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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] New - Pulldown Menus ===
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Pulldown menus are added to Benderlink for SolidWorks.
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] New - Open Bender Data in Explorer Feature ===
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A new button that allows you to open and explorer with the Windows Explorer has been added to the top of the main screen:
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] New - Bend Reduction Formula Editor ===
 
===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] New - Bend Reduction Formula Editor ===
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Predicting elongation in a tube shape requires complex mathematics that changes per customer application.  Benderlink for SolidWorks now allows operators to program their Bend Reduction formula into the program.  This is the Bend Reduction Function editor:
 
Predicting elongation in a tube shape requires complex mathematics that changes per customer application.  Benderlink for SolidWorks now allows operators to program their Bend Reduction formula into the program.  This is the Bend Reduction Function editor:
 
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The editor is very powerful because it allows you to enter action Pascal code to define the function that returns the adjusted arc lengths.  This is an example bend reduction program included with Benderlink:
 
  
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Read details about the editor here: [[Bend Reduction Editor]]
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  BendAllowance: real;
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  NewArc := ((BendAllowance * blinksw(OD) + (PI/2 * (blinksw(CLR)-0.5 * blinksw(OD) ))) / 90) * blinksw(BENDANGLE);
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  //MessageDlg('New Arc Length: ' + floattostr(NewArc), mtInformation, [mbOK], 0);
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] Redesigned - Send Data To Bender Menu ===
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Objects have been re-arranged in the menus to allow for more logical placement on the screen in Benderlink.  Objects have been removed this menu for simplification.  Also: A new "Current Bender Number" label is added to help quickly identify which bender is being communicated with.
 
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The value returned is called the "result". At the bottom of the code (just before the "end;" line), the
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===[[image:Check.jpg|25px]] New - SVNET Setup Menu ===
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Objects have been re-arranged in the menus to allow for more logical placement on the screen in Benderlink.  Objects have been moved new SVNET Setup menu
 
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There are three sub-menus in the SVNET menu:
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#Network Path - Setup for the common SVNET path for communications
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#Client - Setup for features where Benderlink calls out to the bender or sends data to the bender.
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#Server - Setup for Benderlink's ability to respond to commands from the bender.
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[[image:Blinksw_svnet_networkpath_setup.jpg|500px]]
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==Other Pages==
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*Back to the [[Benderlink for SolidWorks]] page
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*The [[Bend Reduction Editor]] page describes how to use the editor

Latest revision as of 13:40, 7 March 2008

Blinkswlogo.jpg

Solidworkslogo.png

Contents


Check.jpg New - Pulldown Menus

Pulldown menus are added to Benderlink for SolidWorks.

Blinksw filemenu.jpg

Check.jpg New - Open Bender Data in Explorer Feature

A new button that allows you to open and explorer with the Windows Explorer has been added to the top of the main screen:

Blinksw openexplorer.jpg



Check.jpg New - Bend Reduction Formula Editor

Blinksw bendreductionfunction pullmenu.jpg

Predicting elongation in a tube shape requires complex mathematics that changes per customer application. Benderlink for SolidWorks now allows operators to program their Bend Reduction formula into the program. This is the Bend Reduction Function editor:

Blinksw bendreductionfunction menu.jpg

Read details about the editor here: Bend Reduction Editor


Check.jpg Redesigned - Send Data To Bender Menu

Objects have been re-arranged in the menus to allow for more logical placement on the screen in Benderlink. Objects have been removed this menu for simplification. Also: A new "Current Bender Number" label is added to help quickly identify which bender is being communicated with.

Blinksw senddatatobender menu.jpg



Check.jpg New - SVNET Setup Menu

Objects have been re-arranged in the menus to allow for more logical placement on the screen in Benderlink. Objects have been moved new SVNET Setup menu

There are three sub-menus in the SVNET menu:

  1. Network Path - Setup for the common SVNET path for communications
  2. Client - Setup for features where Benderlink calls out to the bender or sends data to the bender.
  3. Server - Setup for Benderlink's ability to respond to commands from the bender.



Blinksw svnet networkpath setup.jpg

Blinksw svnet client setup.jpg

Blinksw svnet server setup.jpg


Other Pages

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