Build the plate fixture

When the Create command in the toolbar is started, the system automatically activates the Manipulator in the 3D View. The Manipulator now drives the fixture design.

The UV plane of the Manipulator is the reference plane, where the base plate of the fixture will be computed. In other words: the distance between the UV plane and the workpiece defines the global height of the fixture. The U-axis of the Manipulator is the reference for the orientation of the base plate.

Height		Orientation

When the Manipulator has been positioned, the workpiece for which the fixture is going to be build needs to be selected. Then the Pie menu can be called from the center of the Manipulator.

• Reset the Manipulator
• Pick the Manipulator position
• Create the plate fixture

With the Create command from this Pie menu the fixture will be computed.

Select workpiece		Start command		Result

Based upon the system predefined parameters the fixture consists of a base plate with table mounting holes at each corner and 2 equally distributed workpiece support plates in both length and width direction, being the Manipulator’s U- and V-direction. The base plate size is determined from a bounding box around the workpiece.