 0 7 mm outside the last drawn rectangle To do this identify the rectangle and click outside the surface The corners should not be rounded Figure 10 Linetype Linewidth Linegroups Solid line wide Dash dot line wide Dash line Solid line narrow Dash dot line narrow Freehandline 0 13 Figure 10 The dividing line in the middle of the table can be given the properties of the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide using Shape gt Edit Properties To do this th
73. d Metafile The current output properties are used Most 32bit Windows applications which work with vector data can read EMFs To import an enhanced metafile into Malz Kassner CAD6 use the File gt Import gt Enhanced Metafile command If you have the choice to use either EMF or WMF you should always prefer EMF files They use 32bit coordinates complex surface descriptions including B zier curves nested outlines and further high level structures that result in high resolution device independent data WMF Alternatively you can copy objects to a windows metafile using File gt Export gt Windows Metafile The current output properties are used Most 16bit Windows applications which work with vector data can read WMFs To import a windows metafile into Malz Kassner CAD6 use the File gt Import gt Windows Metafile command Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 175 BMP A further possibility is export to a Windows Bitmap file These can be read by many programs which handle bitmap graphics Choose File gt Export gt Windows Bitmap to export to a bitmap To import a windows bitmap into Malz Kassner CAD6 use the File gt Import gt Windows Bitmap command Settings It is also possible to export parts of the drawing such as Construction Aid lines markings and grids This can be useful for example in technical documentation Many of the graphics used in this tutorial were one with Malz Kassner CAD6 and
74. d to change pens when adding a dimension the program does it automatically Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 92 Examples The Rectangle 100 0 50 0 Figure 1 The Rectangle Aim A rectangle of fixed size is to be drawn measured hatched and centered on the page Settings Tutorial mkd Firstly draw the rectangle to size Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide which has the correct set of properties solid line 0 5 mm for object edges Choose Polygon gt Rectangle from the Draw menu The status line gives you information about the progress of the command Follow the prompt Enter Corner 1 and click the left mouse button at the upper left of the page It can be released immediately The position of this point is not really important as the rectangle is to be centered on the page anyway This mouse click has provisionally marked the upper left corner of the rectangle The status line now prompts you to enter the second corner point As this point is to be at a precisely determined x and y distance also called a relative distance from the first corner point enter this distance with the keyboard by pressing the ENTER key In the appearing dialog a field with an insertion mark appears Move the insertion mark to the dx field of the dialog by pressing the TAB key multiple times type 109 move the mark to the next field type 50 and press ENTER again Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 93 Ente
75. dciauieaaits 69 Overview WANGOW nscensncnmdaseedstsnncasnnesenanustencsaustiananustuinsuentiapaeubtenssedences 70 PANEL ciisssscestaasvaanieantesvddassanwnenniewas deaswaennaasiensncabnasviiwsionstsaawtarmessteasians 71 Command Bal sre ess ennie EEE E es on E E tedndecs 76 RULE cs ene non rE NE EEEE SEES RS 79 layout WIDOW vicars cutie iesasinnaai ennienni niea adioa Ea a EEEa EEVEE 80 SEARS WINUOW ccissecccineusestickcensstnascwent EA AE AA EEE E E AEA 80 BIOCK LISE E E A EE 82 i 2 0 lolap rosenie E E a 85 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 4 Contents Plug In WINKOW sscsccsinwsvusesuerecauaueiuwgetivenednauetiedsaenbxcuumesuxcetbuaneenuwiauges 88 US WVU OW ellen Ga eiere s tienen ce teu EEEE EEEE REE E RN E 89 Popup Mentsen annae aao E EEA EEE E aa EA cautenual 90 Chapt r 5 Example Soissa a a as ioa aaaea i aaao L PTE E span E E A 91 The Rectangles nrt a a A E stare EA REREN 92 Snapping Functions and Compound Measurements ccsscesecesccnscesecees 95 EVGSE CC ORIEN C iraneuertastulecncant iiet n E ERRER ER EE ERIA ERLER REEE TEREE 104 The Ballhead eiscc eieiiseirioneiriiein iieiea a E EEE 125 Using Surfaces in Construction esssessessesessesseseessesessessessesessessessesess 141 Gear HOUSING eirese eraa eaaa EAR EE AEE EA EAA EE EE AIRA SEEE ERE AEEA 150 Tables and Parts bistoria erson iaa a a a i a eia 168 Diagram Siarra a a We deat a a a a ea 176 Trouser Legere er E a EA ae E O E aeS E EENE 185 LIDGANIOS E T 195 Circ
76. dy gt lt tab X gt lt size X gt lt size gt lt mode X gt means of the button Format gt Font that is available in all relevant dialog windows This avoids invalid values Restore original font Horizontal offset of X times type size em quad with X being a floating point number between 1000 and 1000 Resets the horizontal offset to 0 will only work in vertical text direction mode Vertical offset of X times type size em quad with X being a floating point number between 1000 and 1000 Resets the vertical offset to 0 will not work in vertical text direction mode Jump to tabulator position at X times type size em quad with X being a floating point number between 0 001 and 1000 Relative scaling of the font by factor X with X being a floating point number between 0 001 and 1000 Restore original scaling This only reverses explicit scaling set using lt size gt Filling mode of the text with X being an integer value stating the filling mode 0 framed 1 filled 2 filled amp framed 3 erased 4 erased amp framed Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 36 lt mode gt lt fill R G B gt lt fcmyk C M Y K gt lt fgray G gt lt fhsb H S B gt lt flab L A B gt lt fill gt lt line R G B gt lt lcmyk C M Y K gt lt lgray G gt lt lhsb H S B gt lt llab L A B gt lt line gt lt afill X gt lt afill gt lt aline X gt lt aline gt
77. e when specifying the start point When the start point has been chosen the program will show a dialog allowing you to choose a reference line shown during the process This Construction Aid line lies on the previously specified line whose endpoint still has to be specified All the intersections of this reference line can be snapped to using a combination of Intersection and Construction Aid snapping modes Use the intersection of the reference line with the lower edge of the ballhead as the snapping point The reference line is automatically turned off when the command has been carried out Carry out the same procedure for the second chamfer but using an angle of 45 Figure 19 Figure 19 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 137 Now it is necessary to remove the corners next to the chamfers Remember that these corners are actually part of the surrounding rectangle To trim them the rectangle must first of all be split into individual lines Choose Trim gt Trim Object gt Resolve Completely and click on the rectangle Before proceeding further it is a good idea to zoom in on the area using View gt Zoom gt Section After choosing Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Object click first on the end of the line to be shortened and then on the object to which it is to be shortened Figure 20 Figure 20 The construction of the blank area is more complex In order to get some necessary inter sections
78. e most important input parameters e Position Grid see Coordinate Systems gt Position Grid Active F4 e Orthogonal Mode see Orthogonal Mode F5 e Area Mode see Toggle Area Mode F6 e Duplicate Multiline see Duplicate Multiline F7 e Selection Filter see Selection Filter 0 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 72 1 10 of ha v v Screen Elements e Extended Identification see Identify gt Extended Identification on off e Arc Mode see Arc Mode gt Toggle Arc Mode F2 e Arc Direction see Arc Mode gt Toggle Arc Direction F2 A collection of the most important display settings e Display Grid see Coordinate Systems gt Display Grid Active F3 e Definition Point Display see Drawing Settings gt Screen e Toggle Display Mode for hidden layers of the current page see Layer Display gt Display All Layers Normally e Toggle Display Mode for objects assigned to non active pages see Page Display gt Classic All e Construction Aid Display see Display Construction Aid F9 e Construction Aid Locking see Lock Construction Aid F9 e Comment Display see Comment gt Display Current command s icon without indicator Current command s icon no parameters available Current command s icon parameters are available see Edit Parameters Selection button for layers without preview Selection button for layers with preview Selection button for pens wi
79. e relevant entry from the list in the dialog is chosen and enable the Fix check box To draw attention to the 0 5 and 0 7 line groups a gray grid is placed behind them Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and draw a rectangle around the area to be shaded gray Use the snapping function Using Shape gt Edit Properties set the rectangle s filling style to Filling amp Outline click on the Color field and choose gray or any other color for the background Figure 11 Linetype Linewidth Linegroups Solid line wide Dash dot line wide Dash line Solid line narrow Dash dot line narrow Freehandline 0 13 0 18 Figure 11 Because the rectangle was drawn last it is on top of the other elements in the table Use Shape gt Change Order gt To Back to place the rectangle in the background Figure 12 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 174 Examples Solid line wide Dash dot line wide k Dash line Solid line narrow i k Dash dot line narrow i Freehandline 0 13 0 18 0 0 7 5 5 5 Figure 12 Export Clipboard There are various ways to make this graphic available for use in other programs The usual way is to copy it to Windows Clipboard using Edit gt Copy It can now be pasted into any program which uses vector graphics EMF You can copy objects to an enhanced metafile using File gt Export gt Enhance
80. e serial printing process d Please note that serial printing fields have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example Name Attributes If you want to display attributes of a block you have to know this before you create that block Let s assume you want to create a block containing the symbolic representation of an electric resistor This symbol should contain a text that displays the resistor s resistance The resistance will be stored in a local attribute of the block to be created as this local attribute may have different values for each instance of the block In our example this attribute shall be called Resistance Now let s create the block First draw the resistor itself A rectangle and maybe two line for the connections will do Then create a standard text Lettering gt Text gt Standard containing just the following short text Resistance Place this text inside the resistor s rectangle Please note that this text will also be rotated and scaled if you rotate or move the block itself later on So make sure the text s position will still make sense then After you have created all components of the resistor symbol create a block using Library gt Block gt Create Insertion Point In the dialog appearing set the Edit Attributes check box After entering a name for the block and pressing OK another dialog appears Here add a local attribute named Resistan
81. e vertical dimensions by choosing Shape gt Edit Text identifying each dimension in turn and entering the 0 symbol in the Pre Text field do this by clicking on the relevant button and clicking on OK Adding Measurements to the Plan View Now measurements are added to the plan view Firstly apply measurements to the 20 mm radii in the left hand cut out Choose Lettering gt Dimension gt Radius Object and deactivate the Center Dimension check box in the parameter dialog accessible by pressing SHIFT ESC This makes it possible to place the dimension at a suitable point on the dimension line Identify a radius choose the dimension line direction between the center point and the radius and place the end of the line at the center by clicking on the circle s edge with Midpoint snapping mode turned on Pull the dimension to the correct position Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 122 Examples Proceed in the same way with the cut out s 90 mm and 140 mm radii The Center Dimension check box should also be turned off when applying dimensioning to the inside diameter of the bearing This is necessary because a separate set of parameters is stored for each dimensioning variant For the inner radius choose Lettering gt Dimension gt Diameter Object to put the 0 character in the Pre Text automatically Figure 18 Figure 18 Next the length measurements are applied Because none of the measure
82. ed throughout the drawing These variables can be defined by means of the Edit gt Edit Variables command Example Code sequence in the text File Version Version Possibly displayed text File Version 6 2 0 9 Please note that variables have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example Version Fixed Drawing Variables Fixed drawing variables always exist and are automatically initialized by CAD6 They cannot be changed by the user The following fixed drawing variables are available Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 40 P4 SO S1 S2 S3 VO V1 XO X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 2O 21 Z2 Z3 Z4 Z5 or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or or a al a2 n n1 n2 n3 d d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6 d7 d8 pe p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 SO s1 s2 s3 VO v1 xO x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 Z0 z1 z2 z3 z4 z5 Introduction Name of the author who created the drawing Name of the author who last saved the drawing Name of the author who is just working with the drawing File name of the serial printing database including path Title of the serial printing database Number of data records for serial printing Current data record for serial printing Creation date of the drawing Last
83. eded Choose View gt Layers gt Edit Layers and alter the name of layer Drawing to Inner Housing Wall using the Name button and then click on New and create a new layer with the name Outer Housing Wall Reselect the layer Inner Housing Wall and leave the dialog with the button Activate Begin the drawing with two Construction Aid lines running horizontally and vertically through the center of the page Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal and Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Vertical Direct input of coordinates using F8 ENTER ensures exact positioning For the horizontal line enter the y coordinate _pb _pt 2 for the vertical line enter the x coordinate _pl _pr 2 The centers of the inner housing circles are 66 5 mm apart To determine the center positions precisely add parallel Construction Aid lines 33 25 mm above and below the horizontal Construction Aid line The intersections of these lines with the vertical Construction Aid line mark the center points of the circles After choosing the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line activate Construction Aid snapping mode to snap to the intersections and draw two circles Draw gt Circle gt Standard with a diameter of 56 mm Figure 1 Figure 1 Two Construction Aid circles with a radius of 75 mm to mark the outline around the circles are now added using Construction gt Construction Aid Circle
84. edetermined rotation angle and an altered height width ratio Further information on these coordinate systems can be obtained from the reference and the example on dimetric drawing Determination of Coordinates Further observations confine themselves to cartesian coordinate systems Figure 1 shows such a coordinate system The X axis is numbered from left to right and the Y axis from bottom to top In the standard Malz Kassner CAD6 drawing window the origin that is the point at which X and Y are 0 at the bottom left of the page The area available to you is the area which is shaded on the graph The origin can be moved to another point on the page which will make it possible to draw in the other areas Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 16 Introduction Various ways can be used to identify a point uniquely The simplest way is the use of absolute coordinates Absolute coordinates specify the precise X and Y values of a point Figure 2 10 10 20 Figure 2 Absolute coordinates It is possible to identify a point by specifying its position relative to another point These are called relative coordinates The first point is treated as if it were the origin and the distance between the X and Y values of each point is given In mathematics this is often abbreviated as dx and dy When x1 y1 are the absolute coordinates of the first point and x2 y2 are the absolute coordinates of the second point the position of the second poin
85. een Elements Overview Window Overview eal _ LE Si 7 I Zh T H lt 0 j 7 E GE a top Basically the overview window offers the same possibilities than a normal drawing window does But in addition to that the overview window can be scaled and placed anywhere on screen and it can be configured to use a simplified display that leaves out or simplifies some object types Finally the automatic window update after each operation can also be disabled in order to save time Context Menu The overview window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click the window s scale to open it Apart from the usual commands of all drawing windows the following additional commands are available Automatic Update Only if this menu entry is checked the overview window will automatically be updated when changes in the drawing occur Otherwise you will have to update it manually by moving the mouse above the overview window and pressing the SPACE key Simplified Display If this menu entry is checked the overview window will show a simplified view of the drawing with minimum line widths only solid lines no markings no rulers even if active in other windows etc Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Overview on off Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The overview window is normally in the
86. ent to work on the components For example try a zoom factor of 4 Our simple circuit diagram contains four basic library elements resistors capacitors transistors and contact points Start with the simplest component Resistor po a oe ee ee ft He H ttt eit E E F t t HH Ep e to t HH 4 4 4 4 Figure 2 The resistor consists of a rectangle and two short lines Take the dimensions from the diagram You do not need to use snapping as the position grid is active The crosshair can only be moved in 2 mm increments Every grid point displayed on screen is 4 mm from the next grid point because the display grid is set to 4 mm Once you have drawn the resistor with three objects read it in to the library using Library gt Block gt Generate Insertion Point To do this identify all the objects and click on the contact point at E as the insertion point Choose the new Electronics Library in the Path section of the dialog which appears Enter Resistor as the component name and leave the dialog by clicking on OK You have now added the first component to the library Capacitor a a ae a ce e E od oe IE 4 4 t p o o t ot Co 4 Figure 3 The capacitor is also relatively easily drawn from three lines and a rectangle Be careful to ensure that all the connectors lie on grid points Use the same procedure
87. er to read place an erasing surface behind each piece of text to hide the grid lines Use Draw gt Polygon gt Arbitrary to draw a surface covering a piece of text set its filling mode to Eraser using Shape gt Edit Properties and then use Shape gt Change Order gt To Front to bring the text to the front Figure 8 100 52 4 j EN OF K 0 1 1 10 100 1000 10000 Figure 8 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 184 Examples Finally label the axes Enter the text using Lettering gt Text gt Standard The Omega symbol is from a different font and is added separately The arrows are straight dimension lines To align them correctly place a Construction Aid line Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal in the middle of the X axis label Using Lettering gt Dimension Line gt Straight with Edge snapping mode active the dimension arrow can be aligned exactly horizontally Proceed in a similar way for the vertical dimension arrow Figure 9 100 V E o 5 A on es io strip conductor width in mm 1 10 100 1000 10000 strip conduc
88. ersect with both horizontal and vertical Construction Aid lines Figure 13 Figure 13 Surfaces and Hatchings The Construction Aid is not needed during the next step It is best if you turn it off with the button in the panel or with Construction gt Display Construction Aid Three areas in the sectional view need to be hatched It is necessary to temporarily generate a surface from the objects surrounding the areas to be hatched To generate a surface all the objects surrounding the surface have to be identified Make sure that the button for Inside area mode is pushed in Change to the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow and choose Draw gt Hatching gt Generated Surface and holding down the SHIFT key drag a box around the surface which is to be generated The future surface must lie completely within the box or all the line parts may not be identified Specify a reference point inside the area of the new surface Then terminate the point entry click right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 118 Examples Carry out a similar procedure for the other two surfaces Figure 14 Figure 14 Additions Now the symmetry lines are added Turn the Construction Aid on choose the pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow and draw the symmetry lines on the Construction Aid lines in the sectional view using Draw gt Line gt On Line The line
89. es or as here with a straight line through defined points Begin with the line 20 pm through the points 9000 0 1 and 30 30 These points are already present as intersections in the diagram Turn Intersection snapping mode on and click on the relevant intersections To extend the line to the edge of the grid use Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Object identify the upper part of the last drawn line and click on the uppermost horizontal line as the reference line Figure 5 100 1 10 100 1000 10000 Figure 5 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 181 Because all the graphs in the example or parallel lines the line has to be duplicated running through the new reference points Activate the duplicate function by pressing F7 and use Shape gt Move Object gt Perpendicular to move the line Identify the graph line and choose any vertical gridline as the reference line The point chosen as the reference point is very important A point should be chosen which brings the new graph line onto an intersection or a previously placed mark This point now has to be moved to the new target position For the first copy choose the lower corner point and move it to 5000 0 1 Do the same for the other graph lines You can take suitable reference
90. es to solid fill Figure 6 i 4 4 H Figure 6 Save this object as Closed Contact Point The insertion point should be in the center of the circle Circuit All the required components are now stored in the library Before you draw further make sure the blocks are saved Do this with Library gt Library Management Select the file to be saved Electronics Library from the dialog and click on the Save button An S now appears in front of the library name Leave the dialog by clicking on OK The library is saved when leaving the dialog Use the command File gt New Drawing to start drawing the circuit diagram Activate the position and display grids with the same values used when drawing the components 2 mm position grid and 4 mm display grid Use View gt Pages gt Edit to choose A4 landscape format and choose a zoom factor of 2 with View gt Zoom gt Factor Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 204 Examples Even though not strictly needed as the diagram is not very complicated the use of the block list window is introduced at this point Choose Window gt Block List on off The block list window will now appear on the right of your screen Frequently used blocks can be stored here They can be activated by clicking on them in the block list window in a similar way to choosing a command from the toolbox window s af Contact Open NPN Transistor new To place a block
91. ets and fasten them together with sticky tape Place the digitizer menu under the plastic cover in the lower left corner of your digitizer a The template also contains a graphic and a brief description on how to configure a digitizer Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Information 11 Deleting or Changing the Command Assignment If you wish to change or delete the default command assignment you can do so by using the Define Digitizer Command Field or Delete Digitizer Command Field commands These commands are not shown in the menu but are selected by clicking on a command field on the digitizer while at the same time keeping the SHIFT key or the SHIFT CTRL keys pressed Tracing Templates A common use for digitizers is tracing templates If a cursor sometimes with an attached magnifier is used it is possible to trace with an precision of up to 1 1000 inches 0 0254 mm Malz Kassner CAD6 can be used for tracing by reserving a button on the input device for it Using the Tracing Calibration and Set Tracing Origin commands the digitizer can be set up accurately for this Afterwards points on the template can be transferred accurately and easily to a drawing simply by clicking on them with the corresponding button of the digitizer s input device Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 12 Introduction Chapter 2 Introduction Data Display Malz Kassner CAD6 is a vector oriented technical drawing and illustration system T
92. example has an inner frame measurement of 140 x 70 mm This is a precondition Begin with the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow and use Draw gt Polygon gt Rectangle to draw a rectangle 140x70 mm Use Trim gt Trim Object gt Resolve Completely to split the rectangle into individual lines Choose Construction gt Multiple Copy gt Object This makes it possible to copy a specified object to the outline of another object In the example seven equally spaced horizontal lines are to be added This means that the top horizontal line is to be copied seven times in the vertical distance Identify the top line and with Corner Endpoint snapping mode Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 169 on place a reference point at the start point of the top horizontal line Identify the vertical line as a reference object Choose linear in the dialog and enter seven as the value Close the dialog with OK Seven horizontal fields should appear on the page Figure 1 Figure 1 The process used means that there are eight copies of the original object in the specified area This also means that copies are placed at the start and end points of the specified reference object However there are already lines there the top and bottom edges of the rectangle To avoid being continually asked by the program which line you wish to use e g during identification remove one of the lines from the top and bottom u
93. external block But if the drawing contains a lot of instances this will significantly increase the drawing s size Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 30 Introduction Generally you should always use external blocks if you plan to use the blocks not only in the current project or if the blocks must be accessed also by others On the other hand if you know that a certain block makes only sense in a specific drawing then you should make him an internal block There is a special kind of internal blocks the so called groups To create a group use the command Shape gt Group gt Create Group This command automatically creates an internal block stored in the G folder of the pseudo library Internal Blocks from all currently selected objects Blocks can also contain attributes An attribute can be a text or a number For example if you have a furniture library you can use the command Library gt Block gt Edit to add a price attribute to every piece of furniture After finishing the drawing you then can use the command Library gt Generate Parts List to generate a list of all pieces and their prices Use the command Shape gt Edit Text to edit the attributes of an instance For information on attribute display see Variables and Attributes Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 31 Dimensionings Dimensionings are used in technical drawings in order to display measures of elements that are required to manufacture
94. eyboard a In case you want to save the multiple window environment for isometric represen tation or other purposes create a special template file using View gt Template gt Save as Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual
95. f the Construction Aid With the Quadrant snapping mode active use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal to insert horizontal Construction Aid lines at the upper and lower quadrants of the three outermost concentric circles and the two inner bearing circles This produces a total of nine new horizontal Construction Aid lines The innermost bearing circle already has a Construction Aid line in its lower quadrant which does not have to be drawn again Figure 9 Figure 9 Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical to place a vertical Construction Aid line 360 mm to the right of the eccentric s central vertical Construction Aid line This line is the central vertical of the sectional drawing If it proves necessary to move the view to get space we remind you of the tip concerning moving the Construction Aid at the start of this chapter Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 115 The page should now look like this page frame Figure 10 Because the sectional view is completely symmetrical it is enough to draw half of it and then mirror all the objects about the center line with the duplicate function turned on You have already used this function whilst drawing the cut outs in the plan view Choose Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical and place three vertical lines 23 mm 33 mm and 55 mm to the right of the axis of rotation T
96. f the layer and the one of the pen do not permanently alter the properties of the object itself but do only overwrite them temporarily As soon as the layer or pen reference is changed the object s appearance will change accordingly without necessarily changing its properties Usually layers do not transmit any properties so they do not influence an object s appearance In this case the object s appearance is only determined by the pen it uses i e by the pen s properties see View gt Pens gt Edit Those pen properties may be different for screen display and printer output If a layer property is transmitted see View gt Layers gt Edit it overwrites the corresponding pen property It is therefore decisive for the appearance of the object Layer properties may also be different for screen display and printer output Both types of property transmission from a layer or a pen can be refused by the object by fixing one or several of its properties These fixed properties cannot be overwritten by any transmission and will always remain unchanged Fixing a property will always effect both screen display and printer output a Layer Standard and pen Standard never transmit any properties If an object is assigned to the Standard layer and the Standard pen it isn t influenced by changes applied to layers or pens i e the object is completely independent from layer and pen settings To draw such an objec
97. for example lines rectangles circles or texts Blocks can be used to show screws furniture components for local area networks LANs etc There are a lot of predefined libraries for various areas of application available e g mechanical engineering electrical engineering interior design and others And of course you can also create your own libraries The library block concept not only allows you to efficiently organize and access frequently used graphical data it also saves a lot of memory When inserting a block in the drawing you actually don t insert the block s object data but a reference to that block the so called instance I e the program inserts only the block name the library name and some display parameters e g position scaling rotation Whereas the actual graphical data continues to be stored only in the block definition in the library When drawing a block the program uses the block and library name stored in the instance to locate the block definition in the library The program then uses the graphical data in the block definition and the display parameters stored in the instance to draw the block Because normally an instance requires much less storage than the actual block data this concept dramatically reduces memory consumption A library is an external file MKL which is independent from the drawing To use a block Library gt Block gt Insert of a specific library in a drawing you first have to lo
98. fy gt Identify Area command Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 64 Procedures Whether only the objects wholly within the area or also those which overlap it should be chosen is determined by the area mode This is changed with the Shift F6 Key or the button in the panel e All the objects in the drawing can be identified by pressing the F10 Key e If the same group of objects is to be manipulated several times it can be selected again by pressing the F11 Key e To select all but the previously selected object hold down the STRG key and press F10 Key select all first then F11 Key previous selection e All the at the moment permanently selected objects can be chosen by pressing the F12 Key If several of these selection methods are to be combined the CTRL key must be kept held down throughout the entire selection process If you then release the CTRL key the current command will be carried out using the selected objects All choosing operations are self inverting I e if an object is chosen twice during a choosing process it counts as not chosen A third selection re chooses it and so on Objects in hidden or locked layers cannot be selected Q If all the objects in the drawing except two are to be chosen follow these steps e Press and hold down the CTRL key e Press the F10 key e Click one after another on the two objects not to be chosen e Release the CTRL key e The object selection is influenced by the
99. g can be chosen by pressing the F10 Key e Ifthe same group of points is to be manipulated several times it can be selected again by pressing the F11 Key e To select all but the previously selected points hold down the STRG key and press F10 Key select all first then F11 Key previous selection If several of these selection methods are to be combined the CTRL key must be kept held down throughout the entire selection process If you then release the CTRL key the current command will be carried out using the selected points All choosing operations are self inverting i e if a point is chosen twice during a choosing process it counts as not chosen A third selection re chooses it and so on Points in hidden or locked layers cannot be selected Q If all points inside an area plus two additional points are to be chosen follow these steps e Press and hold down the CTRL key Press and hold down the SHIFT key Enter the two corner points of the area Release the SHIFT key Click one after another on the two additional points Release the CTRL key e The point selection is influenced by the selection filter To activate or deactivate the Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 66 Procedures selection filter please choose the command Selection Filter 0 or click the corresponding button in the Panel To edit the parameters of the selection filter please choose the command Selection Filter Parameters 0 or right click the corresp
100. ged It calls the Insert Block dialog in which the library and block name as well as other parameters like scaling and rotation can be specified In addition the button s block allocation can be cleared The values specified here are saved separately for each button so the same block may be saved several times with different parameters for example rotated by 0 90 180 270 Context Menu The block list has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click inside the window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Edit Button Assignment This command can be used to edit the tool button s assignment by choosing the desired command in the appearing Insert Block dialog Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 83 Insert Button This command can be used to insert a new button before the clicked one by choosing the desired command in the appearing Insert Block dialog All following buttons will be moved down one step Move Button to Begin This command can be used to move the clicked button to the beginning of the button list Move Button One Upward This command can be used to move the clicked button one step upward Move Button One Downward This command can be used to move the clicked button one step downward Move Button to End This command can be used to move the clicked button to the end of the button list De
101. gure 9 A A ITE eas AEE AE E set StS Uee ee cee eee che see cev eee E E leeches E N ese aes Figure 9 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 160 Examples To describe the outer outlines of the wall the roundings at the top and bottom on the right edge are missing Their radii and positions tangential to the Construction Aid lines are known You can add the circle using Construction gt Construction Aid Circle gt Radius Object Object and a radius of 2 5 mm This is shown in Figure 10 Figure 10 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 161 The outer outline consists of circular arcs and tangents to the arcs Next because the start and end points of the circular arcs are not known draw the tangents to the Construction Aid circles which describe the outline Choose Draw gt Tangent gt Object Object and identify one after another both points on two circles which the line should be tangent to You can see from Figure 11 which Construction Aid circles the lines should be tangential to Figure 11 a It is a good idea to work with various zoom levels to place the tangent points accurately on the last drawn small circle and to view things clearly Use View gt Zoom gt Section Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 162 Examples Using Draw gt Circular Arc gt On Circle with Corner Endpoint snapping mode active to draw the missing circular arcs and create a closed outline Figure 12 Figure 12 Mal
102. he easiest way of doing this is to press SHIFT ESC N to restart the command and enter a new value All the intersections needed to draw the sectional view are now in place Nest the rounded shapes for the bearing are drawn They both have a radius of 12 mm and are tangent to two Construction Aid lines Choose Draw gt Arc gt Radius Object Object enter the radius 12 mm and identify the tangential Construction Aid lines Choose the desired variant Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 116 Examples Bild 11 Now the remaining intersections are joined using a polyline drawn using Draw gt Line gt Polyline and the Construction Aid snapping mode turned on Figure 12 Figure 12 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 117 Choose Shape gt Reflect Objects gt Line and holding down the SHIFT key drag out a rectangle around all parts of the sectional drawing Release the key This has identified the objects for the following operation Press and hold down the CTRL key to activate the duplicate function and identify the left of the four vertical Construction Aid lines as the reference line axis of rotation To complete the outline draw the five horizontal lines using Draw gt Line gt Standard with both Intersection and Construction Aid snapping modes active This is needed to ensure that the lines snap correctly to the intersection points on the reflected side of the drawing as the objects int
103. he term vector oriented refers to a particular method of displaying data and objects which because of its high precision and independence from the screen and output resolution is always used for CAD systems and illustration programs A line in Malz Kassner CAD6 is described by the coordinates of its starting and ending points A 2D coordinate consists of X and Y values x1 y1 Figure 1 Mathematical display of a line a A vector is uniquely defined by its length and direction These details can be used to give each point within a layer a unique description Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 13 x1 y1 Polygon Figure 2 Mathematical display of a rectangle A rectangle is described by the coordinates of two diametrically opposite corner points figure 2 This shows one of the important characteristics of vector graphics the number and complexity of the objects in a drawing and not their size is responsible for the file size For output on your screen or printer the object data is recalculated by the driver according to the relevant resolution Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 14 Introduction Data in memory Data on screen printer Figure 3 Recalculation to the output resolution This procedure may seem unnecessarily complicated but it has the great advantage of only carrying out the data conversion immediately before output The points can be calculated with much greater precision within the c
104. he Construction Aid and trim functions when constructing a drawing The object will be drawn solely with the addition and subtraction of surface objects and after that will have dimensions applied to it Surfaces Choose A4 page size with the command View gt Pages gt Edit In order to make the example clearer the final shape is shown as a thin dotted line in the illustrations This is to help make it clear which part you are drawing at any time Whenever possible use the F8 ENTER key and enter dimensions directly in the dialog Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 142 Examples Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and use Draw gt Polygon gt Rectangle to draw a rectangle 140 mm x 70 mm Figure 1 Figure 1 Draw another rectangle 200 mm x 30 mm whose bottom left corner is at the same place as the bottom left corner of the first rectangle Use Corner Endpoint snapping mode to ensure this To align the two rectangles choose Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Frame Horizontal Identify the second rectangle and using Corner Endpoint snapping mode draw a frame exactly on top of the first rectangle The second rectangle will automatically be aligned to this frame Figure 2 Figure 2 The two rectangles are now merged into one object using Trim gt Trim Surface Curve gt Union A A B The two rectangles must be identified one after another Your drawing should now look like Figure 3 Figure 3
105. he left and right views especially when working with isometric projection can easily be swapped accidentally If you have the left dimetric view in the main window and wish to change this with the right dimetric view firstly put the left dimetric view back in window 2 the uppermost of the three small windows using SHIFT 2 and then bring the right dimetric view into the main window with SHIFT 3 Grid To make constructing the cube easier turn on the position grid size 5 mm and the display grid size 10 mm for all three dimetric views This is done most easily with the buttons in the panel Activate the grids by left clicking on the button and specify the grid size in the dialog called by right clicking on the button Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 213 The Drawing Construct the dimetric left view in the main window first check that you have the correct coordinate system in the dialog called by choosing View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit Begin by drawing a square with sides 100 mm that is 10 grid points long using the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide Use Draw gt Polygon gt Parallelogram to do this To have the same origin for the grid in the other views set the zero point to the upper right corner of the square Do this with View gt Coordinate Systems gt Set Origin Place a marking U on this point using Construction gt Markings Figure 3 Figure 3 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 214 Exam
106. he normal menu bar Turning the menu bar off has the advantage of increasing the available work space on the screen Color Scheme Use this submenu to determine how the menu bar and all menu entries shall be displayed The following options are available System Colors The menus will be drawn using the standard system colors of the current Windows version Skin Colors The menus will be drawn using the colors defined by the currently selected skin see Options gt Skin Black on White The menus will be drawn black on white for best legibility Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 68 Screen Elements Display Command Icons If this menu entry is checked then the associated command icon will be displayed before each menu entry corresponding to a standard command Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the position of the main window is saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Drawing Window Malz Kassner CAD6 can work with up to four drawing windows open at the same time A different view of the same drawing can be displayed in each window To do this a separate coordinate system can be allocated to each drawing window see Coordinate Systems gt Edit The drawing windows are the program s actual work space All point entry is carried out in drawing windows Many comm
107. herwise it will be aligned to the upper edge of the screen Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The command bar is normally in the upper left corner of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 79 Ruler Usually each drawing window has a ruler which runs along the left and upper edge of the window It fulfils several purposes 1 0 5O Above all it serves the purpose of orientation when working with coordinates You can read from the ruler the current position of the origin and the coordinates of the crosshair When working with more than one drawing window the ruler also shows which window is active The ruler of the active window is displayed normally but the ruler of an inactive window is shown like unavailable buttons in a different color In the upper left corner of each window at the rulers intersection the number of the window is shown A drawing window can be activated by clicking on its ruler with the left mouse button Clicking with the right mouse button calls the context menu see Drawing Window Scale 1 1 Inches Standard Jj Page 1 At the lower end of the left ruler some butt
108. i e you can load them into any text editor like for example Notepad This can be very helpful if you want to search and replace some character strings in text objects layer names pen names etc If you want to know more about the MKD file format refer to the Malz Kassner Open CAD6 Interface Documentation MKI_LIB6 HLP Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 62 Introduction Plug In Concept MKI Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and CAD6 Industry include the Malz Kassner Open CAD6 Interface MKI a powerful programming interface that allows the integration of plug ins internally sometimes also called modules These plug ins can either be import filters export filters or command extensions in any form See Malz Kassner Open CAD6 Interface Documentation MKI_LIB6 HLP for details The Open CAD6 Interface offers an easy way to create powerful extensions to Malz Kassner applications The interface was designed to make it as easy as possible to create plug ins that fit perfectly into the application s environment Usually the user won t realize any substantial difference between using an internal command provided by the application or using an external command provided by a plug in or filter Import and export filters can be created with only basic knowledge of the external file format see Malz Kassner Open CAD6 Interface Documentation MKI_LIB6 HLP for documentation on that file format and some knowledge about geometrical calculatio
109. id Circle gt Concentric to draw a Construction Aid circle with a radius of 140 mm to use for circle part 2 In addition use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical to draw a line 30 mm distant from the vertical Construction Aid line The line 3 from the cut out will be drawn there later parallel geometry line geometry circle a ae mid point 2 SS arses ees ee T xo o a mid point 1 geometry circle 1 1 Figure 5 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 111 Begin to construct circle part 1 with Draw gt Arc gt Radius Object Object Enter the radius 20 mm in the dialog field Now identify both the Construction Aid elements to which the arc should be tangent For the upmost arc these are the last drawn vertical Construction Aid line and Construction Aid circle two The program will offer a choice of the arcs which it can draw Click on the Next button until the variant which you want appears and then click on OK Repeat the process to draw the other two arcs 1 Figure 6 Figure 6 Because the tangential points are now determined the elements two three and four can be drawn on top of the existing Construction Aid Choose Draw gt Line gt Standard and draw the missing straight line by clicking on the two arcs endpoints with Corner Endpoint Snapping mode active Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 112 Examples Choose Draw gt Arc
110. ign an object to a different layer or pen later you can do so by means of the command Shape gt Edit Properties Layers and pens are not only used to change the appearance of objects by property transmission but also to structure a drawing logically The Edit Layers Edit Pens dialog allows you to show or hide layers pens to enable or disable them for snapping or modification etc If you create layers pens with meaningful names and consequently assign all newly created objects to these layers pens you will find that this feature will greatly simplify your work In addition to the properties described above each object can be assigned to a page i e to one of the pages defined in the drawing see View gt Pages gt Edit Once an object is assigned to a page it will only be output if this page is being output or displayed on the screen if this page is the active page 9 The current pen and layer settings are part of the drawing and are saved with it To make the altered settings available when the program is restarted save them using the command View gt Template gt Save as Default In addition to all pens and layers the current page format pen and layer defaults the coordinate systems and the line patterns will be stored as well Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 21 Coordinate Systems Scales Grids etc Coordinate Systems The coordinate systems determine the parameters which the program uses to proces
111. igure 7 Figure 7 This completes the inner housing wall You can now remove all of the existing Construction Aid to make it easier to get an overview of the drawing To do this choose Construction gt Delete Completely Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 158 Examples To keep a reference for the rest of the drawing use the command Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Center Cross and snap circle A s center point to draw its center cross In addition draw Construction Aid circles with a radii of 58 mm concentric to circle A 56 mm concentric to circle B and 40 mm concentric to circle C see Figure 8 Spec Neale Figure 8 It is not necessary to display the inner housing wall while constructing the outer outline Choose View gt Layers gt Edit and in the dialog which appears choose the Inner housing wall layer Deactivate the Display check box in the Selected Layer section Make Outer housing wall the active layer and click on Activate The inner housing wall is now hidden from view and will not get in the way when working on the outer housing wall Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 159 Lines must now be added to the Construction Aid Using Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical draw Construction Aid lines 67 mm to the right of the central vertical line 53mm above and 116 mm below the central horizontal Construction Aid line Fi
112. inate the point entry click right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command The area between the two housing walls will now be hatched see figure 15 Figure 15 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 166 Examples The Construction Aid can now be turned off using the button in the Panel Figure 16 Then use the View gt Layer gt Edit command to display the layer Inner housing wall again Figure 16 Remember that the hatching is on a layer of its own and can be turned on and off Layer settings for specified objects are set using View gt Layers gt Defaults Next draw the circles symmetry lines with Draw gt Line gt Center Cross using the pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow Extend the larger circle s vertical symmetry line outside the outer housing wall using Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Point Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 167 Dimension centering should be turned off for all the following dimensions by clearing the appropriate check box in the dialog In addition reduce the text size for all dimensions to 3 5 mm with the Lettering gt Dimension Parameters command Dimensions are applied to the radii using Lettering gt Dimension gt Radius Object The diameters can be measured by choosing Lettering gt Dimension gt Diameter Objects The distances between the walls are best measured using Lettering gt Dimension gt
113. ing on OK El Figure 8 Icon for user defined spacing Identify one of the three lengths which still has to be measured The dimension line can be moved freely To position it accurately choose Corner Endpoint snapping mode from the panel and press the F6 key to turn snapping on Four small lines marking the snapping radius appear round on the crosshairs Click on the intersection of the existing dimension line and the existing extension line to position the new dimension line Figure 9 A The new dimension line will snap into place correctly aligned with the other dimension line Proceed in a similar way for the remaining dimension lines You can now turn snapping off again either by pressing F6 or by clicking on the button in the panel In many cases it can make more sense to temporarily turn snapping on or off by holding down the SHIFT key Try both methods Your drawing should now look like this Figure 9 Zoom of the snap point Figure 10 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 102 Examples Next the base line will be drawn in This is done in two steps Choose Draw gt Line gt Horizontal and specify the starting point of the line After clicking on the status line or pressing the F8 ENTER key a dialog appears into which a coordinate length or radius can be entered By default a sensible value is already entered Enter 50 mm as the length Choose Shape gt Move Objects gt Standard and identify the horizon
114. ing the command Edit gt Options gt Windows or View gt Drawing Settings gt Screen respectively Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 25 Model Space and Pages Before starting a new drawing it is often necessary to specify the page format for the drawing To do this choose View gt Pages gt Edit This calls a dialog where you can either choose a standard page format or a custom page format by double clicking onto one of the defined pages The page orientation is also specified in this dialog CAD6 supports a Model Space and up to 100 pages in each drawing Using those drawings can be structured in different ways depending on complexity and personal liking Model Space and Pages Independent of Each Other If a drawing depicts a Model e g a component a machine a ground plan etc of which multiple sections shall later be printed at different places on the paper maybe even using different scales it is advisable to place the model completely into the Model Space in order to map parts of it onto the pages later Here is a schematic view Coordinate Range All objects of the model are assigned to Model Space green Independent from the final output the model is usually designed in original size 1 1 scale Once the drawing of the model has been sufficiently finished parts of the model will be mapped into one or multiple pages blue using Mapping objects In the respective pages ob
115. ion about which pen is used by the object Then the program checks whether or not layer 1 transmits a pen In such a case the transmitted pen would become the current pen replacing the pen determined in step 2 All pen properties are initially taken from the pen determined in step 2 All properties transmitted by the layer override the corresponding pen properties as here the line color and the fill color The program checks each of the object s own properties to see if it is fixed Fixed object properties are always passed on directly to the output screen properties In the diagram line width fill color and fill mode are replaced by fixed object properties Finally the properties determined in step 1 to 6 are used for output to plotter display on screen When drawing an object it is always assigned to the current layer and the current pen You can change the current layer by clicking the corresponding button in the Panel or by se th lecting the command View gt Layers gt List You can also select a new current pen from e Panel or by choosing the command View gt Pens gt List Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 20 Introduction For some object types e g texts or dimensions you can optionally specify a default layer View gt Layers gt Defaults and a default pen View gt Pens gt Defaults which then will be used instead of the current layer or pen respectively when creating such an object If you want to ass
116. ion is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 85 Toolbox Toolbox jea The toolbox window contains up to 1 000 buttons which can have program commands assigned to them This enables frequently used commands to be accessed easily Clicking briefly on one of the buttons with the left mouse button chooses the command associated with that button Clicking and holding down for 1 2 second or more the left mouse button on a tool window button calls a sub menu This submenu contains all the commands from the same submenu as the one the button s command is located in Another command can be chosen from this submenu this command will be allocated to the button and immediately carried out This only works naturally enough for commands which appear in a submenu If the command appears in a menu holding down the mouse button has no effect and the command is carried out immediately Context Menu The panel window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click inside the window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Edit Button Assignment This command can be used to edit the tool button s assignment by choosing the desired command in the appearing graphic menu Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 86 Screen Elements Insert Button This command can be used to insert a new button before
117. is field will show only a cross The lower left color field shows the fill color for screen display If the filling mode is Outline i e no filling is drawn this field will show only a cross Below the two color fields the line width is displayed in millimeters At the bottom the line pattern is displayed Both the line width and line pattern display are based on the properties for output Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 74 Screen Elements Joystick Button Click on the button s edges for one movement step at time or click and hold the button center to scroll fluidly 10 gt v The scrolling speed varies depending of how far the cursor is moved away from the button s center While atop the joystick button the mouse wheels will work for zooming and or moving Context Menu The panel window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click inside the window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Display Parameters Dialog Use this command to edit the parameters associated to the clicked button Edit Element This command can be used to edit the element associated to this button layer or pen in the appearing dialog Edit Button Assignment This command can be used to edit the tool button s assignment by choosing the desired command in the appearing graphic menu Insert Button This command can be used to insert
118. it attributes are available The name of the block itself o1 The name of the library the block reside in 4 X coordinate of the block s insertion point in internal millimeters i e relative to the page s center and non scale dependent 5 Y coordinate of the block s insertion point in internal millimeters i e relative to the page s center and non scale dependent 6 Rotation of the block in degrees 7 Horizontal scaling of the block relative to 1 8 Vertical scaling of the block relative to 1 9 Horizontal distortion shearing of the block in degrees 9 Please note that attributes have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example wt Q5 Object Properties Object properties are variables allowing to access properties of specific objects by means of their unique ID The following object properties are available p UniqueID The surface area of the object with the given unique ID in square millimeters if available otherwise 0 p1 UniqueID The perimeter length of the object with the given unique ID in square millimeters if available otherwise 0 p2 UniqueID The dimension number of the object with the given unique ID in square millimeters if available otherwise empty string p3 UniqueID The text in the object with the given unique ID in square millimeters if available otherwise empty string Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 45 p4 UniqueID The X co
119. ith other sample files is located in the Tutorial directory in your Malz Kassner CAD6 directory In case you have downloaded the tutorial from our Web site then you should copy the downloaded drawing files MKD into the Tutorial directory in your Malz Kassner CAD6 directory The file MKTUTOR6 CHM should be always located directly in the Malz Kassner CAD6 directory Standards All of these examples are based on DIN 15 DIN Deutsche Industrienorm German Standard This standard lays down amongst other things which line type is used for which purpose In technical drawing 2 line groups are used most of the time identified by their full line widths These are the line groups 0 5 and 0 7 Only lines from one line group should be used in each drawing The choice of line group should be made according to the type of part to be drawn Simple large parts should be drawn using the 0 7 group and smaller more detailed ones with the 0 5 group Representation In the examples the Construction Aid is shown as a dotted line Drawn objects are shown with the relevant pen properties Defaults For certain object types dimensions dimension numbers and text it is possible to specify the pens to be used before starting the drawing These defaults are set by choosing View gt Pens gt Defaults If the line group 0 5 is usually used the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Narrow should be assigned to these object types as the default This saves the nee
120. jects will be added that are either scale dependent such as dimensionings or part of the page s layout such as legends and drawing frames Mappings dynamically project a section of the Model Space within a page like the image of a supervision camera Once the Model Space s content changes the mappings will change too at the latest during the next screen redraw Mappings must always be assigned to pages not to the Model Space the objects to be mapped must be part of the Model Space The objects visible within a mapping can be chosen for purposes such as snapping points or drawing parallels but they cannot be modified directly This is only possible in the Model Space Since objects in the Model Space and objects in pages are completely independent from each other they can very well share the same coordinate range resulting in logical Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 26 Introduction stacked planes You can switch between these planes by switching the current page Here is a schematic view In order to use and output this structure in a sensible way the following display and output settings should be adjusted Option View gt Page Display gt Layout Active Page Model Command View gt Drawing Settings gt Output setting Output of objects based on their page assignment Output current page s objects only Furthermore View gt Pages gt Edit should be called There right click into the list
121. k component of the color Outline color of the text in GRAY notation with G being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively defining the gray component of the color 0 black 1 white Outline color of the text in HSB notation with H being an unsigned value between 0 and 360 inclusively S and B being unsigned values between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively each defining the hue saturation or brightness component of the color Outline color of the text in LAB notation with L being an unsigned value between 0 and 100 inclusively A and B being signed values between 127 and 127 inclusively each defining the L a or b component of the color Restore original outline color Opacity alpha value of filling with X being an unsigned value between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively Restore original filling opacity This only reverses explicit opacity set using lt afill gt Opacity alpha value of outlines with X being an unsigned value between 0 0 and 1 0 inclusively Restore original outline opacity This only reverses explicit opacity set using lt aline gt Line width of X millimeters with X being a floating point number between 0 001 and 1000 Restore original line width Output the explicit character lt Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 37 Output the explicit character Output the explicit character Output the explicit character Y Output the explicit character V Examples
122. lbox on off Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 87 Placeable If this menu entry is checked then the window can be placed anywhere on the screen Otherwise it will be aligned to the left edge of the screen Window Position This submenu can be used to determine the window s position left or right to the drawing area Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The toolbox window is normally in the upper left corner of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 88 Screen Elements Plug In Window The plug in window contains up to 100 buttons controlled by plug ins Clicking briefly on one of the buttons with the left mouse button chooses the plug in function associated with that button If applicable clicking the right mouse button on a plug in window button calls an options dialog window associated with this button The exact behavior of the button is defined by the calling application Context Menu The plug in window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click inside the window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked positi
123. lete Button This command can be used to delete the clicked button All following buttons will be moved down one step Reset All Buttons This command can be used to delete all button assignment Number of Columns This submenu can be used to determine the number of permanently displayed button columns Additional Dynamics This submenu can be used to determine the number of additional dynamically displayed button columns i e columns that pop up if the mouse pointer is within the window Button Width This submenu can be used to determine the width of the buttons Display This submenu can be used to determine which information shall be displayed in the buttons Sort Buttons The commands in this submenu can be used to sort the buttons in different modes Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 84 Screen Elements Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Block List on off Placeable If this menu entry is checked then the window can be placed anywhere on the screen Otherwise it will be aligned to the left edge of the screen Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The block list is normally in the upper left corner of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The posit
124. lick on the pen 0 25 mm Dash Dot Line Narrow and choose Draw gt Line gt Center Cross and then snap the circle s center point to draw a center cross which extends beyond the boundary of the circle Use Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Point to extend the vertical line upwards to roughly level with the object s upper edge In the cut out on the left turn on Midpoint snapping mode and use Draw gt Line gt Vertical to draw a vertical line Use Trim gt Trim Objects gt Length Radius to Point to extend the line upwards by 5 mm To do this press the F8 key after identifying the line and enter 35 mm 30 mm existing line 5 mm extension Repeat the process with the other end entering 40 mm 35 mm line plus 5 mm extension Copy this vertical line to the other cut out by using Shape gt Reflect Object gt Line with the duplicate function F7 turned on Identify the line to be copied and then click on the vertical line running through the circle which is the whole outline s symmetry axis You could also use the command Shape gt Move Objects gt Relative Figure 16 Figure 16 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 149 Finally add the dimensions Apart from the circle diameter these can all be added using Dimension gt Dimension gt Length Point or Dimension gt Dimension gt Length Objects To be able to position the diameter dimension better after choosing Dimension gt Dimension g
125. ments is concerned with a single object the command Lettering gt Dimension gt Length Point must be used The corners at which the 32 mm and 60 mm extension lines begin are used as snapping points The dimension also has to be positioned by hand in this case Do not forget to turn the extension lines on again To measure the 32 mm distance activate the Tolerances check box in the dimension parameters dialog so that you can enter P9 as the upper tolerance in the Tolerance dialog which appears later To apply a dimension of 110 4 mm to the sprung nut in the drawing use the top intersection of the nut with the central vertical line and the and the quadrant point of the circle or the intersection of the circle and the central vertical line as snapping points Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 123 Finally the distance from the midpoint to the center of the eccentric 90 mm is added So as not to cover the dash dot symmetry line the extension lines can only start at the ends of the two dash dot lines It is necessary to keep the dimension lines vertical Do this by activating the Center Dimension text and Adapt Dimension text check boxes in the Dimension dialog activate Corner Endpoint snapping mode and click on both ends of the dash dot line You can now set the dimension line s orientation Press the F8 key and enter 90 Now you have only to position the dimension line in the usual manner Figure 19
126. mn and the row previously stored In plain English The application searches for the description of the product with part number 53790 Please note that database requests have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example Products 12 15 Serial Printing Fields Serial printing fields are only available if the user has opened the corresponding database by means of the command Library gt Databases and serial printing is active Each cell of the database is considered to be a virtual variable which can be evaluated by means of a serial printing field Serial printing fields have one of the following forms ColumnNumber Gets the content of the cell in column ColumnNumber of the current serial print database s entry ColumnName Gets the content of the cell in the column titled ColumnName of the current serial print database s entry If ColumnName starts with as asterisk the search method will be case insensitive partial match If not the search method will be case sensitive complete match Example Code sequence in the text Name Possibly displayed text Smith Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 43 Explanation The application uses the column titled Name i e a column containing exactly the phrase Name in its top cell of the database selected for serial printing and returns the column content of the row currently selected by the user or th
127. n for example if the arrow is pointing down and to the left then you have to enter 6 mm as the distance to avoid copying in the negative coordinate direction Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and join the endpoints of both lines using Draw gt Line gt Standard To indicate a fold line use Shape gt Edit Properties to change the inner line from pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide to pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow This completes the outline of the trouser leg Figure 5 oe ee Se SRE SS Se LE OS SESS SS SS SOS Sas bse BS Se Saas A Figure 5 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 190 Examples It is best to add the dimensions to the left hand side first Begin by using Lettering gt Dimension Parameters to set the text size to 3 mm so that the dimension text will fit within the shorter measurements To help with aligning the dimension texts use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Vertical at the X position 13 mm In addition use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal to draw horizontal Construction Aid lines throw all the markings on the left hand Spline curves The dimension lines are placed using the intersections of these Construction Aid lines as reference points Figure 6 Figure 6 Start by measuring the distances between the curve points of the left hand curve Because there are no objects to use as references use Lettering gt Dimension gt Distance Point
128. ndow calls direct coordinate entry see Coordinate Entry F8 The way in which the status window functions depends on the position of the mouse pointer or crosshair and the stage of command input Inside a Drawing Window Point Entry without Reference Point x 5 6718 y 6 0573 Used 161 KB Command Line gt Standard Input Enter Start Point aw x and y Current crosshair position Used Used portion of currently reserved memory in KB 1024 bytes Command Description of the current command Input Description of the currently expected input Point Entry with Reference Point x 5 1013 y 14 6058 dx 4 7131 dy 3 8201 l 6 0668 a 39 0257 Input Enter End Point aw x and y Current crosshair position dx and dy Difference between the current crosshair position and the position of the reference point Distance of the current crosshair position to the reference point a Angle of the current crosshair position relative to the reference point Input Description of the currently expected input a Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 81 Hovering a button _ Button Change Parameters ESC _ Input Enter End Point Button Description of the button under the mouse pointer Input Description of the currently expected input Context Menu The status window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right
129. ner point on the vertical Construction Aid line which you previously placed exactly 40 mm to the right Point 2 Figure 2 Use a similar method to draw the second third and fourth rectangles Figure 2 Point 2 Point 1 Figure 2 Basic elements Next hatch the rectangles Apart form the standard hatching in rectangles 2 and 4 it s necessary to define a narrower 45 hatching for rectangles 1 and 3 First choose Draw gt Hatching gt Edit Line Sequences and create a new line sequence by clicking on the New button Enter Solid Line 2 5 mm click on OK and then click on the Edit button to edit this line sequence and set all distances to 2 5 mm Close both dialogs by clicking OK Now choose Draw gt Hatching gt Edit Hatching Types and create a new hatching type by clicking on the New button Enter Hatching Two click on OK and then click on the Edit button to specify the new hatching s properties The only alterations needed are to change the first line sequence to Solid Line 2 5 mm and the angle to 45 Close the top level dialog by clicking on OK then the main dialog by clicking on Activate Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 98 Examples The new hatching becomes the current hatching Choose Draw gt Hatching gt Objects and click on the first and third rectangle Figure 3 Figure 3 First hatching To re select standard hatching choose Draw gt Ha
130. ns You will find that especially creating export filters is very easy if required the application does all calculations for you and passes simple lines to the export filter There are three sample plug ins including source code and everything else you need to create a plug in that come with Malz Kassner CAD6 IMPORT_ DLL EXPORT_ DLL and SAMPLE_ DLL You can use these samples as a basis for your own plug in development After the plug ins installation you can also select the corresponding menu items in Malz Kassner CAD6 to see how the plug ins work File gt Import gt Coordinates TXT File gt Export gt Coordinates TXT and Draw gt Sample Plug In gt For more information on these plug ins highlight the relevant menu item and press F1 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Procedures 63 Chapter 3 Procedures Identification Many commands in Malz Kassner CAD6 require an object or object element identification The object identification works similar for all commands e Objects can be identified by simply clicking on their outlines If several objects lie at the position clicked on the Object Choice Dialog appears above the current mouse position with the help of which the desired object can be picked out Objects in hidden or locked layers usually cannot be identified e The object identified is sometimes influenced by the selection filter To activate or deactivate the selection filter please choose the c
131. ntry carries out that command or in the case of a submenu entry the commands from the submenu appear in the lower area Submenu icons have small solid orange triangle in the lower right corner of submenu icons to help distinguish them Submenu icons always show the most important command from that submenu A command menu or submenu is chosen by clicking on its icon with the left mouse button The choice of command can be cancelled by pressing ESC or clicking the right mouse button in the Popup Menu The title bar of the Popup Menu shows the description of the command or menu under the mouse pointer Help on this command can be called by pressing the Key F1 The icons used in the Popup Menu are the same as those used in the Toolbox and to display the current command in the Status Line Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 91 Chapter 5 Examples Rules Before you start The first part of this chapter explains step by step how to make a drawing A requirement to follow this example through is an identical system configuration Therefore we recommend that you import the file elements Page Format Line Sequences Coordinate Systems Pens Line Patterns and Layers from the Tutorial mkd configuration file by means of the command File gt Import gt Malz Kassner CAD6 MKD If other settings are needed this is made clear at the start of the example The file Tutorial mkd along w
132. o and or CAD6 Industry Aim This drawing of an eccentric is intended to show the use of the Construction Aid Various construction procedures and measurements with differing parameters are used You will learn how to generate and hatch surfaces and to merge objects from other drawings To remove parts of the background erasers are used as aids to drawing Settings Tutorial mkd Remarks Descriptions of choosing commands and working procedures are briefer than in the previous example Entry of precise values is always done by pressing the F8 key or by clicking on the status line The relevant values are entered in a standard dialog window if the chosen command does not have its own dialog for the entry of values You should already be familiar with the snapping functions and procedures for identifying objects Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 105 Page Format The eccentric is to be drawn on a landscape DIN A3 page in the scale 1 2 Choose View gt Pages gt Edit and click on the entry for DIN A3 in the list of formats Click on the icon for Landscape and then click on OK Use the command View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit to set the scale Click on the View button and then on Reduction Sales 1 2 button Close the dialog by clicking on OK Because the drawing consists of a part with two views which use a common Construction Aid it can make sense to insert an alignment m
133. of the page by choosing Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Horizontal pressing F8 and entering the term _pt _pb 2 into the field y This will make the program work out the y coordinates for horizontal Construction Aid lines from the coordinates of the page s upper and lower edges If the coordinate system origin is on the page s bottom edge the same as the default settings in MKCAD5 MKD then _pb 2 is all that has to be entered This entry places the horizontal Construction Aid line half way up the page Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 106 Examples The Plan In addition place a vertical Construction Aid line approximately one third of the way across the page using Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Vertical The resulting intersection marks the provisional center of the plan Figure 1 The final alignment is done at the end Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and use Draw gt Circle gt Standard to draw a circle centered on the intersection of the Construction Aid lines Whilst doing this briefly activate the Construction Aid snapping mode using the SHIFT key After specifying the center press F8 and specify a radius of 190 mm Choose Draw gt Circle gt Concentric and identify the previously drawn circle Enter a radius of 180 mm for the new circle Your drawing should now look similar to this Page frame Figure 1 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 107
134. ogether in a drawing is to use a group Groups are made by using Shape gt Group gt Group Objects Objects which have been included in a group can only be altered or moved together The advantage is that you do not have to identify each individual object before altering the group s properties The program recognizes automatically that it is dealing with a group and reacts accordingly If you make a number of objects into a group Malz Kassner CAD6 puts the objects into memory and substitutes a reference to these objects in the drawing A reference like this is known as an instance The original objects no longer exist on the page Only an image of them is present The advantage of this procedure becomes clear when you make a copy of the objects Each further copy of the group consists of an instance that is a reference to the group held in memory Each instance requires only the same small amount of memory This makes it possible to manage several large memory intensive groups in a drawing using the least possible amount of memory Instances are saved along with the group s object information in drawing files When groups are manipulated this structure is usually not disturbed Like other objects each instance has its own set of properties When an instance is manipulated only the on screen representation not the original objects are changed Malz Kassner CAD6 only applies the alterations to the original objects when an instance is re
135. ommand Selection Filter 0 or click the corresponding button in the Panel To edit the parameters of the selection filter please choose the command Selection Filter Parameters 0 or right click the corresponding button in the Panel Object Selection Many commands in Malz Kassner CAD6 require an object selection where the user selects a group of objects that the current command shall be applied to The object selection works similar for all commands Any number of objects can be chosen This can be done with various methods which can be used on their own or in combination with one another e Objects can be selected by simply clicking on their outlines If several objects lie at the position clicked on a small dialog appears above the current mouse position with the help of which the correct object can be picked out e To select several objects quickly hold down the CTRL key and then click on the outline of each object If several objects lie at the position clicked on a small dialog appears above the current mouse position with the help of which the correct object can be picked out Release the CTRL key to end the selection e To select several object more comfortably use the Extended Identification mode e Whole areas can be chosen by holding down the SHIFT key and specifying two opposite corners of a rectangle This chooses all the objects which lie wholly within the specified area Alternately you can use the Extra gt Identi
136. omputer than they can be displayed or printed with This ensures that each graphic can be handled with the maximum precision depending on the resolution of the output device A further advantage of this method is that objects can be modified without problems In a vector graphic for example it is easy to scale a circle by changing the radius In a bitmap graphic on the other hand the old circle has to be deleted and a new one has to be drawn Or you have to scale the area that contains the circle But bitmap scaling always yields poor results e g jagged outlines etc Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 15 Coordinate Systems The basis for screen display is a method of describing the position of each point in your drawing To do this a coordinate system has to be defined With the help of a coordinate system each point in a drawing can be given a unique description The best known type of coordinate system is the cartesian coordinate system This consists of a coordinate origin and two coordinate axes at right angles to one another which meet at the origin Usually these axes are drawn horizontally and vertically The horizontal axis is known as the X axis and the vertical axis as the Y axis figure 1 Figure 1 Cartesian coordinate system Malz Kassner CAD6 offers distorted forms of coordinate system to aid drawing in isometric and dimetric perspectives These coordinate systems differ mainly by having a pr
137. on Display Parameters Dialog Use this command to edit the parameters associated to the clicked button Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Plug In Window on off Placeable If this menu entry is checked then the window can be placed anywhere on the screen Otherwise it will be aligned to the right edge of the screen Rearrange ail Oje Q E g E El x EC a Ba P fom Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The plug in window is normally in the upper right corner of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 89 Guide Window Guide F1 for Help Ea a Enter coordinates Key F8 ENTER a Activate snap function Keep SHIFT pressed a Display grid on off Key F3 a Position grid on off Key F4 a Activate multiline option Keep CTRL pressed a Re enter previous point Key ESC a Cancel command Press right mouse button The guide window displays some hints based on the currently active command and the expected point entry They show you all available options how you can alter settings that influence the current command especially the ke
138. onding intersection of the section measurement with the adjacent extension line see Figure 10 210 0 216 Figure 10 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 194 Examples Finally use Shape gt Edit Properties to alter the general parameters for the redundant measurements to no decimal places This can be carried out in one operation by clicking on each of the affected measurements in turn holding down the CTRL key In the Edit properties dialog click on the Special button to get the general properties Each individually identified dimension can then be placed in brackets to mark it as an informational dimension Do this by using Shape gt Edit Text Use Lettering gt Text gt Standard to place the text t 1 a note about the thickness of the metal to use in the middle of the right hand side Figure 11 o o o o N O D N D N 39 0 60 0 75 0 105 01 Figure 11 Lastly the drawing can be centered on the page by choosing Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Page Both and pressing F10 then it can be saved using File gt Save Drawing as Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 195 Libraries Concepts Groups In drawings the same elements are often used repeatedly The element can be either a single object or several objects placed together in a group The easiest way of managing objects which belong t
139. onding button in the Panel You can activate deactivate or edit the selection filter even during a point selection by keeping the CTRL key pressed until the point selection is completed Edit Parameters of Current Command Most commands of Malz Kassner CAD6 are controlled by a set of parameters that can be edited while the command is active Some of the commands display a parameter dialog when they are selected from the menu or by any other means some do not This depends on whether a command usually requires a new parameter for each usage or not In both cases the command s parameters may be viewed and altered by selecting the Extras gt Change Parameters ESC command This command can also be called by pressing the key combination SHIFT ESC or by clicking the command s icon in the Panel Unless you have altered the key assignment you can also press the N key Typical commands that do display a parameter dialog on selection Draw gt Line gt Parallel Numerical Draw gt Line gt Angle to Line Draw gt Polyeder gt Standard Draw gt Circle gt Radius Object Object Trimming gt Round Edge Smooth gt Object Object Text gt Text gt Standard Library gt Block gt Insert Typical commands that do not automatically display their parameter dialog but do still have one Draw gt Line gt Zigzag Line Draw gt Freehand Line Draw gt Hatching gt Generated Surface Trimming gt Trim Surface gt Generate
140. ons for direct element selection layers pens coordinate systems hatchings and pages are displayed unless they were deactivated Clicking them with the left mouse button displays the corresponding selection menu If ruler display is turned off using Options gt Windows a small field in the upper left corner of the window remains active This field shows which window is active Clicking on this field with the left or right mouse button has the same effect as clicking on the ruler E The window number is shown in this field Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 80 Screen Elements Layout Window The layout window will be displayed automatically once the page display mode is set to layout mode see View gt Page Display gt Layout Active Page Model Model Space 4 i f E Page 1 Front View Page 2 Basement Page 3 Ground Floor Page 4 Upper Floor Page 5 Cross Section It contains several buttons for fast switching between model space and defined pages Status Window The status window can be placed anywhere on the screen It has two functions to display coordinates and other details for the current operation and the direct entry of coordinates Its appearance depends upon where the mouse pointer is and at what stage a command is The currently active command s icon is always shown at the left of the status window The expected input is shown in the title bar Clicking the mouse button in the status wi
141. ontal Use the two symmetrical points in the outline as the corner points of the frame Use Trim gt Trim Surface Curve gt Difference A A B to unify the objects Identify both objects one after another A hole appears in the place of the last drawn rectangle This change is not visible if the larger object is filled You can easily check the alterations to the outline by choosing Shape gt Edit Properties and changing the fill mode to both You will see the blank space Objects behind the outline will now be visible through the hole Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 146 Examples One further rectangle is to be removed Draw a 60 mm x 40 mm rectangle and position it using Shape gt Move Objects gt Standard so that it covers areas approximately the same are above and below the upper part of the outline Center the rectangle horizontally using Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Frame Horizontal Figure 10 Use Trim gt Trim Surface Curve gt Difference A A B to unify the objects Figure 11 Figure 11 Use Draw gt Circle gt Standard to draw a circle with a radius of 14 mm and its center at outline corner point 1 Figure 11 Center the circle horizontally using Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Frame Horizontal This object is also cut away using the command Trim gt Trim Surface Curve gt Difference A A B Figure 12 Figure 12 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 147 Draw a fur
142. or the distance of the bottom margin Measures for 8 x 6 inches tablets 3 0 _ 3 2 1 8 4 o Tablet Area a 8x6 Inches Mapping N Area 0 Ln All Measures in Inches Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Information 9 Measures for 12 x 12 inches or larger tablets 5 0 3 2 3 8 Tablet Area 12x12 Inches oOo lt t Mapping N Area So is All Measures in Inches Screen Area Control Program only Activate the setting Whole Screen or Complete respectively Sometimes you also have to enter the resolution of you screen e g 1280 x 1024 pixels Define Buttons of the Input Device Control Program and CAD6 5 Button Crosshair Cursor arranged in two rows e g Wacom Driver Settings CAD6 Settings Button 0 Left Mouse Click Left Mouse Button Command Level 1 Button 1 Middle Mouse Click Middle Mouse Button Button 2 Right Mouse Click Right Mouse Button Command Level 2 Button 3 None or Application Defined Coordinate Tracing Button 4 None or Application Defined Coordinate Tracing 4 Button Crosshair Cursor arranged in one row e g CalComp Driver Settings CAD6 Settings Button 0 Left Mouse Click Left Mouse Button Command Level 1 Button 1 Nothing or Application Defined Coordinate Tracing Button 2 Middle Mouse Click Middle Mouse Button Button 3 Right Mouse Click Right Mouse Button Command Level 2 3 Button Pen Driver Settings CAD6 Se
143. orce another precedence or associativity of operators Examples 8 2 4 result 49 8 2 4 result 1 2 8 2 result 65536 1 8 lt 5 result 1 Functions Arguments of functions must be always enclosed in parentheses If a function requires two arguments then these arguments have to be separated by a semicolon The following functions are available sqr Square Example sqr 4 result 16 sqrt Square root Example sqrt 256 result 16 ln Logarithm with base e natural logarithm Example e 2 1n 1 result 109 sin Sinus Example sin 99 result 1 cos Cosinus Example cos result 1 tan Tangens Example tan 45 result 1 arcsin Arcussinus Example arcsin 1 result 99 arccos Arcuscosinus Example arccos 1 result arctan Arcustangens Example arctan 1 result 45 ceil Smallest whole number larger than or equal to the argument Examples ceil 1 9 ceil 2 4 0 5 result 2 result 2 floor Largest whole number smaller than or equal to the argument Examples floor 1 9 result 1 floor 1 6 5 result 2 round Nearest whole number equal to the argument Examples round 1 1 result 1 round 2 4 5 result 2 abs Absolute value Examples abs 1 1 result 1 1 abs 2 result 2 min Minimum Examples min 1 2 result 1 min 1 6 2 4 result 1 6 max Maximum Examples max 1 2 result 2 max 1 6 2 4 result 2 4 rand Generates a pseudorandom number in the range 0
144. ordinate of the object with the given unique ID in internal millimeters i e relative to the page s center and non scale dependent if available otherwise 0 p5 UniqueID The Y coordinate of the object with the given unique ID in internal millimeters i e relative to the page s center and non scale dependent if available otherwise 0 g Please note that object properties have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example p E96B221D35D6F4796CCO5A5000F 6045 Miscellaneous Further variables are used by the program for internal purposes AutoPosNum An automatically generated position number e Please note that variables have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example AutoPosNum Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 46 Term Evaluation Introduction In any numerical entry field such as the Coordinate Entry F8 or the entry of a rotation angle you can state a mathematical term instead of an explicit number In addition terms are also evaluated in texts if the corresponding statement is used refer to Statements in Texts Terms consist of operands numbers variables or constants operators parentheses and functions The usual mathematical notation is used A term is evaluated from left to right left associativity Operators The following list shows the precedence of operators starting with the highest operators in the same group have equal precedence An operand ma
145. played The grid size can be set in the dialog called with Coordinates gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit Display Grid or by clicking the right mouse button on the corresponding button in the Panel Choosing 2M as the grid spacing has the advantage that screen redraws are quicker and you can also see exactly which points the connections between components lie on In addition turn on the position grid by pressing F4 or clicking on the button in the Panel The position grid size should be set to 2 mm The position grid settings can be specified in a dialog called with View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit Position Grid or by clicking the right mouse button on the corresponding button in the Panel Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 201 Begin by creating a new library Choose Library gt Library Management to call a dialog Click on the New button and enter Electro mk1 into the Library Name field After closing the dialog by clicking on OK enter Electronics Library as a description for the library This title will be used later in the list of libraries Next find the new library in the list of libraries It will still be prefixed by an N to remind you that this is a new library whose contents are determined after leaving the dialog Leave the dialog by clicking on OK The new library has been created but it is still empty Choose a suitable zoom level one which gives a good view of each compon
146. ples Put the dimetric left view back into window 2 and put the dimetric right view into the main window Figure 4 7100 T E lich oe Figure 4 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 215 This is the right side of the cube One of the horizontal sides has already been drawn Draw another square using Draw gt Polygon gt Parallelogram placing the first two points on the previously drawn vertical line and dragging the square s outline right by 100 mm 10 grid points Figure 5 oj Figure 5 aa Keep an eye on what is going on in the window with the standard view A parallelogram is drawn here showing one of the cube s other surfaces Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 216 Examples Put the right view back into window 3 and put the plan view from window 4 into the main window Again draw a square on the grid with sides of 100 mm length on the grid Once again begin at the marked zero point and use the vertical line as a guide You can now see a complete cube in the standard view Figure 6 Figure 6 You can use the plan view in the main window for the next step Choose Draw gt Ellipse gt Distorted Click at the mid point of the last drawn square to specify the center of the ellipse 1 Set the other two points by clicking on the mid point of the upper horizontal line 2 and the right hand vertical line 3 respectively In the plan view a circle will now have been drawn Figure 7 Figure 7
147. points from the example diagram Figure 6 100 1 10 100 1000 10000 Figure 6 So that the lines can be labeled with text running at the correct angle the line angle has to be measured Use Lettering gt Dimension gt Angle Line Line to measure the angle between the graph line and the horizontal grid lines The parameters are not important because after noting the angle the dimension is immediately removed by using Edit gt Undo BACKSPACE Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 182 Examples Enter the angle preceded by a minus sign the text is rotated clockwise mathematically negative into the Lettering gt Text gt Standard dialog In the example 3 mm high text is used Place the text up against the graph line in the diagram It is not necessary to go through the whole process for each new piece of text it is enough to restart the command using SHIFT ESC N and enter a new text Figure 7 100 Q 0 1 1 10 100 1000 10000 Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 183 The texts are directly above the lines and are difficult to read To make them easi
148. r resistors R1 and R5 You only need to position them approximately as they can easily be moved using Shape gt Move Objects gt Standard If the grid is on the movement is restricted so that the components always jump to the grid points and there is no need to use the snapping functions Use the same method to position capacitor C1 Insert transistor V2 at its approximate position The insertion point should be a little higher than the upper connector of V1 and enough space should be left between the two transistors for R4 and C3 The resistors R2 and R6 are positioned in a similar way to R1 and R5 Next place the horizontal resistors R3 and R4 into the drawing A suitable block is already available in the block list window The capacitors C3 and C2 are rotated by 90 and 180 respectively and therefore are not in the block list window Choose Library gt Block gt Insert and choose the Electronic Library as the path Click on the Capacitor block and choose 90 as the rotation angle Close the dialog with OK The block is now available Insert it into the diagram and carry out the same procedure for the second capacitor 180 rotation Figure 7 Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 206 Examples Use Draw gt Line gt Polyline to draw connecting lines with 90 corners for example between V1 and R3 on the grid The other short connection lines can be added using Draw gt Line gt Standard t
149. r Corner 2 X absolute x lo inch Y absolute y 0 inch X relative dx 100 inch Y relative dy 5 inch Length l 0 inch Angle w 0 deg C Duplicate multiple line Figure 2 Direct Input This tells the program to enter the second corner point 100 mm in the x direction and 50 mm in the y direction from the first corner point Now you have a rectangle of the right dimensions Figure 3 The dimensions can be checked by measuring the object Corner 1 Corner 2 Figure 3 If you have already chosen a pen for dimensions using View gt Pens gt Defaults it is not necessary to change pens If this is not the case choose the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow from the panel Choose the command Dimension gt Length Object from the Lettering menu The dialog contains dimension parameters for most situations Confirm these settings by clicking on OK The status line now prompts you to identify a reference line This line is the line which is to be measured Click on the upper horizontal line of the rectangle with the left mouse button This identifies the line Next specify the dimension line position by moving the mouse vertically perpendicular to the reference line You will see that the dimension line always moves in fixed increments Click the left mouse button when the line has jumped one position upwards This completes the first measurement Without re starting the
150. r a custom page format The page orientation is also specified in this dialog Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 23 Snapping Duplicate and other Options Snapping In technical drawing it is not enough to determine the position of points approximately Most points have to be specified very precisely which is not possible by hand Malz Kassner CAD6 offers mathematical aids for positioning objects During drawing it is usual to orient yourself to preexisting construction points such as edges corners and intersections To make use of the points within these objects there are several snapping modes If the snap function is active during point entry then the position of the point will be calculated automatically if it lies within the snap radius The snap radius is an area around the center of the crosshair It can be specified in a dialog called by choosing Extra gt Snap Modes gt Snap Radius If several points lie within the snap radius determined by the current snap radius settings the crosshair will always be placed on the nearest one The snap function is permanently turned on or off with the F6 key In addition snap mode can be briefly turned on with the SHIFT key Using buttons in the Panel single snapping modes can be toggled Duplicate Every alteration destroys the original object information The original object information can only be restored by using the UNDO function To avoid these problems Malz Ka
151. row Down key in multi line input fields by means of the CTRL Arrow Down key combination A list of the least recently entered texts will appear which also contains some additional commands that will be described below List of Variables The list of least recently entered texts see above also contains a list of all variables defined by the user By simple selecting them from the list the variable can be inserted to the text at the current cursor position An additional command calls the dialog used to edit these variables see Edit gt Edit Variables Search within the Field Finally some search commands are available that allow finding texts within the current input field They can either be selected from the list of least recently entered texts or called by means of key shortcuts CTRL F Opens a dialog in which the text to be found can be entered If at the time of opening this dialog a part of the text in the field is selected this partial text will be copied into the dialog F3 Searches for the next occurrence of the text in forward direction starting with the current cursor position or text selection SHIFT F3 Searches for the next occurrence of the text in backward direction starting with the current cursor position or text selection CTRL F3 Searches in forward direction for the currently selected text starting behind the text selection Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 34 Introduction SHIFT
152. s drawing data The coordinate system determines whether you wish to work in a cartesian isometric or dimetric system By entering an angle of rotation the orientation of the coordinate system can be displayed In addition you can specify measurement units for lengths and angles as well as the type on number floating point decimals and fractions The scale is saved with the coordinate system and the position and display grids can be set here You can set the coordinate system parameters via a dialog called with the command View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit Each drawing can have several coordinate systems defined within it This can be useful if you have several drawing windows and wish to use a different coordinate system with each one perform dimensioning in a different coordinate system to that you are drawing in or use objects with different scales in the same drawing To change the current coordinate system apply the corresponding button in the Ruler or select the command View gt Coordinate System gt List Scales and Units The most important components of a coordinate system are the scale and the units The scale determines the real size of an object i e how large a drawn object is supposed to be in the model world Using a scale of 1 20 means that an object whose length is 10 cm on the paper is supposed to have a length of 200 cm in reality Above all scales are influencing dimensions i e dimension statements within
153. s calls a dialog Figure 6 where you can specify various options for the appearance and positioning of the dimension line the start and end points and the positioning of the dimension figure Dimension gt Length Points x Dimension Line AAA 72 Paz Display Distance 10 0 mm Starting Point Dimension Text SES SEEE EEEEE Dimension ine Start Aubomelic a Recalculate Automatically Dien erent Multiply by 2 Half Section C Erase Text Background Center on Line Distance to Object o o mm Ending Point Align Parallel to Line pe g Rotate According to DIN ISO Dimension Line End Automatic Edi Tolerances Display Extension Line Distance to Object loo mm Figure 6 Dialog Dimension gt Length Object Identify the segment to be measured and move the mouse towards the dimension line until it blends with the red dimension line Confirm this by clicking the left mouse button Figure 7 Figure 7 Measuring the first rectangle Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 101 It is necessary to alter the settings for the subsequent measurements Either call the command Lettering gt Dimension gt Length Object again or press SHIFT ESC This key combination restarts the command and calls the dialog again To align the dimension lines correctly it is not possible to use a fixed distance choose the icon for user defined spacing see picture and close the dialog by click
154. s can be the same for all components or be different from component to component Malz Kassner CAD6 allows attributes to be attached to blocks and then output later in a parts list Attributes which do not change for the same block are called Global Attributes Individual properties specified when a block is inserted into a drawing are known as Local Attributes Attributes should be set when a block is read in to a library Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 210 Examples Dimetric and Isometric Drawing Aim This example shows the main methods of working with dimetric and isometric views You will learn the basic method for creating a 3 D view using the example of a cube We only explain dimetric projection because isometric projection uses the same methods Settings Tutorial mkd To see the three additional views as well as the standard view choose Edit gt Options gt Windows and choose the last but one icon from the top row This gives you an extra three small windows arranged vertically at the right of the program window in which you can see different views Click on OK to confirm your choice and close the dialog Basics Dimetric and isometric projections are used to draw 3 D views of objects Malz Kassner CAD6 makes it possible to see each of the three views in the overview This means that you can draw each side view in the same way as the two dimensional examples However circles appear as ellipses in isome
155. s not contain any information about the height of the rectangles You can choose any height you want as the principle remains the same However it is necessary to stick to a predetermined width and this is done with the help of the Construction Aid Use the command Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Vertical to place a first vertical Construction Aid line at the left of your page Use the command Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel Numerical to insert another vertical line parallel to the existing one After choosing the command a dialog appears in which you can enter the required spacing Enter 40 mm the width of the first rectangle and identify the previously drawn vertical Move the crosshair to the right until the red line separates from the identified line and jumps 40 mm to the right Confirm Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 96 Examples this by clicking the left mouse button and then end the command sequence click right mouse button and if the Workflow Manager is active and appears choose Finish Command ea Because the parallel lines are placed in the correct positions automatically snapping must remain turned off during this command Otherwise conflicts can arise between the different positioning techniques If the result of the poisoning leads to a conflict the loudspeaker beeps To reactivate the Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel Numerical command
156. s should extend a little way beyond the eccentric s edge Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 119 The center lines on the plan view are drawn simply by choosing Draw gt Line gt Center Cross and snapping the outermost circle s center point The horizontal center line of the bearing is also drawn using Draw gt Line gt On Line The Construction Aid can now be finally turned off Figure 15 Figure 15 Adding Dimensions to the Sectional View Choose the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow With the exception of the radius all the dimensions are applied to the sectional view using Lettering gt Dimension gt Length Point The preset parameters can be used for the dimensions outside the objects To work out the start and end points of the lengths activate the Corner Endpoint snapping mode For the dimensions inside the body restart the command using SHIFT ESC and clear the Center Dimension check box This makes it possible to position the dimension to the left of the central vertical line For the 66 mm width dimension turn off the check box for extension lines as well and snap to the lower corners of the topmost surface Because there are no extension lines the dimension can be moved downwards as far as wished Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 120 Examples Next choose Lettering gt Dimension gt Radius Object identify the radius and place the dimension in the hatching 380
157. s to Active Page so that it is unchecked In this case it may be useful to define a separate coordinate system for each page View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit in order to be able to set origin and scale independent for each page The respective coordinate system can be assigned to its page so that is will automatically be activated when switching between pages One Page Simple drawings that easily fit onto one printer s page can be created completely in model space as long as they lie inside the one page s extents Here is a schematic view Coordinate Range In order to use and output this structure in a sensible way the following display and output settings should be adjusted Option View gt Page Display gt Classic All Command View gt Drawing Settings gt Output setting Output of objects based on their page assignment Output all Furthermore View gt Pages gt Edit should be called There right click into the list of pages and clear the option Auto Assign New Objects to Active Page so that it is unchecked Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 29 Libraries Blocks and Instances Libraries are organized in a hierarchical structure similar to the file system A library can contain any number of folders and a folder can hold any number of blocks Folders are used to group related blocks together A block is a collection of objects like
158. se this filter to export your drawing data to an HP GL 2 file or you can send your drawing data to the output device directly The filter s various output options allow an exact configuration of the output data You can download the filter from our Web site www cad6 com for testing e Some capabilities of the application filled surfaces erasers bitmaps and clippings cannot be output to HP GL plotters or are limited on HP GL 2 plotters Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Information 7 Using Digitizers Working with Malz Kassner CAD6 can be made a lot easier by using a digitizer also known as a graphics tablet or simply a tablet A digitizer allows faster and more accurate input than a conventional mouse and the digitizer s large input area can also be used to select commands A tablet with a size of 12 x12 inches 305 x 305 mm is perfect however for certain purposes smaller or larger tablets may be better suited As input device you can basically choose between the mouse like cursor or a pen The cursor normally has at least 4 or 5 buttons but some have significantly more A pen has usually only 3 buttons and one of these buttons is the pen s pressure sensitive tip General All major digitizer manufacturers now offer drivers for Windows A digitizer can be always used as a replacement of the standard mouse Relative Mode but a digitizer only becomes really productive when used in the so called Pen Mode
159. sed If the variable does exist and if it is not empty the second statement is used Example 1 Statement in the text Value 0 100 Value Result text if variable Value does not exist Result text if variable Value equals 0 75 75 0 Example 2 Statement in the text Name No Name Name Result text if the serial printing field Name does not exisat No Name Result text if the serial printing field Name has the content John Q Public John Q Public Explanation You can use the non existence statement to define what happens if a variable does not exist or is empty e This statement is especially useful to output serial printing fields and database requests Please note that the two text statements may include statements again Text or Empty Text Statement Text The text statement is marked by the control character The content of the statement is copied directly as a text i e there is no evaluation This especially useful inside conditional statements Please not that the text to be copied starts directly after the character Is the character directly followed by i e the text is empty then an empty text is copied Example 1 Statement in the text This is a text Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 54 Introduction Result text This is a text Explanation The text is copied without any modification e Please note that text
160. sing Shape gt Delete Objects or by using the DEL key Identify one of the top lines and answer OK to the program s Choose Objects question Repeat the process for the bottom line To generate the vertical lines on the right hand side use Construction gt Multiple Copy gt Length Identify the right hand line and specify the corner point A with Corner Endpoint snapping mode active as the reference point The start point also lies at point A and the end point is the mid point M specified with Midpoint snapping mode active of the upper horizontal line Five sections should be created six lines once again there are two lines on top of each other at the left one of which has to be deleted Figure 2 Figure 2 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 170 Examples To shorten the column dividing lines in the top section to 2mm add a Construction Aid line whose intersections with the vertical lines will be used later as trim points Choose Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical and enter a distance of 2 mm Identify the second horizontal line from the top and place the Construction Aid line above it Figure 3 Figure 3 Use Trim gt Trim Object gt Length Radius to Object you can shorten the middle four vertical lines to the Construction Aid line Identify the upper part of each line and then click on the Cons
161. solved and the original objects are pasted into its place from memory If the group contains further instances the changed properties are applied to the relevant instances and fixed into the resolved objects Example Use a simple example to see how a group behaves Draw an element made up of three basic objects and make them into a group using Shape gt Group gt Group Objects To create a group identify each object to be included in the group in turn Manipulate this group with commands from the Shape menu The title bar of the Shape gt Edit Properties dialog shows information about the type of object You can use Shape gt Group gt Ungroup to break the group up into its individual objects Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 196 Examples Internal Blocks It is awkward to manage large numbers of repetitive groups and so Malz Kassner CAD6 makes it possible to name groups and include them in a list Each named group can be called as an independent element from the list These named groups are called internal blocks Internal blocks are read into a library using Library gt Block gt Create Insertion Point or Library gt Block gt Create Frame As for the command Shape gt Group gt Group Objects the relevant objects must be identified To read in an internal block the library Internal Blocks must be chosen in the dialog that is the path must begin with Tnternal Blocks This is the description for a block which
162. ssner CAD6 has a duplicate function It is permanently activated or deactivated by pressing the F7 key The function can be temporarily turned on or off during a command by pressing and holding down the CTRL key The current setting is shown in the panel and is reversed by holding down the CTRL key The duplicate function is a good substitute for the Copy command because it can be combined with every command The classic Copy command can be called by choosing Shape gt Move Object gt Standard and keeping CTRL pressed while placing the objects i e entering the destination point The duplicate function works similarly with most commands that alter objects Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 24 Introduction Multiline When creating new objects e g drawing a line or circle the multiline function can be used It determines whether several parallel or concentric objects are created at once depending on the multiline parameters or not To activate or deactivate the multiline function please choose the command Duplicate Multiline F7 or click the corresponding button in the Panel To edit the parameters of the multiline function please choose the command Multiline Parameters or right click the corresponding button in the Panel 9 The multiline function can be temporarily turned on or off by pressing and holding down the CTRL key General Options The general program options and settings can be edited by select
163. stance in one direction from another The horizontal and vertical divisions can be different The crosshair snaps from point to point This ensures that you can only move the crosshair in multiples of the specified grid interval The display grid shows the grid as small dots on the screen It can be set separately from the position grid You can choose a larger display grid than position grid This speeds up screen redraws considerably and makes for a better overview as not so many points obstruct your view of the objects If the zoom level is too small that is if the display grid is too small and the number of points to be shown too large the display grid is first automatically enlarged and then turned off As soon as you revert to a level at which the grid can be displayed it is turned on again Both grids are valid for the currently active coordinate system and can be defined as part of it The first point of each grid is at the origin In order to be able to work with a common starting point for the grid in different windows using different coordinate systems the origin should be moved so that all the grids can be used effectively To do this choose the command View gt Coordinate Systems gt Set Origin Page Formats Before starting a new drawing it is often necessary to specify the page format for the drawing To do this choose View gt Pages gt Edit This calls a dialog where you can either choose a standard page format o
164. statements may include statements again Comment Statement Comment The comment statement is not output This can be used to store hidden information in a drawing Example Statement in the text This is a comment Explanation This statement is neither displayed on the screen nor will it be printed or exported Numerical Term Statement Maximum Number of Decimal Places Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated and output with the maximum number of decimal places currently 15 Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 1 Value 3 Result text 0 3333333 3333333223 e Please note that the decimal separator used depends on user settings it can be either arr F E Or Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 55 Numerical Term Statement Rounded Term The content of the braces is interpreted as a numerical expression calculated rounded to the active number of decimal places here five and then output Example Statement in the text the variable Value equals 1 Value 3 Result text 33333 4 Please note that the decimal separator used depends on user settings it can be either or The number of decimal places is mostly determined by the active coordinate system If the statement is part of a dimension text then the number of decimal places specified in the object s dimension parameters
165. t Diameter Object turn off the Close and Center settings In the dimension parameters dialog accessible by pressing SHIFT ESC Place an erasing surface behind the hole s dimension and remove the diameter sign from this dimension using Shape gt Edit Text Your drawing should now look like Figure 17 140 0 100 0 60 0 Figure 17 aa Do not forget that there can be problems using Trim Surface Curve gt Union Trim Surface Curve gt Intersection and Trim Surface Curve gt Difference if adjacent surface edges are parallel and lie on top of each other If possible avoid this by making objects overlap Further information about this can be found in the electronic reference Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 150 Examples Gear Housing This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Aim Drawing the gear housing should illustrate generating complex and nested surfaces Layers are used in order to keep the drawing manageable Layers can be used to make parts of the drawing which have already been finished invisible Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 151 Settings Again the settings contained in Tutorial mkd are used The drawing will be done on an A4 portrait page which means that the page settings do not have to be changed Extra layers will however be ne
166. t relative to the first can also be described as follows x2 y2 x1 dx y1 dy Figure 3 Y 20 P1 5 15 o 10 ca ae gt Ao l i f P2 5 11 15 10 10 20 Figure 3 Relative coordinates Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 17 A third method is the use of polar coordinates These coordinates are described by distance from the origin and angle from the zero angle The mathematical zero angle that is 0 is along the positive X Axis that is at the three o clock position Figure 4 180 Figure 4 Mathematical zero angle Angles are measured in an anti clockwise direction This form also describes the position of each point uniquely Figure 5 20 15 40 10 10 20 Figure 5 Polar coordinates Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 18 Introduction Layers Pens and Transmission Each object e g a circle has its own property set consisting of line width line pattern line color fill color and fill mode These properties determine the appearance of the object on the screen and later on the paper In addition each object contains a reference to a layer and a pen i e it lies in a certain layer and uses a certain pen When the program determines how to draw an object this not only depends on the object s own properties but also on the properties transmitted by the assigned layer and the properties specified for the assigned pen Both the property set o
167. t specify Standard as current layer as well as current pen After drawing the object its properties are then initialized with those currently defined for pen Standard If you change the properties of pen Standard this hasn t any effect on already existing objects but all objects you draw from then on will be initialized with these new properties To comfortably edit the properties of pen Standard please select the command Window gt Display Command Bar and activate there the button groups Line Type Line Color Filling Mode and Filling Color To change the properties of a single object or multiple objects use the command Shape gt Edit Properties Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual CY CY as md one Introduction 19 Line Width Line Pattern Line Color Fill Color Fill Mode cs set tline ON Line Width Layer Properties E Layer Pen Line Width Line Pattern Line Color 01 Fixed es E Ca Line Width Fill Mode Output Screen Properties Line Pattern Line Color This graphic illustrates the process used to determine the properties of an object Each step is 1 2 3 7 shown in the graphic by the relevant number in a circle First of all the program determines which layer the object belongs to Next the program gets the informat
168. tal line which you have just drawn Next it is necessary to enter a reference point To place this exactly in the middle of the line activate Midpoint snapping mode and click on the line You have grabbed hold of the center of the line and can move it about The line s mid point should be placed on the bottom corner of the first rectangle Activate Corner Endpoint snapping mode you may have to turn off the old snapping mode and click on the corner Figure 11 Figure 11 Baseline Finally the angle between the baseline and the rectangle will be added to the drawing Choose Lettering gt Dimension gt Angle Line Line and identify the ends of the two lines enclosing the angle You can now choose from multiple angles by moving the crosshair If you want to dimension an angle larger than 180 keep the CTRL key pressed In a similar way to measuring lengths a extension line appears at a fixed radius from the center of the angle Confirm the dimension line position 40 mm from the center of the angle one jump 10 mm Figure 12 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples Figure 12 Angle between the baseline and the rectangle Save your drawing using File gt Save Drawing as Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 103 104 Examples The Eccentric Milles 380 0 156 0 This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studi
169. tart and end points the ends of the polyline You can have the Corner Endpoint or Construction Aid snapping modes or both active 9 If the arc runs in the wrong direction you can easily change it during drawing using the relevant button from the panel If you have finished drawing the arc in the wrong direction change it by using the command Trim gt Transform Object to gt Inverted Object Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 109 Use Draw gt Circle gt On Circle to complete the middle concentric circle see Figure 4 Figure 4 The Blank Spaces The blank spaces in the eccentric are still missing Only one has to be drawn the other can be created using mirroring with the duplicate function turned on The outline of each cut out consists of the five circle parts 3x1 2 and 4 as well as a line 3 Figure 5 Of the circle parts 2 and 4 as well as the line 3 only the position of the Construction Aid on which they sit is known The start and end points are not known The three circle parts 1 have a known radius but their center points are not known Their position must therefore be worked out from further information This extra condition is that each of the three circle parts ends tangential to two further objects Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 110 Examples First it is necessary to draw the missing Construction Aid Construction Aid circle 1 already exists Use Construction gt Construction A
170. tching gt Hatching Type List and select Standard hatching type from the list which appears Rectangles 2 and 4 can now also be hatched easily by choosing Draw gt Hatching gt Objects also available from the command list simply press the key H and clicking on them Figure 4 y Figure 4 Second hatching Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 99 Next all the objects are to be rotated by 32 To do this choose Shape gt Rotate Objects gt Center and identify the objects to be rotated In this case all the objects on the page are to be rotated and it is easiest to identify them all by using the function key F10 or the keyboard combination SHIFT Q Alternatively you can hold down the SHIFT key and drag a frame around all the objects Enter 32 into the dialog which appears and click on OK Figure 5 As the Construction Aid is not required any more it can be turned off by pressing the F9 key or clicking on the relevant button in the panel This makes the drawing clearer Figure 5 Objects after rotation The dimensions are now applied The starting point is to be the longest rectangle The dimension should be at least 10 mm from the top edge of the highest rectangle All the other dimensions will align themselves to this dimension Choose Lettering gt Dimension gt Length Object Now press SHIFT ESC and the Options button Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 100 Examples Thi
171. the clicked one by choosing the desired command in the appearing graphic menu All following buttons will be moved down one step Move Button to Begin This command can be used to move the clicked button to the beginning of the button list Move Button One Upward This command can be used to move the clicked button one step upward Move Button One Downward This command can be used to move the clicked button one step downward Move Button to End This command can be used to move the clicked button to the end of the button list Delete Button This command can be used to delete the clicked button All following buttons will be moved down one step Reset All Buttons This command can be used to reset all button to their respective default assignment Number of Columns This submenu can be used to determine the number of permanently displayed button columns Additional Dynamics This submenu can be used to determine the number of additional dynamically displayed button columns i e columns that pop up if the mouse pointer is within the window Small Icons If this menu entry is checked small icons 24 x 24 pixels will be displayed in the button Otherwise standard icons 40 x 40 pixels will be displayed Opacity This submenu can be used to determine the opacity of the element names insert i e how much the drawing area shall be concealed Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Too
172. the frame The Ballhead Trimming When working with trimming functions in general complete objects are drawn and then cut to size using the trimming functions Even if you prefer to work using Construction Aid functions it is a good idea to work through the following example as it explains several important principles for working with trimming functions Choose the pen 0 5 mm Solid Line Wide and draw a rectangle 38 mm high and 36 mm wide approximately in the center of the page using the command Draw gt Polygon gt Rectangle Now construct a circle centered on the midpoint of the top side of the rectangle with a radius of 35 mm using the command Draw gt Circle gt Standard and with Midpoint snapping mode active Figure 13 Figure 13 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 134 Examples After choosing Trim gt Trim Object gt Cut Out click inside the part of the circle which overlaps the rectangle and then with Intersection snapping mode on click on the two points where the circle and rectangle intersect Your drawing should now look like this Figure 14 Now use Trim gt Trim Object gt Resolve Completely to split the rectangle into individual lines Press the DEL key this activates the Shape gt Delete objects command and click on the top edge of the rectangle If the complete rectangle disappears then the rectangle was not split up properly use the UNDO command Edit gt Undo to restore the rectangle
173. ther rectangle 10 mm x 30mm and align it centrally using Shape gt Align Object gt Centered Frame Both between the points 1 and 2 Figure 13 i You can now use Shape gt Move Object gt Relative to mirror the positioned rectangle about the center Enable the Duplicate check box in the dialog and enter a value for the copy position of 170 mm horizontally Figure 13 w The command Shape gt Reflect Object gt Line cannot be used because an axis would have to be identified and there is no axis present These two rectangles also have to be merged with the larger outline However a difference does not have to be created but they have to be combined with the large outline This will keep the upper and lower outlines intact Choose Trim gt Trim Surface Curve gt Combine Outlines and identify all the objects to be combined Either hold down the CTRL key and click on each object in turn or hold down the SHIFT key and drag a rectangle around all the objects The result of this operation will not be immediately visible however you can test it as previously by coloring the object using Shape gt Edit Properties Figure 14 Figure 14 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 148 Examples Choose the pen 0 25 mm Solid Line Narrow Hatch the whole outline using the command Draw gt Hatching gt Objects Figure 15 Figure 15 Now the symmetry lines in the circle and the cut throughs at left and right should be added C
174. thout preview Selection button for pens with preview Selection button for coordinate systems Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Screen Elements 73 Y Y YY Z Selection button for hatching types Selection button for pages current page number in the top row total number of pages in the bottom row Selection button for scenarios and further scenario commands Joystick button for window movement Layer Button Preview If the preview is active the layer selection button displays a lot of information simulta neously 0 25 gt The upper left color field shows an inherited line color for screen display If the filling mode is either Filling or Eraser i e no outline is drawn this field will show only a cross The lower left color field shows an inherited fill color for screen display If the filling mode is Outline i e no filling is drawn this field will show only a cross Below the two color fields an inherited line width is displayed in millimeters At the bottom the inherited line pattern is displayed Both the line width and line pattern display are based on the properties for output Pen Button Preview If the preview is active the pen selection button displays a lot of information simulta neously x I gt 0 5 The upper left color field shows the line color for screen display If the filling mode is either Filling or Eraser i e no outline is drawn th
175. tivate them maybe this is not always necessary but it also does no harm Then start CAD6 and choose the commands Construction gt Digitizer gt Button and Tracing Options and Construction gt Digitizer gt Load Assignment to fit CAD6 to the tablet The CAD6 Digitizer menu is only available if the tablet driver is installed properly Position Mode Control Program only Activate Pen Mode or Absolute Mode WYPIWYG Mode where you point is where you go respectively Tablet Area Control Program and CAD6 Set the option Portion of Tablet or Enable Mapping respectively and enter the measures of the mapping area shown in the graphic corresponding to your tablet s size For that it is important that you find out whether the measures of the mapping area in your control program have to be entered relative to the lower left or upper left corner of the tablet You also have to enter the measures of the mapping area in the dialog of the command Construction gt Digitizer gt Button and Tracing Options In the tablet driver s control program you must enter all measures in inches sometimes you have to specify inches as current unit first because the tablet sizes are also given in inches In the dialog of the command Construction gt Digitizer gt Button and Tracing Options all measures are specified in 1 1000 inches relative to the lower left corner So for a 12 x12 inches tablet you have to enter 5099 f
176. to be entered 1 120 a This tells Malz Kassner CAD6 to place a point 120 mm from the first one at a direction of 0 Press ENTER and then F8 again to enter the position of the third point The angle of the right side A and its length are calculated using Pythagoras formula The height is identical to half the hypotenuse C as can be seen from Figure 6 Figure 6 In the status line enter l sqrt 60 2 60 2 a 135 Back to the Outline To align the triangle correctly with the existing outline draw a horizontal Construction Aid line 20 mm below the bottom line of the outline Do this by choosing Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical and entering 20 mm as the distance Use Shape gt Move Objects gt Standard and activate Edge snapping mode to move the triangle onto the new line The triangle is horizontally aligned with the outline using the Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Frame Horizontal in the same way as the two rectangles were aligned earlier Figure 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 145 These two outlines are also merged with the command Trim gt Trim Surface Curve gt Union A A B Figure 8 Further areas have to be removed from the outline Draw a rectangle 100 mm x 20 mm with its bottom left corner on outline corner 1 see Figure 9 Figure 9 This rectangle has to be aligned horizontally using Shape gt Center Objects gt Frame Horiz
177. tor resistance CU inmQ jem Figure 9 Alternative Forms of Diagrams Linear or logarithmic diagrams can easily be created in the same way During the multiple copy process a linear division is used for one or both axes Non linear graph lines of which only coordinate points are known are approximated using Splines or B zier curves This is explained in the following example the Trouser Leg Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 185 Trouser Leg 216 This chapter uses some commands that are only available in Malz Kassner CAD6 Pro CAD6 Studio and or CAD6 Industry Aim This example demonstrates the use of Spline curves in technical drawing and further dimension measurement techniques Settings Tutorial mkd with the page set to landscape orientation Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 186 Examples Basics The most important parts of the design are three curves which determine the outline The curves have defined fixed points and during drawing a Spline curve is passed through those points As the drawing is virtually symmetrical it is only necessary at this time to draw the left hand side which can then be mirrored with the duplicate function active Begin the drawing by using View gt Coordinate Systems gt Set Origin to place the drawing origin in the page s bottom left corner This is not absolutely necessary but it makes the representation easier
178. tric and dimetric drawing and must be drawn using Draw gt Ellipse gt Rectangular In a similar way squares should be drawn as polygons using Draw gt Polygon gt Parallelogram The reason for this is that the program only makes the current view available as an aid to drawing You are actually drawing in the dimetric view and have to use the commands which draw objects correctly in this view Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 211 The Cube Coordinate Systems Each drawing window uses a different coordinate system These systems must first be set up Do this by choosing View gt Coordinate Systems gt Edit Click on New to set up a new coordinate system Give the first system the number 2 and the description Dimetric 1 left view Create a further two systems numbered 3 and 4 named Dimetric 1 right view and Dimetric 1 plan view Next you have to apply the coordinate systems to the different windows Click on a name and then on the View button You can then choose the corresponding dimetric representation The names of the coordinate systems are the same as the representations ean ae dimetric left view Figure 1 After you have generated all three new coordinate systems choose coordinate system 1 Drawing amp Dimension and leave the dialog In order to apply the newly generated coordinate systems to the small windows click on the upper left corner of the relevant window The window number
179. truction Aid line Repeat this for each of the four lines Figure 4 Figure 4 The basic structure of the table has now been set out Next put a line of text into the upper left cell Use Lettering gt Text gt Standard and enter Line Type The text should be left aligned and 5 mm high in the example the Arial TrueType font is used Close the dialog by clicking on OK and position the text the desired distance from the left edge To align the text vertically choose Shape gt Align Objects gt Centered Frame Vertical Identify the text and with Corner Endpoint and Midpoint snapping modes active click on the top right and bottom right corners of the box surrounding the text see Figure 5 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 171 Linetype Figure 5 This text can be used as a template and be copied into all the relevant cells using Construction gt Multiple Copy gt Gradual Identify the existing piece of text and choose the upper left corner of the field as the reference point The start point also lies at the top left corner A and the finishing point lies at the field s lower right corner B Choose six linear steps and click on OK Figure 6 Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Linetype Figure 6 Use Lettering gt Text gt Standard and enter Line Width Line Groups
180. ttings Button 0 tip Left Mouse Click Left Mouse Button Command Level 1 Button 1 Double Left Mouse Click Nothing Button 2 Right Mouse Click Right Mouse Button Command Level 2 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 10 Information Load Assignment and Print Template only CAD6 Choose the Construction gt Digitizer gt Load Assignment command and load one of the digitizer assignment files located in the Documents Malz Kassner CAD6 Setting directory Which file to load depends on your digitizer s size 8 x 6 inches digitizer DIGIT 6 DIG 12 x 12 inches digitizer or larger DIGIT12 DIG Finally you should load and print the command template for your digitizer This template contains all predefined command fields available Malz Kassner CAD6 normally uses only a small area in the center of the digitizer to map the screen The remaining area is divided into small square fields each of which is linked to a command If a field is clicked on the associated command is carried out as if it had been selected from the menu The digitizer templates are normal drawings that can be printed using the Print Drawing or the Print Section command Depending on the digitizer s size load the following drawing file from the Documents Malz Kassner CAD6 Setting directory 8 x 6 inches digitizer DIGIT 6E MKD 12 x 12 inches digitizer or larger DIGIT12E MKD Print out the drawing with the Print to multiple sheets option enabled trim the she
181. uated as a numerical term but initially copied only Condition is a text which is interpreted as a numerical expression If the result of this expression is zero then the condition is considered to be false not fulfilled Any other result means the condition is true fulfilled If the first condition is true then the first statement Term1 or Text1 is executed otherwise the second Similarly for the non existence statement applies If the variable does not exist or if it is empty the first statement Term1 or Text1 is executed otherwise the second Term denotes a text which is evaluated as a numerical term control characters can be used to change the presentation of the result The result of a term evaluation is always a number which is written to the result text according to its type which is defined by the Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 51 control character An empty term always yields o If a syntax error occurs then the result text contains SYNTAX ERROR afterwards For rounding the number of decimal places set by the user is used If the decimal separator is not specified by the statement type the active decimal separator is applied If the result text is part of a text object which is displayed on screen printed or exported then the total text is evaluated as long as there are no more statements This also applies to the control texts of the CAM postprocessor That means the resulting total
182. uit Diagrames a EAEE O E AEE a 199 Dimetric and Isometric Drawing essesssssssessessessesessessessessesessesseseeses 210 Publisher Malz Kassner GmbH Authors Timo Bierbaum Leopoldstrasse 7a Olaf Kassner 38100 Braunschweig Stefan Malz Germany Phone 49 531 400 137 Design Stefan Malz Fax 49 531 400 138 www malz kassner com Order Code 20900 2 post malz kassner com This manual as well as the materials and data delivered with it have been created with the utmost care However we cannot guarantee that the manual is completely free of error Accordingly we cannot take liability for any direct or indirect damages No guarantee for errors and omissions Copyright Malz Kassner GmbH All rights reserved Malz Kassner is a registered trademark of Malz Kassner GmbH in Germany No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or information storage or retrieval system with the express written permission All trademarks are property of their respective owners Printed in Germany Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Information 5 Chapter 1 Information Conventions in This Reference The following conventions are used throughout the reference ce Q D A Click SHIFT KEY1 KEY2 X 10042 3 Italic MKCAD6 MKD Options Shape gt Modify Objects Very important You should really read this Note
183. use Library gt Block gt Resolve Block Instances to break it into objects Remove the circle using Shape gt Delete Objects or the DELETE key Read the altered block back into the Electronic Library using Library gt Block gt Create Insertion Point If you did not have the grid active activate Corner Endpoint snapping mode to put the insertion point at the left hand connector Give the block the name NPN Transistor New to distinguish it from the old one Save the altered version of the library by choosing Library gt Library Management and choosing Save in the dialog Load your drawing Circuit mkd Using the command Library gt Replace Block you can specify which block in the loaded drawing should be replaced by the new block Choose the blocks by clicking on Choose and then selecting the blocks in the library dialog All blocks with the old name will automatically be replaced by the new block This operation can be restricted to permanently selected objects by activating the Selection Only check box Method 2 The second method is to directly overwrite the old block with the new one This has the risk that blocks which you did not mean to alter will be altered One advantage is that when the drawing is opened it will already have been altered automatically The procedure is similar to the first method except that the altered block is saved under the same name as the old one it is not saved separately
184. w a horizontal Construction Aid line through the upper quadrant point of the Construction Aid circle Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical to draw horizontal Construction Aid lines 102 mm below the Construction Aid line through the upper quadrant point and 38 mm below the horizontal center Construction Aid line The Construction Aid should now look like Figure 1 Figure 1 Next construct parallels 12mm and 18 mm to the right and left of the central vertical Construction Aid line using Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Parallel numerical Figure 2 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 127 at et aiai a Se ee Figure 2 Draw a parallel Construction Aid line 2mm above the bottom horizontal Construction Aid line Use the key combination SHIFT ESC to restart the command This new Construction Aid line will be used later when drawing the chamfered section Use Construction gt Construction Aid Endless Line gt Angle to Line to draw a line at 45 on the right side and 45 on the left side to indicate the position of the chamfer Use the intersection of the 12 mm vertical Construction Aid line with the new horizontal Construction Aid line S as the snapping point Repeat the process with the angle of 45 on the opposite side Figure 3 Figure 3 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 128 Examples Draw a horizontal Construction Aid line 24 mm above the
185. window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click the window s scale to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Select Coordinate System Use this submenu to select the active coordinate system for this drawing window see View gt Coordinate Systems gt List Edit Element Use this command to edit the elements associated to this button layers pens coordinate systems hatchings or pages in the appearing dialog Display Use this submenu to determine for which of the five elements layers pens coordinate systems hatchings or pages a selection button shall be displayed along with an insert of the element s name next to it Opacity Use this submenu to determine the opacity of the element names insert i e how much the drawing area shall be concealed Workflow Manager The Workflow Manager is a context sensitive menu that usually pops up if you click the right mouse button It offers a selection of commands that are useful at the moment To allow a fast workflow the most important command is always arranged closest to the mouse cursor If necessary the order of menu items is reversed to display the most important command at the bottom of the menu Once the workflow manager is open a right mouse click will display either the standard menu or the Popup Menu to select further commands Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 70 Scr
186. window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Insert Button Group This command can be used to insert an additional button group left to the clicked button group When inserting plain buttons those will initially be undefined Edit Button Assignment This command can be used to edit the tool button s assignment by choosing the desired command in the appearing menu depending on the choice either the menu a layer list or a pen list Move Button Group to Begin This command can be used to move the clicked button group to the beginning of the button list Move Button Group One Leftward This command can be used to move the clicked button group one step leftward Move Button Group One Rightward This command can be used to move the clicked button group one step rightward Move Button Group to End This command can be used to move the clicked button group to the end of the button list Delete Button Group This command can be used to delete the clicked button group All following button groups will be moved left one step Reset All Button Groups This command can be used to reset the command bar to its default assignment Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Command Bar on off Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 78 Screen Elements Placeable If this menu entry is checked then the window can be placed anywhere on the screen Ot
187. xt Page 1 of 16 9 Please note that variables have to be enclosed in characters to be evaluated for example a Database Requests Database requests are only available if the user has opened the corresponding database by means of the command Library gt Databases and serial printing is active Each cell of the database is considered to be a virtual variable which can be evaluated by means of a database request A database request has one of the following forms DatabaseName ColumnNumber RowNumber Gets the content of the cell in column ColumnNumber starting with 1 and row RowNumber starting with 1 of the database titled DatabaseName DatabaseName ColumnName RowNumber Gets the content of the cell in the column titled ColumnName and row RowNumber starting with 1 of the database titled DatabaseName DatabaseName ColumnNumber FindText FindColumnNumber Gets the content of the cell in column ColumnNumber starting with 1 and the row that contains the string FindText in column FindColumnNumber starting with 1 DatabaseName ColumnNumber FindText FindColumnName Gets the content of the cell in column ColumnNumber starting with 1 and the row that contains the string FindText in the column titled FindColumnName DatabaseName ColumnName FindText FindColumnNumber Gets the content of the cell in the column titled ColumnName and the row that contains the string FindTe
188. xt in column FindColumnNumber starting with 1 DatabaseName ColumnName FindText FindColumnName Gets the content of the cell in the column titled ColumnName and the row that contains the string FindText in the column titled FindCcolumnName If ColumnName FindText or FindColumnName starts with as asterisk the search method will be case insensitive partial match If not the search method will be case sensitive complete match In order to access the default internal database of the current database use an asterisk only as database name To access another internal database use an asterisk followed by the internal database s name e g Partslist1 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 42 Introduction Example Code sequence in the text Products Description 53790 Part No Possibly displayed text Switch Shape C small black Explanation Technically the application uses the database titled Products In this database it first searches for a column titled Part No i e a column containing exactly the phrase Part No in its top cell In that column it searches for a cell containing the text 53790 Once found it stores the row number where it found that cell Then it searches for a column titled Description i e a column containing exactly the phrase Description in its top cell and takes the content of the cell in this colu
189. y a control character which defines the type of the statement The result of the evaluation is a text which is then used to replace the corresponding statement text If the resulting text is empty the statement text is deleted The assignment and the comment statement have no result text here the statement text is always deleted Overview of Statement Types Functional Statements Var Term Assignment statement term evaluation Var Text Assignment statement text copying Condition Term1 Term2 Conditional statement term evaluation Condition Text1 Text2 Conditional statement text copying Var Term1 Term2 Non existence statement term evaluation Var Text1 Text2 Non existence statement text copying Text Text or empty text statement respectively Comment Comment statement Numerical Term Statements yield the result of the term evaluation Term Maximum number of decimal places Term Rounded Term Rounded decimal point Term Rounded decimal comma Term Rounded decimal point always with sign amp Term Rounded decimal comma always with sign Term Integer C Type Statements yield the result of the term evaluation f Term Floating point value g Term Exponential value d Term Signed integer value x Term Unsigned hexadecimal value b Term Unsigned binary value Var here means variable name without tilde characters Text denotes a text which is not eval
190. y by preceded with a single sign unary operator r Sign Example 8 result 8 2 result 2 This unary operator always yields 0 operand not equal 0 or 1 operand is 0 as result Logical NOT Example result 1 12 result AA Power Example 2 8 result 256 Multiplication Example 3 4 result 12 2a 2 result 512 Division Example 8 2 result 4 8 2 4 result 16 Addition Example 8 2 result 10 8 2 4 result 16 Subtraction Example 10 2 result 8 Operators in this group always yield 1 true or O false as result lt Less than Examples 1 lt 2 result 1 8 lt 5 result lt Less or equal Examples 2 lt 2 result 1 8 lt 5 result gt Greater than Examples 1 gt 0 result 1 5 gt 8 result Greater or equal Examples 1 gt 1 result 1 5 gt 8 result lt Equal Examples 1 1 result 1 5 8 result l Unequal Examples 1 0 result 1 5l 5 result amp Bitwise AND Example 24815 result 8 Bitwise OR Example 16 8 result 24 e Bitwise XOR Example 24 31 result 7 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Introduction 47 Operators in this group always yield 1 true or O false as result any operand not equal 0 is interpreted as true 0 means false amp amp Logical AND Examples 1 amp amp result 1 0 amp amp 1 result Logical OR Examples 5 result 1 ojlo result By means of parentheses you can enf
191. y sequences and what the application is expecting from you Context Menu The plug in window has a context menu from which certain settings relating to it can be changed Right click inside the window to open it The following commands are available partly depending on the clicked position Visible Use this command to hide the window To show it again use Window gt Guide on off Rearrange Pushes the window into one of the four corners of the workspace The guide window is normally in the lower right corner of the drawing window Save Position If this menu entry is checked then the window position will be saved when leaving the program The next time that the program is started it appears in the same place on the screen The position is saved relative to the whole screen Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 90 Screen Elements Popup Menu Line gt Standard me BIB Ga oN F BEN AX Ne Le CES A T he le Stal as The popup menu is a graphical menu which uses icons to represent commands instead of text descriptions It always appears at the position of the mouse pointer The popup menu is structured in the same way as the normal menu it has the same menus menu entries and submenus as the normal menu Choosing a command can follow the same procedure as using the text menus Firstly the menu is chosen from the upper area the menu entries and submenus from that menu appear in the central area Choosing a menu e
192. z Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 163 To construct a housing wall with a thickness of 6 mm choose Draw gt Line gt Equidistant Enter 6 mm in the dialog which appears To draw an equidistant line first of all identify the reference element and then specify which side of the reference element the equidistant line should run Do this for all of the elements which require it The exceptions are the two circular arcs on the right and the right hand vertical line between them Draw an equidistant line 9 mm to the inside of this line Figure 13 Figure 13 Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual 164 Examples In the area where the 9 mm equidistant line and the 6 mm equidistant line intersect both lines have to be rounded with a 4 mm radius This is done using Trim gt Round Edge Outer Arc gt Object Object Enter 4 mm into the dialog and identify both lines at the end to be rounded Figure 14 Figure 14 This completes drawing of the gear housing wall In order to hatch it choose the Draw gt Hatching gt Generated Surface command Malz Kassner CAD6 User s Manual Examples 165 Now identify all the visible objects Either press F10 SHIFT Q or press the SHIFT key and drag a rectangle round all the objects For each contour to be recognized a reference point has to be placed near to it So place one reference point close inside the inner housing wall and one point close outside the outer housing wall Then term

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