Dragon Straight Part Tutorial

Dragon Straight Part Tutorial

Things To Know

• This tutorial will step you through the process of creating a straight design in Bend-Tech Dragon and show you the possible choices for where to take it next depending on your needs. As you walk through this tutorial, procedures are designed based on your knowledge of earlier procedures. Because of this, it is very important that you carefully step through this guide, understanding everything along the way.

Tutorial

1. From the Bend-Tech Dragon start up screen, click on the Straight button to open the straight part interface.

2. Now, maximize the screen .

3. In order to start a design, select the 1.75 DOM material from the material drop down menu to the left. This material is specific to both this tutorial and corresponding tutorials including the Dragon Custom Design Tutorial and the Dragon Nesting Tutorial.

4. Next, select the Tube Length value field and enter the number 24. The straight tube should appear below in the display area.

5. Now select the Cutting tab and hit the Add button twice to add a start and end cut . You can then change the type of cut, the material it is cutting to, the rotation, angle of crossing tube, and offset values all in this table:

6. From here, check the Display Cross Tubes checkbox and the cross tubes will appear in the display.

7. Now, type 110 into the Angle value field. This will adjust the angle of the cope as shown in the display area.

8. Next, switch over to the Cut End tab and change the Type of Cut: to Coping(Fishmouth) as with the start cut.

9. Check the Display Cross Tube checkbox to the right of the Type of Cut menu.

10. Now, type 110 into the Angle value field as before. This will adjust the angle of the cope as shown in the display area.

11. Next, type 180 into the Rotation value field above the Angle field.

12. Now, type .875 into the Offset value field to the bottom right hand side. This will cause the cross tube on the right side of the project to offset from the centerline by half the diameter of the tubing.

13. To finish this part, select the Miter option under the Cut Start tab and in the Type of Cut section and change the angle to 45 in the Angle value field. The part should appear in the display screen as seen below.

11. With the part finished, please save the file by clicking the Save icon from the icon menu bar at the top of the screen and name it Dragon Test1. This will be used in later tutorials including the Dragon Nesting Tutorial and Dragon Custom Design Tutorial.

Transferring

• After applying all of the changes to our straight part, we are free to select the desired option for transferring the part out.

• You may Transfer to Design for adding further geometry to the part and assigning actions before sending it to the machine, or you may Transfer to Nesting if you'd like the current part to be added to a nesting project without altering the part further.

• See the Dragon Guide to help you decide where to go from here.