| Command Name |
Function |
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| Align Cavity |
| Align two cavities
on the manifold. |
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| Two cavities on same
face will be aligned on the coordinate with shortest
misalignment. |
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| Two cavities on perpendicular
faces will be aligned on the common coordinate. |
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| Assembly Interface |
Automatically assemble all the components on to the
manifold.
MDTools creates all the required constraints and assembles
the components at the correct location. |
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| Angular Connection |
Create connection between two cavities by an angled
drill.
MDTools creates an angled drill to make the best possible
connection between the two selected cavities. |
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| Auto Dimensioning |
Automatically dimension all the cavity locations on
all six views of manifold machining drawing. |
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| Connect to Cavity |
Interactively create connections between two cavities.
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| Connection Check |
Check the connectivity inside the manifold. Easily
find out the dead area intersections inside the block.
For example, locate any holes cutting outside the port
area of a cartridge valve cavity. |
|
| (Un) Constrain Cavities |
| Constrain a cavity
to another cavity on the manifold so that they
can be relocated together. This entails automatic
update of the coordinates of one cavity when other
cavity is relocated |
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| Un-constrain the
cavities to relocate them independently. |
|
|
| Copy Cavity |
Copy an existing cavity/footprint to a new location
on the manifold. All the parameters including the connectivity
information will be copied to the new cavity. |
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| Copy Multiple |
Copy multiple cavities/footprints simultaneously by
specifying the displacement on their common coordinates. |
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| Cut & Paste |
Relocate the cavity/footprint from one face of the
manifold to another manifold face. |
|
| Delete Cavity |
Automatically delete the complete cavity/footprint.
All the features used to create the cavity/footprint
in Inventor will be automatically deleted. |
|
| Design Report |
Perform connection and wall thickness checks and automatically
create a detailed design report. |
|
Display/Hide
Cavity ID |
Displays the Cavity ID at the center of cavity. This
will enable user to easily identify the cavity on the
manifold.Also display/hide Cavity ID of cavities on
all faces / cavities on selected faces / single selected
cavity. |
|
| Draw Block |
Draw the manifold block in Inventor based on the required
manifold length, width, and height entered; or by selection
of required material cross section from an existing
material ‘X-section database, and input of the
corresponding length. |
|
| Edit Cavity |
Change the non-intrinsic cavity dimensions inside
Inventor. Also select the tool (Drill or Spot face tool)
from tooling knowledge base. This will help you avoid
use of non-standard drills and spot faces. |
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| Edit All Parameters |
View and change the entire cavity dimensions and other
parameters inside Inventor. Edit Also select the tool
(Drill or Spot face tool) from tooling knowledge base. |
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| Edit Under Cut |
Edit/change all the dimensions used for creating an
under cut in a cartridge valve cavity. |
|
| Edit O-ring Groove |
Edit/change all dimension used to create an O-ring
groove on the manifold face. |
|
| Edit Slot |
Edit/change the all the parameters that have been
used for creating the slot. |
|
| Find Safe Area |
Locate position / area on a selected manifold face
where a cavity can be placed to connect to a selected
net. |
|
| Flush Cavities |
Automatically flush construction plugs below manifold
surface by increasing the spot face depth of the cavity.
Either flush single selected cavity or all the cavities
on a selected face. |
|
| Get Wall Thickness |
Check the wall thickness around a single selected
cavity.
MDTools will check the wall thickness between the selected
cavity and all other cavities on the manifold. If the
actual wall thickness is less than the specified value,
the problem cavity names will be listed with the actual
wall thickness shown in parenthesis. |
|
Generate
Machining ID |
Automatically generate machining ID for all the cavities
on the manifold based on the selected naming option.Three
naming options are provided and user can select as needed.
These ID’s are used in the block machining drawing
and machining chart. |
|
Hide/Show
Cavity Center |
Change the visibility of cavity center points. |
|
| Insert Cavity |
Select and Insert a cavity/footprint from the standard
cavity/footprint library onto a selected face of the
manifold. |
|
| Insert Under Cut |
Create an under cut in a cartridge valve cavity port. |
|
| Insert Slot |
Create a slot in a cavity. |
|
| Insert O-ring Groove |
Create an o-ring groove around a bare hole on a manifold
surface. |
|
| Insert Mounting Holes |
Insert four mounting holes on a selected manifold
face at specified spacing and distance from the edges. |
|
| Insert Offset Hole |
Insert an offset from cavity center drill hole into
a manifold. |
|
| Insert Orifice Plug |
Insert an orifice plug at the bottom and center of
a cavity on the manifold. MDTools automatically updates
the spot face depth of the orifice cavity so that it
starts from the bottom of the main cavity. |
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| Machining Chart |
Automatically extract the machining data from all
the cavities and create a machining chart. |
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| Manufacturing & Tooling |
Check the design for manufacturing and tool limitations. |
|
| Modify Block |
Modify the block manifold size if needed during the
manifold design process. Select a new material cross
section from an existing material cross-section database,
or specify the required change in manifold length, width,
and height. |
|
| Move Cavity |
Precisely relocate a cavity by specifying the X and
Y ordanates from the face origin.
Also relocate a cavity by entering the incremental X
and Y displacements. |
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| Move Multiple |
Move multiple cavities on the manifold simultaneously
by entering a displacement along their common axis.
· Cavities on the same or opposite faces can
be moved on two coordinates
· Cavities on
perpendicular faces can be moved on one coordinate. |
|
| Net Display |
Display the nets (flow paths) with different color.
This enables the user to visually check the connections
within the manifold. A user can also change the color
and the visibility of nets within the manifold. |
|
| Quick Connectivity Check |
Check for :
- Unconnected cavities/ports of cavities
- Broken nets
- Wrong connection inside manifold. Etc. |
|
| Rotate Footprint |
Rotate a footprint on the manifold surface. |
|
| Replace Cavity |
Replace a cavity located on the manifold with any
other cavity from the MDTools library. A new cavity
will be placed at the location of the existing cavity. |
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| Set Manufacturing Precision |
Change the precision for cavity location, drill depth
and the angle of angle holes. |
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| Settings |
Define setting for MDTools.
· Units: Set
the units as Inch or mm.
· Net Color: Set
the default color for the nets, bolts holes, locating
pin holes and dead area.
· Library Path:
Set the library path. |
|
| Swap Cavity |
Swap two cavities located on a manifold. The two cavities
replace each other. |
|
| Show Machining ID |
Automatically display the cavity ID near to the cavities
in 2D drawing views. |
|
| Update Block |
| Update a manifold
block created in MDTools 700 into MDTools 715
manifold block. All the cavities will be updated
as per MDTools 715 standard. |
|
| “Not relevant
for new users” |
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| Wall Thickness |
Measure the wall thickness between two cavities. |
|
| Wall Thickness Check |
Check the wall thickness
around all the cavities within the manifold. If the
wall thickness between the cavities is less than the
minimum specified value then wall thickness check will
list in parenthesis the actual wall thickness between
the problem cavities next to the cavity name. |