Bevel attributes in import - Intergraph Smart Production - 20 - Help - Hexagon

Bevel information in a geometry file imported into Smart Production Cutting using DXF / DWG (Set) Import must be written into the drawing in a specific way so that the bevel technology is automatically added to profiles during import. This topic describes the rules and syntax for bezel text and provides examples.

• It is important to understand how to create and use bezels before writing bevel text. For information about creating and using bevels, see Bevel.

• You write relief information after defining the bevel information. For information about relief attributes, see Relief (taper) attributes in import.

• Text that includes thickness information is only used for a bevel or a relief. For information about thickness, see Thickness attribute as a text.

Rules

Bevel attribute text:

• can only be attached to polylines

• is only allowed to a single polyline (that is, one bevel attribute text is allowed for one polyline)

• must be located so that the base point of the text is located on a polyline

• cannot be placed at either end of a polyline

• fields must be separated by a semicolon (;)

• uses a decimal symbol as a point

• must be written inside square brackets for constant bevels (for example, [constant_bevel_information]

Bevel information text might include the information below:

• whether the bevel is manual (M) or not (nothing)

• the bevel type (V, I, Y, X, K)

• which is the upper side (V-bevel) or the lower side (Y-bevel)

• bevel angles

• bevel dimensions

• two square brackets for a variable bevel

Syntax

Bevel attribute text uses the following syntax:

InitMark [M](V/|V\|I|Y/|Y\|X|K)(KA)[;HA1][;KA][;HA2] EndMark

where:

• InitMark: [

• (X): X is a compulsory value

• [X]: X is an optional value

• [X|Y]: X or Y or nothing

• (X|Y): X or Y

• EndMark: ]

Sample bevel text

Bevel text definitions

• M = manual bevel, if marked

• V/ = V-bevel, upper

• V\ = V-bevel, lower

• I = straight cut (bevel)

• Y/ = Y-bevel, upper

• Y\ = Y-bevel, lower

• X = X-bevel

• K = K-bevel

• KA = the bevel angle (degree)

• HA1 = the bevel height (mm)

• HA2 = the height of the vertical (straight) part (mm)