Tools Tab

Overview

The Tools tab allows you to create tool types. Tools are mounted on the carriers to hold the products during the transport.

Legend item	Description	Refer to
1	The table view displays the main properties of tool types.	Table View
2	The header row is used for creating, copying, deleting, importing, and exporting tool types.	Header Row
3	The Properties area is used for displaying and editing detailed properties of tool types.	Properties
4	The View area displays the selected tool type in a simplified 3-D graphical representation.	View
5	The cube with U, D, B, F, R, or L is used for selecting a pre-defined view of the tool type.	View
6	The 3-D coordinate system icon represents the 3-D coordinate system of the tool type.	View

Header Row

Element	Description
Tools:	Displays the total number of tools created.
Create button	Creates a tool type. The created tool types are displayed in the table view.
Copy button	Copies the tool type selected in the table view. The suffix _NN is appended to the name of the copied tool type.
Delete button	Deletes the tools selected in the table view.
More	Provides commands for export / import: Export Selected... Execute this command to export a configuration file (XML) for the selected tool type. Export All... Execute this command to export a configuration file (XML) for all of the tool types. Import... Execute this command to import a tool type configuration file (XML).

Table View

The table view displays the main properties of the tool types:

Property	Description
Name	Name of the tool type
Description	Description of the tool type
Size	Size of the tool type in X, Y, and Z direction
The properties can be modified in the Properties part of the tab.

Click in a table cell to select a tool type created in the Tool tab.

Properties

The Properties part of the tab displays detailed properties of the selected tool type. You can edit the properties and modify the shape of the tool type.

Property	Description
Name	Name of the tool type
Description	Description of the tool type
Parts	Information on the parts that constitute the tool type Select a part from the list to focus on it in the View area. You can also create, copy, delete, and edit boxes and prisms to build a tool type. Refer to the Properties (Details) section.
Size (mm)	Calculated overall size of the tool type in X, Y, and Z direction

View

The View area displays the tool types in a simplified 3-D graphical representation.

Element	Description
3-D coordinate system icon	Represents the 3-D coordinate system of the tool type (see legend item 6 in the figure).
Cube U, D, B, F, R, L	Serves to select a pre-defined view of the tool type (see legend item 5 in the figure). If the view of the tool type is rotated, click one of the cube sides to display the tool type in a pre-defined view: U = Up view D = Down view B = Back view F = Front view R = Right view L = Left view Double-click a side of the cube to display the opposite view of the tool type. For example, double-clicking the U (Up view) displays the D (Down view). You can also use the keyboard. Click Shift+Ctrl+U (D, B, F, R, L).
Reset View	Displays the tool type in the up view. The whole tool type is centered in the View area.
?	Displays a help text for zooming, rotating, and moving the tool type in the View area. Click ? again to hide the help text.

Zooming, rotating, and moving the track in the View area:

Zooming:
- Use the Page Up / Page Down keys of the keyboard.
- Use the scroll wheel of the mouse.
- Hold down the Ctrl key, hold down the right mouse button, and move the mouse.
Rotating:
- Use the arrow keys of the keyboard.
- Hold down the right mouse button, and move the mouse.
Moving:
- Hold down the Shift key, and use the arrow keys of the keyboard.
- Hold down the Shift key, hold down the right mouse button, and move the mouse.
- Hold down the scroll wheel of the mouse, and move the mouse.

Properties (Details)

You can build a tool type from boxes and prisms.

A box is defined by:

Location: X,Y,Z
Size: X,Y,Z

A prism is a body with the following properties:

The upper and lower sides (called bases) are polygons in the X-Y plane with the same size and shape.
The lateral sides are perpendicular.

A prism is defined by:

Location: X,Y,Z

The location defines the starting point of the lower side polygon.
Height: Z

The height is the distance between the upper and lower base.
Points:

The Points list displays the points of a polygon at the base of the prism.

To add a point, click the + button, to remove a point from the polygon of the prism, click the - button.
Point <n>: X, Y

Displays the point of the polygon that is selected in the Points list. It displays Point 1 and greater as the starting point is defined by Location: X,Y,Z.

Creating a left tool type (example):

Step	Action	Result / Comment
1	Click the Create Box button.	A box is displayed in the View area.
2	Enter the following values:	Box 1: Location: 0,0,0 Size: 50,100,5
3	Create three boxes and enter the following values:	Box 2: Location: 0,5,5 Size: 5,90,15 Box 3: Location: 0,0,5 Size: 50,5,15 Box 4: Location: 0,95,5 Size: 50,5,15

Creating a right tool type:

Create a right tool type in the same way: Repeat steps 1...3, but enter the following values for box 2:

Box 2:

Location: 45,5,5
Size: 5,90,15