About the Workflow in SMARTElectrode Extension

Start from an existing part or assembly to start the design of sinking electrodes. The workflow contains the following steps:

Click Assembly ▶ New to create a new electrode assembly.
To define a zero point for electrodes, click Operation ▶ Zero.
Activate Electrode ▶ Add to create a new electrode in assembly and start design.
Use Electrode ▶ Activate to activate any electrode component and switch to design ribbon.
Electrode ▶ Repeat opens UI to assemble electrode model(s) again.
Click Electrode ▶ Copy to create a copy of selected electrode(s) and associated data like drawing and manufacturing data.
Click Electrode ▶ Check to find interferences, calculate effective burn area and gap values.
Organization ▶ Add opens UI to add holders to the electrodes.
Click Organization ▶ Manufcaturing to create manufacturing files from template.
Use Organization ▶ Drawing to open drawing UI and create drawings for assembly and electrodes.
Activate Organization ▶ Burnsheet to review data of all electrodes and adopt design changes.
Click Organization ▶ Output to save export data to STEP, IGES or custom formats.
Click Organization ▶ Postprocessor to send data to EDM interfaces.

Commands Electrode ▶

Add and Electrode ▶

Activate switch current ribbon to design ribbon. The design workflow contains following steps:

Any individual surface set, rule-based surface set or selection function like Select ▶ Solid faces can be used to start design.
Use Get Data ▶ Cutout or Get Data ▶ Copy Geometry to start solid or surface approach.
Use Modeling ▶ Remove or Modeling ▶ Replace to remove geometry from the solid.
Click Modeling ▶ All to add all top surfaces that are not connected to FREE_FACE to selection buffer.
Activate Modeling ▶ Attach to fill the gap between selected top surfaces and FREE_FACE with solid features.
Activate Modeling ▶ Base to add a base to electrode solid and finish the design.
Activate assembly in Model Tree or use Ctrl+A to return to process ribbon.