eDocHelp specializes in CAD/CAM/CAE documentation and is built upon years of experience in consumer product, aerospace and automotive design. We also understand the design of plastic injection molds and the procedures involved in preparing 3D models for use in the mold design process.
Follow the links below for more information about some of the CAD/CAM techniques we have experience documenting.
eDocHelp understands today's parametric and feature-based solid modeling techniques. We can work directly with your programmer's notes, sketches and model files to produce clear and concise documentation.
- Sketching and sketch-based features
- Basic shape modeling such as extrudes, revolves, lofts and sweeps and their multitude of options
- Advanced shape modeling including variational, drive curves, conics and points clouds
- Deformation modeling
- History editing such as copy, paste, reordering and commenting
- Linear and variational fillets, chamfers, shells, offsets and feature groups like ribs, lips and threads
- Assembly features and 3D constraints
If your 3D application contains basic or advanced surface modeling tools, eDocHelp can take the ball and run with it. We have extensive experience in the following areas.
- Basic wireframe modeling and construction methods for creating surfaces
- Basic surfaces such as trimmed planes, rules, extrudes, revolves, lofts and sweeps
- Advanced surfaces such as blends, drive curve lofts, conic and circular bi-rails and surface fitting
- Basic and advanced surface editing such as booleans, trims and replacing faces
- Advanced surface editing such as control point “tweaking” and refitting
Many of today's 3D modeling applications provide specialized tasks for injection mold design. eDocHelp understands the modeling for mold design process and has experience documenting these concepts.
- Parting lines and parting surface features
- Draft design and analysis tools
- Part model separation features including core and cavity design features
- Electrode, slide and insert features
- Cooling design features
- Mold component libraries
Sheet metal design features are now integrated into virtually every leading CAD application. eDocHelp understands sheet metal features and can document your tools and techniques.
- Fold/unfold for 3D viewing, flat pattern analysis and detailing
- Extruded features
- Single and compound bends
- Louvers and dimples
- Flanges, cuts and corner techniques
- Sheet metal attributes
CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing) techniques are typically not integrated directly into the 3D modeling application although some products have done so quite successfully. eDocHelp is uniquely qualified to handle the documentation of your CAM tools. We have worked with CAM developers in the following areas:
- CAD and CAM feature associativity
- Machine axis and offsets, limits, sequencing, programming, tool changers and libraries
- Tool properties, shapes, managers and libraries
- 2-5 axis milling operations and parameters
- Tool path verification techniques (solid and wireframe)
- Post processing and tooling reports
Many 3D modeling applications offer integrated rendering tools for visualizing new product designs. eDocHelp understands rendering tools and techniques.
- Light sources
- Surface textures
- Surface attributes such as ambient and diffuse lighting, reflectance and transparency
- Rendering attributes such as ray tracing, reflectance, refraction and antialiasing
- Scene rendering and output
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