New Feature in Expert Moldbase Extension: Engraved Texts for Ejector Pins

In this blog post we present you the new feature “Engraved Texts for Ejector Pins”, which is available in Expert Moldbase Extension with the releases:

• 16.0.4.1 for Creo Parametric 10.0
• 15.0.3.12 for Creo Parametric 9.0
• 14.0.3.11 for Creo Parametric 8.0
• 13.0.3.30 for Creo Parametric 7.0

 
The usage for this functionality is to provide an automatic creation of engravings for ejector pin parallel to it’s assembly.

• The engraved text will be assembled twice:
  • On to the head surface of the ejector pin.
  • Right next to the cutout UDF in the ejector retainer plate.
    
• The final position of the text features can later be adopted manually.
• The displayed text is controlled by a configurable parameter by using relations.
• To trigger the creation of the text features and new variable option Add engraved text next to ejector head is introduced within the ejector pin dialog box.
• This variable option is disabled by default. Some configuration settings must be set up to enable the check box.
• The parameter can be defined with the new EMX configuration option PARAM_EJP_ENGRAVED_TEXT.
• By doing so, there are some restrictions that must be considered to ensure that no incorrect relations with missing parameters will be created in the models:
  • Only part parameters for type Integer and String are valid.
  • The parameter must be listed in the EMX parameters.
• In case the parameter is appropriatly set up, the new variable option will be enabled.
• The selected text height is based on the diameter of the selected ejector pin. Valid text heights can be defined in the new configuration file engraved_text_heights.cfg.