Interference Check

CimatronE 8.5 Tutorial

 Table of Contents
Interference Check........................................................................................................... 1
New Interference Check............................................................................................... 1
Hide Uninvolved .......................................................................................................... 4
Edit the Guide pillar ..................................................................................................... 5
Rerun Interference Check............................................................................................. 7
Cut the Sprue Bushing................................................................................................ 11
Inside Group............................................................................................................... 12

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Interference Check

Assist the user to detect mistakes. The tool supplies visual information of the geometries which are involved in
the interference so that the user can easily take the necessary actions to fix the problems.

New Interference Check

Unpack the file interference.ctf (under the tutorials work files) and load the MD_MD.elt

Select the option Analyze / Interference Check / New Interference Check.

New Interference Check enables a check between any two groups in the assembly, or between items of a
selected group

Hide the MD_MD_Fixed Side.

Select all displayed components as the input for the first group. Exit.

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 Select the Filter Component icon . Select the fixed side as the second group.

Show the Fixed side. Select the Filter component icon. Hold the cursor over one of the components of the
fixed side, but do not select it. After a few seconds, the cursor changes to a double arrow

Hold the left mouse button, and move the cursor until the option of the whole assembly is highlighted.

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 Release the left mouse button to select the entire fixed side.

Select OK

A dialog notifying you of any detected interference is displayed.

Press OK.

The interference parts are highlight with red boundaries.

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Two areas were detected.

Hide Uninvolved

To better analyze the problems, hide the parts which are not involved in the interference.

Select the Analyze \ Interference Check \ Hide Uninvolved option, as follows:

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 Focus on the interference between the Locating Guide Pillar of the Fixed Side and the Locating Guide
Bush of the Movable side.

Hide/Show Results

To temporarily hide the results (red boundary) select the option: Analyze / Interference Check / Hide /
Show Results.

Edit the Guide pillar

Hide K20 in the Movable side.

Display the Locating Guide Bush in WF mode.

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 Display the guide pillar in transparent mode.

Double-click the Guide Bush and the Guide Pillar. Note that the diameter of the Guide Pillar is larger than
the diameter of the Guide Bush.

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 Change the diameter of the Guide pillar to 22.

Rerun Interference Check

Look at the other area detected in the previous interference check. Note that the Cavity was not cut by the
Runner part.

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 Perform another Assembly Cut. Cut the Cavity with the Runner part.

Show K20.

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 Select Hide/Show Results to show the result.

Note that although you have fixed the problems of the Guide Pillar and the Cavity, there is no refresh of the
result. The refresh of the result is done just after rerunning an interference check, or by applying a new one.

Rerun the Interference Check

Select the Analyze / Interference Check / Rerun Interference Check option.

The dialog notifies that an interference was detected.

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 Note that the system ‘remembers’ the input of the last interference check, thus the same two groups are
selected by default. You may change the input as you wish.

Select OK.

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Cut the Sprue Bushing

Cut the Sprue bushing with the Runner part. Cut the Sprue bushing with the ejector pin and finely cut
Plate K20 with the Sprue.

Rerun the interference check again.

This time no interference was detected.

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Inside Group

Create a new Interference Check. Show the Movable Side and the Ejection System and hide the Fixed
Side.

Select the rest of the parts as the input.

Toggle the Between two groups option to Inside Group.

Select OK.

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 Interference was detected. Select OK.

Hide the irrelevant parts. Note that the relevant ejector does not have a pocket.

Note that this interference was not detected previously, as the system looked only for parts that interfere with
each other and which belong to different groups. This ‘interference check’ (inside group) checks for parts that
interfere with each other and which belong to the same group.

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 Edit the Ejector Pocket 7 feature. (Under the ejection system sub assembly). Add the ejector to be part
of the selected group.

Verify the results using the Rerun Interference Check.

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