Capital®
Capital FormboardXC™
v2016.1
Student Workbook
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Table of Contents
Module 1: Introduction and Course Overview .................................................... 5
Abbreviations Used in This Course ..................................................................................................... 6
Overview of Capital Products .............................................................................................................. 7
Overview of Capital FormboardXC Course......................................................................................... 9
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 9
Benefits of Capital FormboardXC ..................................................................................................... 10
License Requirements ........................................................................................................................ 10
General Terminology ......................................................................................................................... 11
Formboard Design Process Flow ....................................................................................................... 12
Getting Started.................................................................................................................................... 14
Capital FormboardXC`s User Interface ............................................................................................. 16
Module 1 Lab: Introduction to Capital FormboardXC ...................................................................... 19
Module 2: Formboard Diagram and Bundle Manipulation ............................. 21
Creating a Formboard Diagram.......................................................................................................... 22
Propagation of Edits in Multiple Diagrams........................................................................................ 25
Lab 2: Exercises 2.1 - 2.3 ................................................................................................................... 25
Structure vs. Reference Nodes ........................................................................................................... 26
Arcs and Waypoints ........................................................................................................................... 27
Lab 2: Exercise 2.4 ............................................................................................................................. 28
Harness Rotation ................................................................................................................................ 29
Harness Rotation – RMB Menu ......................................................................................................... 30
Harness Rotation – Menu Examples .................................................................................................. 32
Harness Rotation – Click-and-Drag ................................................................................................... 32
Lab 2: Exercise 2.5 ............................................................................................................................. 33
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Straightening Bundles ........................................................................................................................ 34
Flipping a Harness Section ................................................................................................................. 35
Bundle Modifications ......................................................................................................................... 36
Bundle Palette .................................................................................................................................... 39
Wire Path Highlighting ...................................................................................................................... 41
Adjusting Overall Bundle Lengths ..................................................................................................... 41
Protecting Bundle Modifications ....................................................................................................... 42
Module 3: Fixtures ................................................................................................ 45
Fixture Characteristics........................................................................................................................ 46
Fixture Symbols ................................................................................................................................. 47
Fixture Placement and Selection Overview ....................................................................................... 48
Fixture Placement ............................................................................................................................... 49
Automatic Selection of Fixtures ......................................................................................................... 52
Anatomy of a Fixture Constraint ........................................................................................................ 52
Conditional Fixtures Selection ........................................................................................................... 53
Conditional Fixtures Offset ................................................................................................................ 53
Example: Constraint for Placing Component Fixtures ...................................................................... 54
Lab 3: Exercise 3.1 ............................................................................................................................. 54
Retain Structure Node Positions ........................................................................................................ 55
Worst Case Bundle Sizes ................................................................................................................... 56
Rotate Tables to Match Operator Viewing Angle .............................................................................. 57
Lab 3: Exercises 3.2 & 3.3 ................................................................................................................. 57
Formboard Regions ............................................................................................................................ 58
Axial Dimensions ............................................................................................................................... 59
Styling Axial Dimensions .................................................................................................................. 60
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Lab 3: Exercise 3.4 ............................................................................................................................. 61
Module 4: Component Library and Styling ....................................................... 63
Objectives ........................................................................................................................................... 64
End View / Face View Symbols ........................................................................................................ 65
Adding Datums .................................................................................................................................. 66
Configuring Datums ........................................................................................................................... 67
Lab 4: Exercise 4.1 ............................................................................................................................. 68
Hierarchy of Related Entities ............................................................................................................. 69
Configuring Sort Order of Related Entities........................................................................................ 69
Lab 4: Exercise 4.2 ............................................................................................................................. 72
Styling the Cavity Attributes .............................................................................................................. 72
Configuring the Wire Datums ............................................................................................................ 74
Styling the Wire Attributes ................................................................................................................ 75
Nominal Origin and Justification in Styling ...................................................................................... 76
Lab 4: Exercises 4.3 - 4.5 ................................................................................................................... 77
Plan View Symbols ............................................................................................................................ 77
Creating Plan View Symbols ............................................................................................................. 78
Styling the Plan View Symbols .......................................................................................................... 79
Axial Dimensions ............................................................................................................................... 80
Multiple Component Symbols ........................................................................................................... 80
Lab 4: Exercises 4.6 - 4.8 ................................................................................................................... 81
Congratulations .................................................................................................................................. 82
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Appendix ................................................................................................................ 83
Appendix 1: User Interface Introducion ……………………………..…………..................... A-1
List of Capital Hot Keys (Shortcuts)............................................................................................ 94
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