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Release Notes

COPRA® RF 2015

Service Release 2

Table of Contents COPRA® RF 2015 Release Notes

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COPRA® RF 2015 ............................................................... 1

1. New Common Features ........................................................ 1

2. New Extended Project Format .............................................. 2

3. Expandable (Dynamic) Project Attributes .............................. 3

4. Print Project Info ................................................................... 3

5. Additional Quick Command Access ...................................... 4

6. Revision Control ................................................................... 4

7. Profile Features .................................................................... 5

8. Cross-Project Working .......................................................... 5

9. Automatic Roll Adjustment .................................................... 6

10. Automatic Station Sequences ............................................... 6

11. Roll Attributes ....................................................................... 7

12. Grouping Identical Rolls ........................................................ 8

13. COPRA® RF SmartRoll Design ............................................. 9

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 ..................................................... 10

1. General Information ............................................................ 10

2. CADFinder .......................................................................... 11

3. Single Roll Dimensioning .................................................... 11

4. List of Material / Cutting List ................................................ 11

5. Assembly Plan Dimensioning ............................................. 11

6. FTM .................................................................................... 11

7. Rolls ................................................................................... 11

8. Roll Search ......................................................................... 12

9. Smart Rolls ......................................................................... 13

10. RLM .................................................................................... 14

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2 ..................................................... 16

1. Higher accuracy in parametric projects ............................... 16

2. COPRA with AutoCAD 2016 and Windows 32bit ................ 16

3. Old database projects ......................................................... 16

4. Assembly Plans .................................................................. 16

5. RLM Data Base: time for checking conflicts reduced .......... 16

6. COPRA Options .................................................................. 16

7. Accessory axes................................................................... 17


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8. Convert database – parametric projects .............................. 17

9. Profile from AutoCAD, parametric projects .......................... 17

10. Local CADFinder data base ................................................ 17

11. Deleting multiple passes in 2015 projects in SpreadSheet .. 17

12. Define Reference Line ........................................................ 17

13. Tube Mill Program with 2015 projects ................................. 18

14. Read Archive ...................................................................... 18

15. Inventor Interface ................................................................ 18

16. SolidWorks Import ............................................................... 18

17. SpreadSheet – delete passes ............................................. 18

18. Write data base files in a Network ....................................... 18

19. Rolls .................................................................................... 18

19.1 Roll Number of accessory rolls in 2015 projects ........................... 18

19.2 Command “Delete Roll” – Roll numbers ........................................ 19

19.3 Command “Create Roll” in 2015 projects ...................................... 19

19.4 Command “Split Roll” in 2015 projects .......................................... 19

19.5 Command “Paste attributes” in 2015 projects ............................... 19

19.6 SmartRolls, copy & move of grouped / cloned rolls ....................... 19

19.7 Roll Attributes in 2015 – projects ................................................... 19

19.8 Automatic Roll Adaptation ............................................................. 19

19.9 Accessory Rolls in 2015 projects .................................................. 19

19.10 “Copy and Paste Rolls” in 2015 projects ....................................... 19

19.11 Usage list for Rolls ........................................................................ 19

19.12 “Change Roll Angle”, classic approach ......................................... 20

19.13 Roll attributes in 2015 projects ...................................................... 20

19.14 Search for Rolls in RLM data base ................................................ 20

19.15 Import Rolls into RLM data base ................................................... 20

19.16 Open RLM data base project without having a RLM- license ........ 20

19.17 Check for multiple roll numbers (different Roll Geometry, same Roll Number)...................................................................................................... 20

19.17.1 Handling of grouped / referenced rolls: ........................................................... 21

19.17.2 COPRA copy /insert ......................................................................................... 22

19.17.3 Publish Roll ...................................................................................................... 22

19.17.4 Split Roll ........................................................................................................... 22

19.18 Opening an existing 2015 project .................................................. 22

19.19 Modification of data base rolls (already existing in stock - published) 22


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COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1 .................................................. 23

1. General ............................................................................... 23

2. CAD-Interface ..................................................................... 23

3. Overlying rolls ..................................................................... 23

4. NC code with of referenced / grouped rolls ........................ 23

5. Roll entities from polyline .................................................... 23

6. Roll entities with crosshairs ................................................. 24

7. DTM forming length ............................................................ 24

8. Multiple roll numbers ........................................................... 24

9. Roll weight .......................................................................... 24

10. Copying rolls ....................................................................... 24

11. Loading Archive file ............................................................ 24

12. RLM Roll search ................................................................. 24

13. RLM Publish all rolls of the project ...................................... 24

14. RLM Replacing roll(s) ......................................................... 24

15. Cut list ................................................................................ 25

16. Roll Design – create Axes automatically with option “Adapt roll diameter” .................................................................................... 25

17. Numbers for superosed spacer rings .................................. 25

18. Roll Attributes ..................................................................... 25

19. Insert spacer rings automatically ......................................... 25

20. Roll-Entities for current pass ............................................... 25

21. Modification of project attributes ......................................... 25

22. RLM: Insert RLM Rolls mirrored .......................................... 25

23. RLM: Insert Roll / Replace Roll ........................................... 26

24. Conversion of rolls to spacer rings or vice versa ................. 26

25. Splitting of rolls ................................................................... 26

26. COPRA Zipping tool ........................................................... 26

27. Project info dialog ............................................................... 26

28. Converting projects from 2015 to 2013 ............................... 26

29. Assemblyplan ..................................................................... 26

30. Single roll dimensioning ...................................................... 26

31. Tube mill ............................................................................. 27


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32. Adding contour(s) on rolls ................................................... 27

33. Default attributes for spacer rings........................................ 27

COPRA® RF 2015 Release Notes

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Dear customer,

This new release of COPRA® RF version 2015 is not only setting the foundation for future developments, but is also supplying new technologies for both flower and roll design.

One of the main highlight is the new and revolutionary “SmartRoll” design feature. Not only allowing very quick roll design, this new technology offers many possibilities for an easy adaptation of:

Roll diameter Roll width Roll gap Relief angles And more…

During roll design and editing, all parameters such as roll diameter, roll width and datum are shown dynamically. For a specific change, grid parameters, (SNAPS), can be defined, allowing fixed value changes, e.g. the roll width in increments of 5 mm.

Although the final roll contour is a polyline, which can also be modified with AutoCAD commands, the SmartRoll command supplies an extremely important feature: during any change the transitions between lines and arcs are kept tangential! This allows complex changes of the roll contour without the need to delete and re-insert individual radii.

Due to these possibilities some roll modifications can be conducted in 10 seconds that would normally take 2 minutes when using “standard” construction possibilities.

This very powerful feature and can reduce roll design times by up to 50%, as it is no longer necessary to use AutoCAD features like construction lines or the LINE and OFFSET command. The roll design can be made using only the SmartRolls environment. It makes a lot of additional mouse clicks obsolete!

Of course this is not the only improvement – there are a lot of other useful new possibilities, including:

Simple data exchange between projects with “copy & paste” Automatic adjustment of roll designs when the finished profile changes,

for example with product variants A new, modern data model for the projects that allows simple working

across different COPRA® RF projects And many more…

On the following pages you will find a summary of the most important new features and improvements.

Your data M team

Valley, 7 July 2015

COPRA® RF 2015 New Common Features

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COPRA® RF 2015

1. New Common Features

Compatible with AutoCAD 2016 / AutoCAD Mechanical 2016 / Inventor®

2016

Checking In / Out of networked projects to / from the local machine

Project Favourites

Enhanced control for roll number position and orientation

Select stations to be visible in the CADFinder Station Browser

COPRA® RF 2015 New Extended Project Format


New zipping tool for reading / writing archive files

New Options Environment (User / Project / Global Settings) with export

and import functionality

2. New Extended Project Format

COPRA® RF 2013 (Old format)

Roll design and editing is done station by station

Only 1 station is loaded in the memory.

COPRA® RF 2015 (New format)

Complete COPRA® project is loaded into memory

Giving faster access to stations as there is no reading or writing to hard

disc is necessary. COPRA® Database Undo / Redo can now also be

used after saving the project and is works across stations

COPRA® RF 2015 Expandable (Dynamic) Project Attributes


3. Expandable (Dynamic) Project Attributes

Project properties can be expanded by user defined attributes

Global use of attribute specifications in all subsequent programs

Definition of favorites for easy and fast access

4. Print Project Info

Select the project properties to be printed

define company specific templates

Add preview

COPRA® RF 2015 Additional Quick Command Access


5. Additional Quick Command Access

New Panel for quick access of frequently used

roll design commands

Direct access to Edit Roll commands

User defined AutoCAD toolbar

6. Revision Control

Create COPRA® Project Revisions

View revision in read only mode

Make a revision to the active COPRA® Project

Automatically compare the roll design of two revisions

COPRA® RF 2015 Profile Features


Quick overview on modifications applied to a design

Flag revisions with traffic light colors

7. Profile Features

Creating company specific profile features (i.e. dovetail, top-hat section,

bead, Dutch bead, any special shape)

Fast and easy access to proofed flower design

Any combination can be realized

8. Cross-Project Working

Make use of profile entities from other projects

Make use of unfolding data from other projects

Easy adapting geometry by the help of the parametric features within

COPRA® SpreadSheet

COPRA® RF 2015 Automatic Roll Adjustment


9. Automatic Roll Adjustment

Automatic adjustment of roll position and / or roll geometry if a parametric

profile is changed

Rolls are adjusted automatically across all stations, interactively roll by

roll or station by station

10. Automatic Station Sequences

Ability to show rolls in the Flower sequence

COPRA® RF 2015 Roll Attributes


11. Roll Attributes

Dialogue can always be visible, e.g. on a second

screen

Instant Update of Rolls if an attribute has changed

(e.g. borehole)

Roll Attributes may be a combination of Default

and Individual Attributes

Save / Load Roll Attributes to / from file

Attributes of selected Rolls can be changed in a

table

Individual configuration of the table layout

Comfortable way to obtain an overview of the

Attributes of all Rolls

Easy possibility to fix / unfix the roll number after

the roll design has been released for manufacturing

COPRA® RF 2015 Grouping Identical Rolls


12. Grouping Identical Rolls

Interactively by crosshair

By table

COPRA® RF 2015 COPRA® RF SmartRoll Design


13. COPRA® RF SmartRoll Design

Roll Form specific Tool Design

Not a new Roll Type, but a revolutionary new feature to complement

existing possibilities within AutoCAD and COPRA® RF

SmartRolls significantly reduces the number of mouse clicks

Powerful Roll Modification

Easy Adjustment of Roll Gaps

Adapt Roll Widths and Diameter in a Table

Show and make use of all virtual Profile and Roll Intersection Points

Move & Copy Rolls with user defined reference point

Diameter modifications based on reference points

Automatic contour alignment to Roll Axis

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 General Information


COPRA® RF 2015 SR1

We would like to thank all of our customers who gave us some great feedback on COPRA® RF; this has allowed us to identify some additional improvement opportunities. With this unique feedback we are able to develop a focused COPRA® RF so that all users can benefit. We also would like to thank you for your loyalty as a customer and your feedback about this release.

The following commands and functions have been updated:

1. General Information

Compatibility with Windows 10® together with AutoCAD® 2016 SP1

The new COPRA® InfoCenter can be used local or online

New options: + Show InfoCenter at COPRA®-Start + Use Online-Help + Use Online-InfoCenter

By using the option “DwgName = Projectname” drawings opened by the user will not be saved automatically with the Projectname into the COPRA®-Temp-Directory when a COPRA®-function is being used

Inserted rolls from database are checked when the project is saved. If there is a conflict, it can be solved in a dialog. A conflict exists, if a local referenced database roll is older than in the database.

The Shaped Tubes Module can be used with 2015-projects.

When inserting a station with tools, the original rolls are not moved to the new station anymore.

The database is checked each time COPRA® is initialized.

User query if automatic saving/archiving can activated optionally.

For pass and project change in 2013-projects the user query for saving is reactivated.

Crimps/Craws – position gets updated if there is change in strip width over the stations.

When inserting stations in 2015-projects, info parts get copied and not referenced anymore.

When inserting stations with option “Insert tools” in 2015-projects, the roll attributes are also copied.

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 CADFinder


2. CADFinder

Intermittent problems when editing documents are fixed

Revision dialog is shown again when automatically created documents like assembly plan or NC-Data are updated

The automatic Revision mechanism will also be applied on automatic created documents, even if the content has not been changed. This allows e.g. the subsequent adaptation of drawing templates.

Drag&Drop in CADFinder is activated again.

3. Single Roll Dimensioning

Correct radius dimensioning of left side rolls

Intersecting diameter dimensioning of side and accessory rolls is now possible

4. List of Material / Cutting List

Referenced (cloned) rolls are considered in 2015-projects

The Roll Comment from the Roll Attributes is logged in the cutting- and material list

5. Assembly Plan Dimensioning

Info parts in 2015-projects are not referenced to the temporary directory anymore

6. FTM

Rolls can be displayed in ACAD 2015/16

7. Rolls

Rolls with fixed roll number can optionally be taken into account for automatic roll numbering. In this case the number of the fixed roll cannot be taken into account.

For public rolls, stock rolls and multiple referenced rolls the layer and color can be defined

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 Roll Search


When transferring roll attributes to another axis (e.g. from left to right or top to bottom) the position of side depending attributes will be kept (e.g. “top” remains “top”).

Symmetrical attributes will be shown at both sides.

Roll attributes can be mirrored in 2015-projects.

Rolls with fixed attributes can also be optional marked in 2015-projects.

Attribute panel gets updated for each activity

Adopted functionality of “Classic change of angle at roll entities” to SmartRoll behaviour

Positioning of combi roll marker is optimized

Rolls position of horizontal accessory axis is maintained when converting from 2013 to 2015 format

Mirror side rolls to the right also possible in 2015-project

Attributes depending on a roll face are also handled in 2015 projects when copying individual rolls to another axis.

Intermittent problems when joining rolls in 2015-projects is fixed

Classic change of width with option “overlap on both sides” now possible

The layer for the bottom rolls is correct again

Copying rolls from 2013 projects to 2015 projects is possible

Read pass order also possible in 2015-project

The roll attribute dialog can read cda2 and cda files in 2015-projects

Increased accuracy of Inch version

Default material can be set for spacers in 2015-projects

8. Roll Search

Attributes for the roll search can be individually switched on or off

New attributes for joining and intersecting diameter

Tolerances for attributes can be set

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 Smart Rolls


Number of decimals can be set

If only 1 segment is selected within SmartRoll search, the direction of the roll (start / end of roll) is defined by the relative position of the point picked.

9. Smart Rolls

Undo / Redo is now always available when creating a roll

In a station without any main axes it’s now possible to create a roll for an accessory axis

By using the new option “Select axis” a roll can also be created for an accessory axis

On the mirrored (virtual) side of a profile the creation of a roll is also available now

When creating a roll, the current reference settings are not automatically reset anymore

Improved dynamic display of design information

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 RLM


Representation (color, highlight) of found rolls can be set

Additional options for exact / extended search of rolls

The dynamic roll search can be started anytime during roll editing

10. RLM

Spacers in bill of material can be fade out

When placing an order the number for order count can be set across multiple rolls

The roll search user interface was revised (roll number and combi roll set as filter, tolerances, decimal places, take value from CAD, display options, …)

COPRA® RF 2015 SR1 RLM


COPRA® RF 2015 SR2 Higher accuracy in parametric projects


COPRA® RF 2015 SR2



1. Higher accuracy in parametric projects

The accuracy for drawing of the contour was increased for parametric projects. The export is now also done with high accuracy. This should fix some problems concerning the SolidWorks interface.

2. COPRA with AutoCAD 2016 and Windows 32bit

When using COPRA RF 2015 with AutoCAD 2016 32 bit the system had stability issues. These are fixed now. Independent from that COPRA RF 2015 is officially only supporting Windows 64bit.

3. Old database projects

It is now possible to open (old) data base projects based on Access without the necessity that COPRA is connected with the respective data base.

4. Assembly Plans

The toggle “title block“ is active even if the drawing frame was deactivated

5. RLM Data Base: time for checking conflicts reduced

When a RLM data base project is opened an automatic check for conflicts is conducted that is showing the differences between the local design state and the design state in the data base. This is now done significantly faster.

6. COPRA Options

Additional option if rolls with fixed numbers should be counted

Option for colour and line weight to highlight rolls and roll entities

After changing the size of the dialogue the scroll bar is still visible

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2 Accessory axes


7. Accessory axes

Roll position and moving of rolls is now working also with horizontal or vertical accessory axes.

8. Convert database – parametric projects

When mirroring project (horizontal or vertical) it could happen that the mirror line for Flower and rolls were not identical. (if unfolding point and reference line were different). Fixed.

9. Profile from AutoCAD, parametric projects

The unfolding point was set wrong when the 1st entity was selected with the option “before entity”. Fixed.

10. Local CADFinder data base

the local CADFinder data base is updated automatically when a new installation of COPRA is made.

If the local data base should be used but is not installed it is now created correctly

During the automatic backup the last Backup will no longer be overwritten but a new one will be created.

The status “Expanded / Retracted” is saved now.

After deleting a project CADFinder is now switching to a project that is not processed by another user.

If during startup of COPRA RF is detected that the CADFinder data base is empty, then a possibly available backup from the COPRA Root Directory can be used.

11. Deleting multiple passes in 2015 projects in SpreadSheet

When deleting multiple passes (profiles and rolls) in SpreadSheet and applying an Undo afterwards, it could happen that some inconsistencies appeared. Fixed.

12. Define Reference Line

The User Coordinate System is set correct now for all cases.

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2 Tube Mill Program with 2015 projects


13. Tube Mill Program with 2015 projects

The automatic Roll Design in the Tubemill Program is now possible also in 2015 – projects in any combination.

14. Read Archive

Under specific circumstances Windows is creating a hidden Index file (Thumbs.DB) in directories containing pictures. This file is write protected. Due to the file extension it is automatically added to the Archive file. During extracting (Read Archive file) it could happen that an inconsistent data base was created as the Index file could not be overwritten. Fixed.

15. Inventor Interface

the stamping groove of the rolls is transferred now

all rolls in the Fin Passes have the correct orientation now

16. SolidWorks Import

Creating of a project no longer stops after the 1st roll was imported.

17. SpreadSheet – delete passes

Now the selected pass is deleted and not the pass resulting from the next change.

18. Write data base files in a Network

In networks with a specific setup the access rights of two data base files were changed after writing. As a consequence it could happen that roll modifications could not be saved. When opening this project again the old design state was shown. Fixed.

19. Rolls

19.1 Roll Number of accessory rolls in 2015 projects

Under specific circumstances (angle range) it could happen that the wrong roll number was created (drawings, cut- and material list etc.). Fixed

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2 Rolls


19.2 Command “Delete Roll” – Roll numbers

When using the settings “Roll number continuously per station” or “Roll number continuously per machine” a complete redraw is conducted after deleting a roll. A manual refresh of the roll number is obsolete.

19.3 Command “Create Roll” in 2015 projects

When the 1st roll was picked twice, all rolls on this axis were joined. Fixed.

19.4 Command “Split Roll” in 2015 projects

A redraw is only conducted once after using this command.

19.5 Command “Paste attributes” in 2015 projects

Multiple pasting of roll attributes now also possible in 2015 projects.

19.6 SmartRolls, copy & move of grouped / cloned rolls

The information about the group / clone status is now maintained when copying or moving a roll to another axis.

19.7 Roll Attributes in 2015 – projects

Although the roll number was fixed it could happen in a few cases that the roll number could not be adapted in 2015 – projects. Fixed.

19.8 Automatic Roll Adaptation

In 2013 projects the automatic roll adaptation could cause an “undo” of the previous changes. Sometimes the reference line was not visible (in both 2013 and 2015 projects), a Redraw had to be done. Both issues are fixed.

19.9 Accessory Rolls in 2015 projects

After copying a roll on an accessory axis it could happen that the roll was visible only after a “COPRA Redraw”. Fixed.

19.10 “Copy and Paste Rolls” in 2015 projects

The command “Paste Rolls” is now included in the “Undo” transaction.

19.11 Usage list for Rolls

In the Roll Attribute Dialogue also a Usage List for Rolls can be shown



19.12 “Change Roll Angle”, classic approach

The position of the dialogue box is maintained now.

19.13 Roll attributes in 2015 projects

When the default status of the describing attribute (stamping groove, bearings, retaining rings – marked with an asterisk) is changed, the default status of all subsequent attributes is also changed automatically.

19.14 Search for Rolls in RLM data base

To insert or replace a roll from the search result there are now 2 options available: “Insert Roll and apply immediately” and “Replace roll and apply immediately”

19.15 Import Rolls into RLM data base

After the Import into the RLM data base Rolls are now automatically published.

19.16 Open RLM data base project without having a RLM- license

It is now possible to open RLM data base projects in “read only mode” without having a license.

19.17 Check for multiple roll numbers (different Roll Geometry, same Roll Number)

Basically it is possible to assign the same roll number to different roll contours (manually and automatically). This may have specific reasons, but it also could happen unintended or by mistake.

Following a few examples:

When assigning roll numbers manually

When fixing roll numbers manually (a roll with an automatically created roll number is fixed manually and a new roll with automatic roll number is inserted before that roll)

When fixing roll numbers automatically (previously done when grouping / cloning rolls; from this version on the automatic fixing of roll numbers can be disabled)

When a data base roll with the same roll number is inserted in the project

In case the manually defined roll numbering rules are not distinct in terms of stations



To avoid that roll geometries eventually get mixed up a routine to check roll numbers against roll contours was introduced.

The checking for number doubles is done before executing the following functions:

Approve project

Single Roll Dimensioning

Assembly Plan Dimensioning

Material List / Cut List / Roll Weight

NC Geometry Data

Order Bill of Material

If multiple roll numbers are detected a warning is shown with the respective roll numbers so that the user can decide if he wants to continue or to resolve the conflict.

In addition a few mechanisms have been added to avoid multiple roll numbers already during design.

19.17.1 Handling of grouped / referenced rolls:

Referenced (cloned) rolls will have dynamic roll numbers assigned by default. In previous versions it was always fixed. For the 1st (referenced) roll existing in the project an automatic roll number will be defined according to the defined rules. All other rolls referencing to this roll will have the same roll number. These rolls will not be taken into account for the dynamic roll number calculation. This way it is made sure that no roll number gaps and no multiple roll numbers appear.

NEW OLD

Insert Roll Insert Roll



New: blue and orange referenced rolls will automatically get new roll numbers after inserting a new roll on the left side. No multiple roll numbers will be created!

Old: the new roll on the left side gets the number „3-T-1“ assigned, for all following referenced rolls the existing roll number is conserved. For this reason unintended multiple roll numbers and gaps in roll numbering could be created.

19.17.2 COPRA copy /insert

When inserting a roll the options available are to create a copy of that roll or to make it a referenced roll; if the roll is inserted as a copy, now a dynamic roll number will be assigned.

19.17.3 Publish Roll

It is no longer possible to publish a roll with a number that is already existing in the data base. This makes sure that no multiple roll numbers (rolls with the same roll number and different geometry) are existing in the published roll pool.

19.17.4 Split Roll

When a roll with fixed roll number is split, only one of the new created two rolls will have the original fixed roll number. The 2nd one will get a dynamic roll number assigned.

19.18 Opening an existing 2015 project

The dynamic roll numbering is not automatically activated when opening a 2015 project. This means that the same roll numbers will be displayed as last saved. Only when applying a change, the automatic roll numbering will be enabled again. This makes sure that the roll numbers are not changed – despite different personal settings – when only viewing a project.

19.19 Modification of data base rolls (already existing in stock - published)

When changing a RLM data base roll an additional option is available now: a copy of the roll can be created.

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1 General


COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1



1. General

For 2015 projects the maximum number of rolls was increased to 2500 Significant acceleration of the COPRA Redraw compared to COPRA RF

2015 SR2 in 2015- projects if the roll number is calculated with the option “Roll numbers continuously per machine”

2. CAD-Interface

Accuracy of the CAD interface was improved Inventor Interface: in projects with referenced / cloned rolls and spacer

rings no more wrong rolls are created in an assembly, when the creation is done WITHOUT spacer rings.

SolidWorks Interface: program crashed with referenced / cloned rolls. Fixed.

3. Overlying rolls

In case of overlying rolls the position for the roll marking (roll number, roll weight) is now be optimized.

4. NC code with of referenced / grouped rolls

When creating the NC code the representation of referenced / grouped rolls is now neutral. No marking with a different line thickness and color will be done (2015 projects only)

5. Roll entities from polyline

The function “entities from polyline” is now also implemented for 2015- projects

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1 Roll entities with crosshairs


6. Roll entities with crosshairs

The function “entities with crosshairs” is now also implemented for 2015- projects

7. DTM forming length

The forming length is also calculated for rotated side rolls and accessory rolls

8. Multiple roll numbers

Check for multiple roll numbers: the respective message box only shows rolls with the same roll number but different roll geometry. Optionally this message can be switched off. (2015 project)

9. Roll weight

In case the roll weight cannot we calculated the hint “NaN” (Not a Number) is shown.

10. Copying rolls

When copying rolls fixed roll numbers are maintained in 2015- projects

11. Loading Archive file

Fixed roll numbers are maintained in 2015- projects when loading an Archive file

12. RLM Roll search

RLM Roll Lifecycle Management: for 2015- projects standard tolerances (length, angle radius) can be defined for the RLM roll search.

13. RLM Publish all rolls of the project

RLM Roll Lifecycle Management: before the function “publish all rolls of the project” is executed it needs to be confirmed in a 2015- project

14. RLM Replacing roll(s)

RLM Roll Lifecycle Management: if a grouped / referenced roll is replaced by a roll found in the RLM data base, then all rolls of this referenced group are replaced in 2015- projects

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1 Cut list


15. Cut list

Cut list could not be generated when a project had more than 1000 rolls. Fixed

16. Roll Design – create Axes automatically with option “Adapt roll diameter”

The accuracy of the Trim- function was increased. This way negative polyline entities will not be created any more.

17. Numbers for superosed spacer rings

The numbers for spacer rings overlying with rolls on accessory axes are now determined correct in 2015- projects.

18. Roll Attributes

The values for “Retaining rings” and “Bearing type” had to be entered twice in 2015- projects because the first input was set to 0 again. Fixed.

The values for the “Stamping groove” in the positions “Right” and “Bottom” could not be modified in 2015- projects. Fixed.

The checkmark “Default / Fixed” does not have to be selected twice any more in 2015- projects.

19. Insert spacer rings automatically

Insert spacer rings automatically at overlying rolls: the outer roll contour was not always detected correctly. Fixed.

20. Roll-Entities for current pass

The function “Entities for current pass” supplies the correct results in 2015- projects also for accessory rolls when working in Inches.

21. Modification of project attributes

After the modification of project attributes the rolls will be renumbered automatically in 2015- projects.

22. RLM: Insert RLM Rolls mirrored

When inserting rolls from the search result the inserted roll was often mirrored wrong (preview of the polyline and roll inserted did not match) in 2015- projects.

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1 RLM: Insert Roll / Replace Roll


23. RLM: Insert Roll / Replace Roll

Insert Roll / Replace Roll is working correctly now

24. Conversion of rolls to spacer rings or vice versa

After the conversion of rolls to spacer rings or vice versa the rolls are now renumbered automatically in 2015- projects from version SR2.

25. Splitting of rolls

The splitting of rolls at polylines being perpendicular to the roll axis was partly not at the position selected. Fixed.

26. COPRA Zipping tool

The COPRA Zipping tool (7zip) has been updated to the newest version (7-Zip 16.00 (2016-05-10)) due to security issues.

27. Project info dialog

COPRA crashed after leaving the project info dialog by OK in CRF 2015 SR2 (fixed now)

28. Converting projects from 2015 to 2013

The project is saved automatically before converting now. This ensures, that even projects written by older COPRA versions are converted correctly. Otherwise maybe some roll contours are missing.

29. Assemblyplan

In CRF 2015 SR2 in some cases accessory rolls were missing (fixed now).

30. Single roll dimensioning

Side- and accessory rolls could not be hatched in full section view (2015 projects, freedesigned rolls)

COPRA® RF 2015 SR2.1 Tube mill


31. Tube mill

If rolls were generated in a project, that have already spacers, the newly generated rolls got the identity of the spacers (fixed now)

32. Adding contour(s) on rolls

Problems with adding contour(s) on rolls at right side axis are fixed now.

33. Default attributes for spacer rings

Default attributes are also available for spacer rings in 2015 – projects now.

With 2015- projects there was up to now no possibility to define default attributes for spacer rings. Spacer ring attributes could be adapted subsequently by using the attribute grid or more comfortable with the attribute table. In COPRA RF 2015 SR2.1 default spacer attributes depending on the axis type are now available for 2015- projects.

Projects created with version SR2.1 can still be opened with older versions of COPRA. Additional spacer default attributes – as far as they are different from the default roll attributes – cannot be displayed in older COPRA versions based on 2015- projects. Nevertheless it is possible to exchange data between different versions of COPRA without loss of information when fixing all spacer ring attributes. If the spacer ring attributes were not fixed before using an older version of COPRA, then some specific attribute information may be lost.

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