The information below is from the configuration file in C:\Program Files\Autodesk\PowerShapexxxxx\file\electrode.
This file enables you to configure the electrode detail sheet and additional custom sheets contained in the electrode_template file.
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Option |
Description |
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<drawing name>-name |
The name of the sheet |
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<drawing name>-suppress |
Whether to ignore this template |
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<drawing name>-show_holders |
Show the electrode holders |
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<drawing name>-show_part |
Show the part (active solid) |
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<drawing name>-resize |
Resize view (if part added) |
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<drawing name>-show_balloon |
Show a coordinate balloon |
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<drawing name>-balloon_fontsize |
Font size to use in balloon (mm height) |
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<drawing name>-show_burnvector |
Annotate burn vector if appropriate |
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<drawing name>-show_dimensions |
Show dimensioned box around electrode |
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<drawing name>-dimension_fontsize |
Font size to use in dimensions (mm ht) |
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<drawing name>-workplane |
Orientation of created view(s) |
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Value |
Description |
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active |
Relative to active workplane [default] Electrode appears skewed and/or twisted if there is a burn vector and/or rotation of the base |
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electrode |
Relative to electrode. Rotation and burn vectors have no effect on orientation of the electrode in the view |
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world |
Relative to world |
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machining |
Relative to workplane created for machining orientation. This is similar to electrode, but flipped in Z |
If you do not specify a value, the defaults used are as follows:
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Option |
Default value |
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name |
Custom Setup Sheet (or translated equivalent) |
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suppress |
false |
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show_holders |
true |
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show_part |
false |
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resize |
true |
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show_balloon |
false |
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balloon_fontsize |
3.0 |
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show_burnvector |
false |
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show_dimensions |
false |
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dimension_fontsize |
3.0 |
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workplane |
active |
If the drawing contains more than one view, you can override each option for each of the views. To do this, add -view<n> to the end of the option.
For example,
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my_drawing-resize-view2 : false |
do not resize the second view in sheet created from my_drawing |
If you do not want to lose any changes made next time PowerShape is installed, copy the modified file into your shareddb directory.
Remove the following line or change to true if you want to customise the drawings generated from electrode_detail_setup_sheet template:
customise_detail_sheet: false
Example Custom Sheet: Combined GA/Detail sheet
To generate a combined setup sheet for each electrode, remove the following option below. Alternatively, you can add // at the beginning of the line to comment out the option so that it is ignored.
electrode_combined_setup_sheet-suppress: true