To Add a Part to the Library

Load the new library component

Erase all models from the Creo session.
Copy the file E1920.PRT from <install_tutorial>/models/library_prt into an new folder<install_emx90>/components/mm/library/tutorial.
Open the model E1920.PRT from this directory.

Create an Image and Define the Component BOM Data

Start EMX Part Mode ▶ Administrator Tools ▶ Component Editor .
The Component Editor dialog box opens.
Click Open model or *.dat file
The File Open dialog box appears. Select e1920.prt from current working directory. The dialog is filled with default library component information.

Adjust the model orientation and click

Snapshot

Note

It is recommended to display the assembly reference features so they can be identified in the image. You may edit the picture with a regular image editor afterwards.

Define the BOM data for this component.

Global entries of the part name dat that can be found for regular EMX components in the EMX Options ▶ Part Names sheet.

In the Source cell select Local. The part name rule will be written into the EMX_BOM_INFO section of the dat file directly and applied with highest priority.
Set Add in BOM to Y so this component will be displayed in the bill-of-materials later.
Enter the Part name <pre>_E1920_<id>.
Enter the Alternate part name <instance>.
Keep Part ID as 99<2id>.
Keep BOM Name as <instance>.
As target Layer enter 99_LIBRARYCOMP. The component will be place on this layer after the assembling process.
Enter Group Layer -.
Enter BOM Name Magnetic*ejector*set*cover. The Asterisk is used as a placeholder for spaces
Keep Order Number as <ordnumber>.

Define the Assembly References

Click the tab Assembly References.
Click and select the coordinate system PLACEMENT_CSYS from the model E1920.PRT.
A new line appears in the assembly constraints.
Select this line (with ID1) and edit the entry for Reference Name in the edit area under the list to CSYS.

Define the Instances

Click the tab Instances.
In the table all instances that are defined for the library component can be seen.

By default only one instance with the current model values is added to the table.

In the initial step all instance dimensions need to be defined I the table
Select the column Instances and click Insert columns before ▶ Dimensions from the Right-Mouse menu to add a set of instance dimensions to the table.

A dialog box opens which list all defined dimensions symbols of the part model. Select S, H, LG, LG1 and LG2 from the list and confirm with OK. The instance dimensions are added to the table.

Use Shift columns to the left and Shift columns to the right to change the order in the table.
There are now two different ways to edited the isntances rows.
- Select the rows and use Insert rows below and Insert rows above to add additional rows. Use Double-Click to edit the cell values
- Use the Copy-Paste tools and edit the instances in Excel
In this tutorial the focus is on the second option.
Click Copy to copy the current content of the table.
Open an MS Excel instance and paste the content to the Excel-Sheet.

All rows will be displayed in the Excel-Sheet.

Enter instances that can be found in the Meusburger Digital catalog.

Note

The first column always contains the type of the component in the case E1920.

Make sure that the column for Instances and Order Number is correct and has a unique name. Otherwise EMX can not added the correct ordering number to the BOM. The entries in Instances should be proper Creo model names, so they must not contain “/” or “,”. This names will be used as partname if the wildcard <instance> is used.

Copy the final instance sheet to the EMX instances list with Paste

Note

In MS Excel select the exact area of cells you want to paste including the header row.

Define the Nominal Dimensions

Click the tab Nominal Dimensions.
Select the table and click Insert rows below from the Right-Mouse menu.
A dialog box opens which list all instance dimension which were defined in the instances table. A nominal dimension can only be defined in case it is a valid instance dimension
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Select the dimensions LG and H from the list Click OK to confirm the selection. Two new lines appear in the Nominal Dimension list.
Use Shift rows up and Shift rows down to change the order in the table.
Select the LG line and overwrite the Dimension Name (symbol LG) with length
Select the H line and overwrite the Dimension Name (symbol H) with height.

Define cutout UDFs

Click the tab UDFs .
For library components the UDF QUILT_CUT is used by default.

Select the table Cut Quilts and click

Add row from the Right-Mouse menu. The Selection menu appears.

Select the Quilt feature CUT_QUILT in the E1920.PRT.

Note

Valid cut quilts will be automatically detected and added to the cut quilts list.

No Predefined threads should be defined for this example.

Save the Library Component

Click

EMX will create a e1920.dat file and a e1920.gif-file in the directory where the library part is located. The model will also be saved again as e1920.prt.1. Delete the original file e1920.prt and rename the new file without an index. This step is not required, but it helps you to keep the library folders clean.

Note

You don’t have to create the tiny image e1920_tn.png manually. This image is used in the Library Component dialog box for preview. If the image does not exist, EMX will create it use the setting of LIBRARY_THUMB_SIZE to determine the size.

The component is now fully defined.

Assemble the component

Open the mold base TUTORIAL.ASM
Create a coordinate system as assembly reference for the plate as shown in the picture below.
Make sure that the orientation of the coordinate system is correct. X-Vector is normal to surface and Z-Vector points into opening direction of the mold base.
Select EMX Components ▶ Library ▶ Assemble .
Select the directory meusburger from the directory tree.
Select part e1920 with Double-Click.
Set the Length (LG) value to 446.
Set the Height (H) value to 86.
As assembly reference (1) CSYS select the recently created coordinate system.
Leave the Library Component dialog with OK .