Flexlink Configura Bedienungsanleitung

Tutorial Last updated: 9/13/2004

Conveyor System Type Having selected a conveyor system at the top of the Customized Conveyor tab (XL, XM, XB, XH or XK), you will only be able to ma

A. Stretch the beam while positioning: Move the beam close to the drive unit until the two components snap. Continue to press and hold the left mouse

2. Move the mouse pointer to determine the direction and the angle of the bend. Click to confirm. Vertical Section The Vertical Section component w

Support Module The Support Module drop-down list will only display the available options for the selected conveyor system. CC Foot When using the Au

The Guide Rail Properties dialog box. System/Type This information field displays the selected conveyor system. Bracket/Type, Guide Rail and Gu

No. of distance (W min/max) The number of supplementary distance pieces required to widen the distance between the guide rails, i.e. to give place t

Auto Guide Rail The Auto Guide Rail component automatically places the number of guide rails required for the conveyor system, all in one step. Guide

Std Conveyor Modules The Std Conveyor Modules tab contains Flexlink’s standard conveyor systems. The layout and the settings on the tab are similar

EM Modules The EM Modules tab contains Flexlink’s EM conveyor systems. The layout and the settings on the tab are similar to the Customized Conveyor

Pallet Conveyor The Pallet Conveyor tab contains pallet-handling systems. The layout and the settings on the tab are very similar to the Customized

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Conveyor Components A Divert, Merge or a combined Divert/Merge component can be connected alongside or to the ends of an existing beam on the drawing

Proceed as follows: 1. Move the reference point to the drawing area. Move it to the end of the main conveyor and click when it snaps. 2. Type in th

Enclosure System The Enclosure System tab contains a selection of Flexlink’s aluminum profiles and accessories for building partitions and hinged or

Doors Select the Hinged Door and move close to the panel that has already been placed on the drawing surface. Let the components snap, choose the doo

Company Menu The five most important menu items in the Company menu are the following: Preferences, Quotation Information, Estimate Sheet, Import

In the Estimate Type field, you can select between the following options: - Optimization Determine whether you want to calculate order quantity by e

Proceed as follows: 1. Browse for the Excel document. 2. Check the Modification date. This field tells you when the Excel files were changed the la

Positioning Components Using the Positioning Components heading on the Tools tab, you can enclose components on the drawing area that are to be spec

Exporting Options in the Print Dialog The Print dialog contains all the FlexLink export options. Save Draw Area as PDF This will save the drawi

Open. Microsoft Word will now automatically open the new Word document that was created and necessary changes can later be done. 29 © Copyright Con

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Exercise 1: Building a Two-Way Conveyor System In this exercise we will build a simple two-way system, change system length, add supports and guide r

automatically add the required guide rails to your system. Render an image to view the result. Result in 3D 12. In order to

Exercise 2: Building a One-Way Conveyor System Using Help Lines Using help lines to build a one-way conveyor system is a useful technique when you h

8. Now add Beams to the left, bottom and right side. 9. Add a beam in the upper left corner. Select a Catenary drive unit, 20 (m/min) under Dr

Exercise 3: Adding a Subordinated Conveyor to a Main Pallet Conveyor This exercise will guide you through the steps adding a subordinated conveyor to

10. Select the Merge component. Move the mouse pointer close to the second reference point and point with the arrow exactly to the blue point and

Exercise 4: Adding a Satellite to a Main Pallet Conveyor This exercise will teach you how to add a satellite to a main XK pallet conveyor. ----

15. Finally, add the pallets. 37 © Copyright Configura Sverige AB 2004. All rights reserved. Reproduction, copying or distribution to a third pa

Exercise 4: Pasting a Rendered Image Into the Drawing After you have rendered a 3D image you can paste it onto the drawing. -----------------------

Exercise 5: Printing the Drawing Using a Print Frame The Print Frame makes it easier to position the drawing layout on the paper. You place the frame

Introduction Configura is the leading graphical product configurator on the market. Configura will help you design and visualize your products and p

several print frames, and want to print them all, check the radio button All print frames. 12. Check the Frame box to add a black frame around the d

21. When you print several print frames, you can print each one at a different scale and on a separate printer. Note: If you accidentally close the

Basic Principles of Configura Together with your product knowledge, learning the basics of Configura will enable you to quickly start using the progr

Control Panel Selecting the language in which you would like to run the program is one of the first settings that you have to do after installing th

moving the mouse pointer to (Note: You do not need to keep the mouse button pressed down!) to the drawing area and clicking the component in the posi

point, keep the mouse button down and drag to desired length/width. Some components can be stretched immediately when they are been placed on the dra

Customized Conveyor On the Customized Conveyor tab you customize a conveyor system from the start. In this documentation, this tab is therefore used