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You can use the unmachined / finished part report [Unmachined / Finished part report] to determine suitable unmachined parts for the production of a finished part. For example, an engineer needs a special flange. He therefore searches for blanks from which the flange can be produced in order to avoid the unnecessary production (and creation) of a new blank. This process is time-consuming because the parts have to be superimposed one after the other in CAD.
With PARTsolutions "Search for unmachined parts" you can do this much faster.
The search detects, whether a part is completely contained in another part: The finished part has to be smaller than the unmachined part, so that it can be produced by removing wasted material. As soon as the extensions of the finished part exceed the ones of the unmachined part only at a certain point, it cannot be used at all or at least badly.
The search calculates the volume of the material to remove (waste). The less material to remove, the higher the ranking in the result list, because this criterion is determining for the manufacturing costs.
The reverse search is also possible: Which finished parts can be produced from a certain unmachined part?
In search result or in part comparison, missing material (more or less an exclusion criterion) or waste is marked in red.
The function is explained below using an example:
Depending on whether you want to search for raw parts or finished parts, select the desired project or directory in the index tree and select the context menu command Analysis -> Create raw / finished part analysis.... [Create unmachined/finished part analysis...]
In this example, suitable unmachined parts are to be found for a specific finished part. Select a finished part and click on the context menu command Analysis -> Create unmachined / finished part analysis.... [Create unmachined/finished part analysis...]
-> The dialog box Raw part analysis [Unmachined part analysis] is opened.
Choose between the following options:
This example uses Search for raw parts [Search for unmachined parts]. Leave the other default settings as they are. Detailed information on the setting options can be found at Section 3.1.13.3.1, “ "Stock analysis " dialog: Setting options”.
Activate the desired directories in the dialog area Unfinished parts to be searched [Unmachined parts to search] (Finished parts to be searched [Finished parts to search] ).
-> The creation of the report is started. You will be informed about the progress in the dialog box Ongoing report generation on the server [Running report generations on server].
Once the report creation is finished the result is shown on the tabbed page for search results.
Optionally, you can open the component comparison [Part comparison] by clicking on the Compare with search part [Compare to search-part] button.
Various 3D comparisons [3D comparison] show in detail where material needs to be removed.
Details on the component comparison can be found underSection 3.1.6.10, “ Part comparison ”
