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News Release from: Lantek Sheet Metal Solutions | Subject: Lantek Flex3D Tubes software
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 May 2003
3D software gives true vision of
profiled tube
Intended for the design and cutting of tubes and profiles, software gives the user a true vision of the result, which will be obtained when the tube or profile is machine-cut.
Lantek Flex3D Tubes is a specific application from the Lantek Flex3D family of products for the design and cutting of tubes and profiles It is a stand-alone application and no additional software is needed to work with it
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Lantek Flex3D Tubes allows for simple and intuitive 3D design, giving the user a true vision of the result which will be obtained when the tube or profile is machine-cut.
The system is parametric.
It allows for the values of any of the operations carried out to be changed, including the modification of the initial design parameters of the tube or profile (lengthening, shortening, change of diameter, etc.) Once the design stage is complete, the user can simulate the path followed by the cutting tool, or can directly generate the numeric control programme in order to send it to the machine.
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Technical characteristics: * Lantek Flex3D Tubes gives a realistic display of the tube or profile on the computer screen.
* The zoom, the views and the rotation tools allow for a general view or for centring on the details of the design.
* Lantek Flex3D offers the user the possibility of creating standard tubes based on his own parameters.
Apart from cylindrical, rectangular, triangular tubes, etc., the user can design tube types adapted to his needs from 2D outlines.
* The 2D design options allow for the design or import of the desired geometry, either to model a hole or place it on the tube.
* Dynamic coordinate system specifically for tubes.
This tool offers multiple options for positioning the coordinate system.
Design options: * Complete or partial chamfers on either of the two ends of the tube.
* Possibility of creating any type of hole (round, rectangular - ), whether it is a through hole or not, at any point of the tube or profile, at any angle.
The user can import a 2D geometry, or design it on the 2D module and project it onto the tube in order to create the hole.
* If the tube intersects at either of its ends with another tube, Lantek Flex3D Tubes can easily calculate this intersection.
* With Lantek Flex3D Tubes, a 2D geometry can be projected onto the tube so that the geometry is "placed" on the outside of the tube and adapts to its shape.
* The data for any operation carried out can be consulted and modified at any moment.
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