Grapple Designer

Description

The Grapple Designer allows parts to be designed in full 3D. Parts are created by clicking and dragging the grapple tool around to define the angles, rotations, and lengths of the part.

How To

Start Up

To access this designer, click the grapple button on the start up page. This will open up a new, blank part design.

Part Design

Once a new linear dynamic part design window has been opened, a new part can be created.

First, a die and material should be chosen. This can be done by clicking on the drop down menus next to the die and material icons in the top left corner of the screen.

If any cut-off is necessary, enter the amount needed into the start and end cut-off fields. The first/top field represents the cut-off at the start of the part and the second/bottom field represents the cut-off at the end of the part.

Now a part can be designed by clicking and dragging the grapple handles in the direction

Controls and Options

To adjust the scale at which the part is being viewed in the part display, click either the large, medium, or small scale buttons . See images below for an explanation of each scale.

Notes can be attached to the part design project using the note button .

To add another bend to the part, click the add bend button .

The auto-zoom option can be turned on or off using the auto-zoom button . When activated, auto-zoom will zoom in or out to accommodate the size of the part. For example, if a length is originally 200 and is changed to 2000, it may extend past the part display's extend. Auto-zoom will zoom out to make sure the whole part is visible.

To completely start over and delete the whole part design, click the start over button .

To delete the last bend that was added to the part, click the delete bend button .