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User Manual Picador 3D® Welcome 1

User manual

Picador 3D ®


Table of contents

WELCOME 4

Prerequisites 4

Foreword 4

Technical support 4 Getting ready for technical support 4 To access our technical support department 4

PRESENTATION AND ERGONOMICS 5

Descriptif 5

Mouse conventions 5

CREATE A FOLDED PART FROM A 2D DRAWING 6

Prepare your 2D drawing 6

Automatic folding 7

3D animation of folding 9

Angles and folding step 10

Thickness and axis of folding 11

Material, Texture, Image 13 Material color 13 Insert Texture / Image 14

OTHER 3D OBJECTS 17

Create a 3D revolution type. 17

Create a 3D solid by extrusion 18

Import a 3D solid 19

3D ASSEMBLY 20

Overview of 3D assembly 20

Insert types in the 3D view 22

Global landmark – Local landmark 24

ANIMATION 3D 26

Overview of 3D animation 26


Sample scenario for an animation 29

Export an image 31

Export to the clipboard 32

Getting a projected wireframe view (2D) 33

3D INTERSECTIONS 34

Overview of 3D intersection 34

Example of intersection computation 34


Welcome

Prerequisites Packedia 3D runs on Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7. Minimal configuration required: 1.8GHz, 512 MB, SVGA 1024*768

Foreword Welcome to Packedia 3D. This guide was written for the sake of simplicity and accuracy in the information presented. For each function, you will find a description and step by step the progress of their implementation. When it was required, we have taken care to illustrate with examples detailing the features Packedia 3D ®

Packedia 3D brings the following features: - interactive 3D folding, - 3D assembly, - creation of extruded and revolution solids, - import of 3D objects, - computation of intersections of 3D objects and folded objects.

Technical support

Getting ready for technical support If you need assistance, please contact the technical support for Packedia 3D. Before calling, put yourself at your computer with your drawing to the screen. Be ready to provide the following information : The exact wording of messages that appear on your screen when problem occurs. A description of what happened and what you were doing at the time. What you have tried to do to solve the problem.

To access our technical support department Contact us by phone, fax or e-mail: Phone : +33 (0)1 41 42 19 36 Fax : +33 (0)1 41 42 18 84 E-mail : [email protected] Web site : www.picador.fr

mailto:[email protected]

http://www.picador.fr/

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Presentation and ergonomics

Descriptif Picador ® 3D is the folding module and assembly of 3D CAD/CAM software PICADOR®. It allows from a 2D drawing, to automatically interpret the cutting lines and folding, then allow the user to define the particular bend angles and the various folding steps. Picador3D also allows to assemble several pieces of a packaging or a POS, import 3D objects, animate objects together, to calculate the intersections between cutting folded objects and 3D objects.

Mouse conventions

The following table explains the basic terms associated with using the mouse.

To Do this

Point or Aim Move the mouse cursor on a face or an object

Click Click the mouse left button and release it

Double-click Quickly press twice the left mouse button and release it

Move Press the left mouse button and keep it pressed while moving the mouse cursor. Then release it.

Right click Click the right mouse button and release it.

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CREATE A FOLDED PART FROM A 2D DRAWING

Prepare your 2D drawing

3D fold

Group

Cut

Remove redundant entities

Groups toolbar

Connect

Change attributes


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Automatic folding

Once in the file loaded in Packedia 3D, create a foldable part using function

'Tools\Create a new foldable solid': The software then displays the following dialog :

Give a name to the part you are going to create. Then, select the face that needs to be used as a reference.

Créer un nouveau solide pliable Recadrer Import Texture (image)


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The selected face will define the reference surface from which all other sides will bend to 90 degrees by default.


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3D animation of folding

To pan or rotate the 3D scene, you have to position the mouse cursor on the screen background. To perform a 3D rotation, the mouse cursor should be inside the blue circle.

To perform a 2D rotation of the model, the mouse cursor should be outside the blue circle.

Interactive folding : Click successively on each face you want to fold or unfold and specify their respective angle at each step.

Automatic folding : Move the cursor: the faces fold following the order of steps. By default, all movable faces fold with an angle of 90°.

Step by step folding : Click successively on each face you want to fold or unfold and specify their respective angle at each step.

+ right click

+ right click

Left click =

Panning

Right click =

Rotating

Mouse Wheel

Forw./Backw. =

Zoom Forw./Back

w.


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The View toolbar allows fitting the model in the 3D window (short key Z) showing the model in the principal planes (xy, yz, zx), or an isometric view.

Angles and folding step

Select the Fold by step tab.

In the tab, select the folding step, and select each face that should be folded at that step.

The spinner 'Angle of selected face' allows specifying the angle to be given to the selected face.

To check the kinematics of folding faces, select tab 'Definition by face'.

Define fold step

Fold angle


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Thickness and axis of folding

Relative position of fold axis : from 0 to 10

Fold axis position

Vous pouvez attribuer une valeur spécifique d'angle de pli à chaque étape, pour une face préalablement sélectionnée.

Play backward / forward / Pause

Faire défiler étape par étape la cinématique

Thickness


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You can adjust the loss/gain value at the crease depending the material properties or the orientation that you wish to give to the fold.

Example of use for a 180° creasing

Exterior

Interior

Exterior

Interior

Fold position : 0 loss value at crease = 0

Fold position : 5 loss value at crease = thickness

Fold position : 10 loss value at crease = 2*thickness


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Material, Texture, Image

To define a texture or a material color, select the Material tab.

Material color

The color option allows to define a uniform color for the selected side (exterior/interior/edge).

Material light parameters (ambient/diffuse/specular/reflectivity) allows to define the shades of color depending on the incidence of light.

Modification of type of material: either uniform color or texture

Side to be defined (Exterior/Interior/Edge)

Once your material has been selected for one side, validate to initialize

Type of material


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Insert Texture / Image

The Texture option is used to position an image on the foldable solid.

Texture / Image

Résolution de l'image ou

de la texture

Add an image to the

list of textures

Déterminer l'ordre d'affichage

Crop : Crop the image on the whole cutting area. x ,y = position of bottom-left corner of image width, height = width and height of the image.

Uncheck to keep the original image aspect ratio: Prevent image distortion by keeping the same ratio between height and width.


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The origin of the coordinate system is the same as in your 2D design.

X, Y

Angle Width

Height


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Repeat : Allows repeating the resulting image horizontally and vertically.

You can also set the size of the resulting image

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OTHER 3D OBJECTS

Create a 3D revolution type. To create a revolution solid, you have to define a contour in BRICSCAD. Draw the contour in the positive quarter plane (x >0, y >0), axis Y being the axis of revolution. You can then load the dxf file in Packedia 3D and create a 3D revolution solid using tool

'Create new solid by revolution' .


Create a 3D solid by extrusion To create an extruded solid type, you have to define a contour in BRICSCAD. Direction of extrusion is orthogonal to the screen. You can then load the dxf file in Packedia 3D and create an extruded solid using tool

'Create new solid by extrusion' .


Check box 'Close extremities' allows closing the extruded part extremities.

Import a 3D solid

To import an existing 3D object, use the 'import new solid' tool and navigate to a 3D asset file. Lots of format are supported, among which stl,obj and collada...

(import new solid)

STL files are especially used for rapid prototyping and can be exported by most CAD softwares (SolidWorks™, Autocad™, SolidEdge™, Catia™, …).

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3D ASSEMBLY

Overview of 3D assembly

The assembly is carried out from the 3D window, inserting 3D object types that have been previously created or imported.

When a package or a POS display made of several pieces is created, there are several ways to build an assembly.

1st option : build a 2D dxf document containing all the parts together.

BRICSCAD view:

cover + bottom

Then, load the dxf document in Packedia 3D:

- use Create new foldable solid to create cover.

Note that an instance of this first type is also included in the assembly model (3D window).

- use Create new foldable solid to create bottom,

You will need to create an instance of the type 'bottom' by draging the leaf that correspond to this type in the model explorer tree and dropping it on the 'Assemby' branch.


2nd option : build as much 2D and 3D documents as there are parts.

BRICSCAD views:

cover + bottom

- load the 'cover.dxf' file in Packedia 3D.

- use Create new foldable solid to create 'cover' type

-load the 'bottom.dxf' file in Packedia 3D

- use Create new foldable solid to create 'bottom' type

- create a new packedia 3D 'assembly' document and drag&drop types ('cover','bottom') from 'cover.des3' and 'bottom.des3' to 'assembly.des3' type branch.

Alternatively, you could use tool the 'Transfer entities from one file to another' tool.


- then, you can create an instance of each type in the assembly window by using drag&drop.

Insert types in the 3D view Once created or importer, 3D types object (foldable solid, revolution solid, extruded solid, 3D asset solid) can be inserted in the assembly view using the model explorer tree. Either right click a type and select 'Create new solid...' or drag a type and drop it on the assembly branch.


Then, the following dialog appears:

Define the solid name Define the solid position relatively to the global landmark

Right click a type and select function 'Create new solid...'


Global landmark – Local landmark The global landmark in the assembly view correspond to x=0, y=0, z=0, Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0. When an object of a given type is inserted in the assembly view, the local landmark position is set to the origin. The local landmark of each solid should be positionned for each animation step.

To display local landmarks use function 'Show solid trihedrons' . Note: For the foldable types, by default, the local landmark depends of the position of the part in the 2D drawing and the selected reference face. Insert BRICSCAD view with the command that helps modifying the drawing position relatively to the origin.

It is a good practise to position the drawing so that the face that ought to be chosen as reference face is near the drawing origin. However, the type position relative to its local landmark can be modified thanks to the Referencial tab:

Local landmark 3D = 2D origin (X;Y) + orientation Z axis orthogonal to reference face

Reference face is anchored in plane XY


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ANIMATION 3D

Overview of 3D animation See sample C:\Program Files (x86)\dvs\packedia3D\Samples\complete.des3 Animation 3D allows defining a position of each objects at each step. The software will then linearly interpolate the objets positions between each step. The user should select an object by either double-clicking it in the assembly view or selecting them in the model explorer tree. The following non-modal dialog box appears which offers two ways to define the position: either interactively or by filling the object position array.

See the foldable type 'cover' in its local landmark

See the foldable type 'bottom' in its local landmark

Select the step Select the object to position by double-clicking it in the assembly view

Position of the object in the global landmark

Rotation of the object around axes X,Y,Z

Insert a new step before the current step : a new step will be created applying to all objects the same position as in the current step.

Insert a step after the current step: a new step will be created applying to all objects the same position as in the current step.

Overall dimension (minmax box) of the object at the current step


After inserting the 3 types in the 3D view:

Step 0 Step 2


Here is the array for the 'cover' object:

Steps of animation

Position of the object at the step.

% of folding: 0% = unfolded 100%=folded

The object might be either visible (Y) or invisible (N) at each step.


Sample scenario for an animation See sample file: C:\Program Files (x86)\dvs\packedia3D\Samples\wineBottle.des3

Step 0 The archive box is fully folded. It is the only visible object. Archive box : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded = 100%, Visible=Yes Other objects are not visible : Box_bottle : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded =100%, Visible=No Bottle : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Visible=No

Step 1 The archive box opens partially. The bottle box is visible at the bottom.

Archive box: X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded = 60%, Visible=Yes

Bottle-box becomes visible, remains closed and lies at the bottom of the archive box. Bottle-box : X=0, Y=40, Z=-5 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=90 Folded=100%, Visible=Yes Bottle remains invisible. Bottle : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Visible=No

Step 2 The archive box remains in its position, partially opened. Archive box : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded = 60%, Visible=Yes

Moves out of the archive box rotating around axis Z from 90° to 0° and ascending from Y=40 to Y=565. Bottle-box: X=0, Y=565, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded=100%, Visible= Yes Bottle remains invisible Bottle : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Visible=No


Step 3 La boite archive reste dans sa position partiellement ouverte. Archive-box : X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded = 60%, Visible= Yes

L’étui s’ouvre partiellement : Bottle-box : X=0, Y=565, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded=60%, Visible= Yes The bottle is now visible and lies at the bottom of the bottle-box. Bottle: X=2.5, Y=567.4, Z=-39.5, Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Visible=Yes

Step 4 The archive box stays partially opened. Archive Box: X=0, Y=0, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Folded = 60%, Visible= Yes

L’étui archive reste dans sa position partiellement ouverte. Bottle-Box : X=0, Y=565, Z=0 ,Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Pliage=60%, Visible= Yes Bottles moves out of the box along the Y axis (de Y=567.4 à Y=1000) . Bottle: X=2.5, Y=1000, Z=-39.5, Rx=0, Ry=0, Rz=0 Visible= Yes

Hence the 3 arrays fully describing the animation scenario:


EXPORTER

Export an image

Function 'Export bitmap' allows saving an image file of the current view without the backgound or the trihedron.


Export to the clipboard

La fonction Copier permet de capturer l’image de la vue en cours sans le fond ni le trièdre d’orientation pour pouvoir la coller (Ctrl V) dans une autre application.

Copy image from Packedia 3D Paste (Ctrl+V) in an other application such as Word, Illustrator, Photoshop…


Getting a projected wireframe view (2D)

Function 'Projected wireframe view' allows showing the outline of the current view projected on the plane of the screen. This wireframe view (vectorial) can then be exported as a .dxf file and used in other vectorial drawing application such as BRICSCAD, Autocad, Illustrator or Corel Draw for decorating by example.

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3D INTERSECTIONS

Overview of 3D intersection

The tool 'intersection solide / solide pliable' allows computing the cut of a foldable part by a 3D object. The intersection is computed using the displayed folding step. Resulting intersection segments are set the 'group' attribute defined by the user.

Example of intersection computation

Import of a foldable solid and a 3D asset solid Assembly

Intersecting folding / 3D object

3D object : Brake

Foldable object : wedge

Group of generated intersection entities (segments)

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Computation of intersection Result of the intersection

Folding of cut foldable shape Reassembly with 3D asset object

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