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true in VISI 20. The software’s propri- etary component builders reportedly enable rapid and accurate placement of each standard component and ensure that modifications can be made at any stage during the project. Each compo- nent has a full list of editable parame- ters enabling essential adjustments to suit individual tooling requirements, including creation of clearance holes for each component. In addition, all components come with manufactur- ing-data attributes and a full parts-list itinerary.
Additional time savings come
thanks to the ability to access data for
use on future jobs. In VISI 20, “we improved the tool-building engine,
where users can create a set of rules pertaining to each customer’s require-
ments,” Bragg explains. “For example,
what types of materials does Customer
A require as opposed to Customer B?
Plugging that into the tool list allows
users to gain efficiency on each job.
Users do not have to redo the work; time.”
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A new feature for Logopress3: the ability to automatically color the face of a hole when placing a dowel. The user can easily teach the software to automatically color press-fit holes red, slip-fit holes green and drilled holes—such as counter-drilled clearance for a dowel—yellow. The software then will default to use these colors each time the designer adds a dowel to the die.
instead, they have everything at their fingertips. They can create require- ments once, associate it to the tool wizard, and gain the benefit of having that information available for the next
Increasingly, software, besides accepting a greater variety of imported files, packs more into its offerings. VISI 20, for instance, introduces a Flange On Curve command that allows nonlin- ear-bend unfolding.
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