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Version 7.14 Rev.02
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Contents
Welcome to TopSolid 2020 .................................................................................................................................. 1
What's New in TopSolid'Design 7.14..................................................................................................................... 3

User Interface ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
PDM .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Sketch ........................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Shape .......................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Surface ........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
Sheet Metal ................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Assembly ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Workspaces................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Bill of Materials ........................................................................................................................................................... 19
Visualization ................................................................................................................................................................ 20
Finishing ...................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Construction ............................................................................................................................................................... 21
Tools............................................................................................................................................................................ 22
Nesting (Optional Module) ......................................................................................................................................... 25
TopSolid'Fea................................................................................................................................................................ 28
Drafting ....................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Unfolding .................................................................................................................................................................... 39
2D Modeling ............................................................................................................................................................... 39
Work ........................................................................................................................................................................... 39
Translators .................................................................................................................................................................. 40
What's New in TopSolid'Cam 7.14 ...................................................................................................................... 47

Hole Machining ........................................................................................................................................................... 48
2D Milling .................................................................................................................................................................... 57
3D Milling .................................................................................................................................................................... 72
4D Milling .................................................................................................................................................................... 78
5D Milling .................................................................................................................................................................... 79
Turning ........................................................................................................................................................................ 80
Tools and Cutting Conditions ...................................................................................................................................... 84
Machined Part Setup .................................................................................................................................................. 85
Virtual Jog ................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Work Coordinate Systems .......................................................................................................................................... 86
Verification and Simulation ........................................................................................................................................ 87
Machine and Machine Components........................................................................................................................... 89
Methods...................................................................................................................................................................... 90
Miscellaneous ............................................................................................................................................................. 96
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Wire .......................................................................................................................................................................... 103
What's New in TopSolid'Tooling 7.14 ............................................................................................................... 109

TopSolid'Split ............................................................................................................................................................ 110
TopSolid'Mold ........................................................................................................................................................... 114
TopSolid'Electrode .................................................................................................................................................... 119
TopSolid'Strip (Strip Design) ..................................................................................................................................... 121
TopSolid'Progress (Progressive Die) ......................................................................................................................... 125
What's New in TopSolid'Cut 7.14...................................................................................................................... 127

Lead-Ins and Lead Outs............................................................................................................................................. 128
Technology Tables .................................................................................................................................................... 129
Cutting Parameters ................................................................................................................................................... 131
Micro-tabs................................................................................................................................................................. 132
Speed Ramps ............................................................................................................................................................ 135
5-Axis Cutting ............................................................................................................................................................ 136
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TopSolid 2020 Welcome to TopSolid 2020
Welcome to TopSolid 2020

Throughout this document, you will discover the top enhancements and learn about the new features and benefits
of the latest 2020 release of TopSolid 7. The innovations described here only represent a small portion of the new
functionalities.
If you are interested in finding out more about the newest TopSolid 2020 features, please contact your local
reseller.
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TopSolid 2020 What's New in TopSolid'Design 7.14
What's New in TopSolid'Design 7.14
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What's New in TopSolid'Design 7.14 TopSolid 2020
This section describes the enhancements made to the PDM, Design, Sheet Metal, Drafting and Unfolding
applications in version 7.14 of TopSolid 7.
User Interface
Icons
The icons of the new theme are now set as the default icons. However, you can switch back to the old theme from
the General section of the Tools > Options command.
Home page
In order to better manage very high resolution 4K monitors, three icon sizes have been added for the previews of
the latest open documents. Therefore, a total of six different sizes are now available.
In addition, you can now modify the size of the New Document, Recent Projects and Help areas located on the left
of the home page.
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Search
In the search results window, the size of the document previews supports 4K monitors.
Rotation via the keyboard

Selecting one of the spheres of the compass and then moving the mouse now result in a rotation of several
revolutions around an axis.
Healing/Tolerant update
In version 7.12, the healing update icon was moved from the Home tab to the document options. In version 7.14,
you can ignore the document options settings thanks to two new options available in the Tools > Options > General
section.
Styles
The Copy and Paste contextual commands are now available in the different styles, which allows you, for example,
to retrieve a style from one document to another.
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PDM
Template memorization
When creating a new document, the templates used when creating the previous document are automatically
proposed.
Part numbering
The new Check part number during input option, available in the TopSolid 7 > PDM > Part Numbering command,
prevents you from validating a document's property dialog box, or modifying the Part Number parameter from the
Entities tree if the indicated part number is not unique.
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Revision Text
When defining the text of a revision from the Others > Revision Texts contextual command, the text of the major
revision can now contain numbers and letters.
Search
To allow for a better adaptation to the 4K monitors, the size of the thumbnails in a search document may vary
depending on the size of the screen. Three thumbnail sizes are available.
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Sketch
Profile Origin and Orientation
The 2D Sketch > Operations > Profile Origin and Orientation command's dialog box has been modified.
You can now select all profiles, several profiles or only one profile, and the clockwise and counterclockwise
directions are available.
3D contour wizard
The new 3D Sketch > Contour Wizard command allows you to create a contour based on the edges of a shape.
Arrows to select the desired direction are available at each intersection.
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Offset
In the 2D Sketch > Operations > Offset command, the Special Segments section now allows you to apply a specific
value between a start segment and an end segment. This option is available when right-clicking on the label in the
graphics area or on a line in the dialog box.
Projection
The Project command is now available in the 3D Sketch menu and supports the projection of curves onto a faceted
shape.
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Shape
Constrained block
The new Shape > Constrained Block command allows you to quickly create an extruded shape from points, edges or
planes. It also includes an Automatic mode to identify the adjacent faces, and graphical handles to adjust the
offsets.
Drillings
In the Drilling command, the new Lightweight and Inoperative options allow you to define a drilling without
performing the corresponding Boolean operation. When the Create MF (Manufacturing Features) option is enabled
in the Home tab, the drilling operation then contains all the necessary information to perform the machining
operation in TopSolid'Cam.
The Lightweight option only applies to smooth holes. The drilling is represented by a circle on the face to be drilled.
For example, this option allows you to design a sheet metal plate perforated with a multitude of holes in a few
seconds, to draft it and then to machine it.
The Inoperative option applies to all types of blind holes and allows you to redefine the drilling operation from a
cylindrical geometry that comes from an import.
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Example of drilling repetition in Lightweight mode.
Repeated Boolean
The new Shape > Repeated Boolean command makes it possible to carry out, in a single operation, a union or
subtraction Boolean operation between a shape and the shapes resulting from a repetition.
Subtraction repeated Boolean operation.

Basic shapes.
Union repeated Boolean operation.

Basic shapes.
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Offset
The Distance option has been added to the Special Faces selection section of the Shape > Offset command. This
option allows you to indicate the value of the offset distance of all faces for which no value is entered. You can then
enter an individual distance value for some faces.
In addition, the icon has been added to the special faces dialog box in order to access the face selections by
color, by edge path, etc.
Selection by edge path/color

The Faces Along Edge Paths option has been added to all the face selection dialog boxes. It allows you to select all
adjacent faces to the selected edges.
When selecting by color, the color of the preview now corresponds to the color indicated in the dialog box.
In addition, to simplify the command's dialog boxes, the selected edges or faces are grouped on a single line. You
can ungroup them using the Explode contextual command.
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Entry points
The Entry points option has been added to the dialog boxes of the Shape > Pocket and Shape > Other Operations >
Machining Process commands. For wire EDM operations, it allows you to indicate the wire diameter and the
position of the entry points. This information is then retrieved in TopSolid'Cam.
Replacement
The Preserve new colors option has been added to the third step of the Shape > Comparison > Replace command's
wizard and allows you to keep the colors of the replacement shape's faces.
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Surface
Face copy
The new Preserve colors option, available in the Surface > Faces command, allows you to keep the colors of the
copied faces.
Tangent surfaces
The new Surface > Tangent Surfaces command allows you to quickly create a surface shape by selecting the edges, a
face and a length.
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Marking
The new Surface > Marking command allows you to either assign a property (Automatic mode), or to imprint a
sketch onto a part's face. It is often used to display the mounting index and/or manufacturing index properties of a
part (see the Manufacturing and mounting indexes section).
This command is also available in the Modeling tab of an assembly document in order to carry out the marking on
one or more part occurrences.
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Sheet Metal
Flange
The new Tangent length option allows you to define the flange length with respect to the tangent of the bend.
Analyze Sheet Metal

The Analyze Sheet Metal contextual command now has a Bends section to display the list of bends and their
information. You can select them to locate them and then check them one by one.
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Assembly
In-place editing
You can now disable the in-place editing of a part or a sub-assembly using the Edit in-place on double click option
available in the Assembly > In Place Editing section of the Tools > Options command.
Pocket
The new Modeling > Pocket command makes it possible, in a single operation, to perform a pocket through several
parts directly from the assembly document. An automatic detection option allows you to quickly select the parts in
contact with the pocket sketch. The different parts impacted by the operation are then synchronized with the
assembly document.
Example of a pocket on extruded bars.
Local parts
The Modeling > Local Parts command's dialog box allows you to select parts even if they do not result from a
repetition.
Local assemblies
The Modeling > Local Assembly command allows you to select other local assemblies to be able to manage the
assembly levels in a bill of materials.
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Local shapes
The Enclosing Block and Enclosing Cylinder commands have been added to the Modeling > Local Shapes menu.
Slave parts
The Update Slave Part Document command has been renamed Rebuild Slave Part Document and now allows you
to update the visual attributes.
Workspaces
The new Workspaces manager document type allows you to break down the design of a project into several areas
delimited by a limitation volume in order to distribute the work among several users. From these areas, TopSolid
generates a structure of documents with one assembly per area, as well as another assembly containing the
reassembly of all areas. This concept greatly improves collaborative work, as well as large-scale projects that require
splitting into batches or sub-assemblies.
Base assembly
Workspace 1 Workspace 2
Workspaces manager
Workspace 3 Workspace n
Final assembly Assembly of workspaces
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Bill of Materials
Comparing parts
The Compare parts geometry option has been added to the Bill of Material > Assembly command, allowing you to
compare the topology of the parts and thus to differentiate between parts having the same properties (description,
material, etc.) but different machinings.
Example of part comparison:

the two extruded bars have the same characteristics, the same dimensions but different drillings.
Therefore, they are on two separate rows in the bill of materials.
Assembly only mode

The new Assembly Only mode allows you to list only the sub-assemblies contained in the assembly.
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Manufacturing and mounting indexes

The two new Bill of Material > Manufacturing Index and Bill of Material > Mounting Index commands are used to
calculate properties on the occurrences of the assembly's parts.
The Manufacturing Index property is intended to identify the parts in order to machine them, while the Mounting
Index property lists the back references of the parts.
These properties can then be used to mark the parts and/or retrieved in the draftings.
Visualization
Cut
The Entities section has been added to the Visualization > Cut command's dialog box, allowing you to select the
entities that will be cut and those that will not be cut.
Graphic cut with selection of entities not to be cut.
Finishing
In a Finishing document, options for setting the textures are now available, allowing you to choose an image
document and to define the relief scale.
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Construction
Block envelopes
The new commands of the Construction > Block Envelopes menu allow you to define blocks that can be defined as
drivers in a Family document. This block is then requested when including the family in an assembly document,
which allows the component to be automatically resized according to the block size.
Example of a metal structure built from a block envelope.
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Tools
Representations
When selecting one or more entities, the new Others > Add to Representations contextual command displays a
dialog box which contains all the representations. You can then select the representation(s) to be used.
Auxiliary elements
The new Not empty option available in the Tools > Auxiliary Elements > Auxiliary Elements command prevents the
validation of the dialog box when no item has been selected, or makes the document invalid when the auxiliary
elements are deleted.
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Fill pattern
The new Construction > Patterns > Fill Pattern command allows you to define a pattern by filling in a section with a
profile as much as possible, according to two propagation modes (Matrix or Quincunx).
Example of a fill pattern in quincunx mode.
Derivation
In order to strengthen the link with TopSolid'Erp, the Classifyings option has been added to the derivation options.
Default drivers
To speed up the inclusion of a component, the new Tools > Drivings > Default Drivers command allows you to
predefine the parameter values of the function that drives that component. For example, this allows you to include
several railings with the same height, the same distance from the ground, etc.
Annotations
You can edit the Annotations Management operation which checks the consistency of the theoretical dimensions
and tolerance information.
The Strict option helps to ensure the tolerance consistency within the solver limits (axis, flat face, cylindrical face,
conical face, spherical face and plane). Outside these limits, the operation becomes invalid.
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Parts operation
The options of the Tools > Options > Assembly section have been divided into four categories: General, Extruded
Bars, In Place Editing and Parts Operation.
In addition, the Operation on part and Operation on part list options have been added to the Parts Operation
section. They allow you to select the synchronization mode (operation on part) and either to create in-place parts,
or to derive them for modification.
Drafting
The Tools > Unsectionabilities menu's commands have been moved to the Tools > Drafting > Unsectionabilities
menu.
In a 3D document (part, assembly, etc.), the new Tools > Drafting menu provides two commands to define the
detailing elements and the schematics of the part or the assembly.
The Detailings command allows you to define the entities that can be projected such as sketches, points,
dimensions or annotations. You can then project them into a drafting by using the new Detailing section of the view
creation command. This section is also available in the view styles.
By default, the detailing elements are not retrieved in the higher assembly level. However, it is possible to inherit
them via the Others > Inherit Detailing Elements contextual command.
The In Place Schematic command allows you to define the entities to be used to replace the part or the sub-
assembly in the drafting document. This replacement is possible thanks to the Schematics Projection advanced
option of the main view creation command.
You can select the Others > Show Schematics contextual command to view the schematics in the higher level
assembly.
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Nesting (Optional Module)

Selection
The nesting context provides two new modes allowing you to select only the parts or only the supports. The
Selection by part mode is enabled by default.
Multiplicity of sheets
The new Minimize the number of different nestings option available in the Strategy tab of the automatic nesting
command allows you to reduce to a minimum the number of different nestings in order to obtain as many identical
nestings as possible.
Common cut
The new Common cut mode available in the automatic nesting command allows you to group parts that can be cut
at the same time. When this mode is enabled, a Common cut column is added to the table of parts to be nested.
Example of nesting with common cut (right).
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Compacting
The On the top right and On the bottom right compacting directions have been added to the Strategy tab of the
automatic nesting command and to the Nesting > Compact command.
Cluster nesting
The new cluster nesting mode allows parts to be nested according to a pattern of rows and columns. You can enable
it using the icons located at the top right of the nesting dialog box. The part distribution options are available in the
Strategy tab.
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Tube nesting
The nesting module now makes it possible to nest tubes of different sections (circular, square, rectangular, etc.). As
with flat part nestings, you have to define the nesting characteristics of the part to be nested and the support using
the new Tools > Tube Nesting Characteristics command.
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Meshing
In the Mesh > Mesh command's dialog box, the new Refinement option allows you to automatically refine the mesh
around the curves of the set to be studied, avoiding the inconvenience of managing local sizes when the study part
has mainly curved shapes.
Without refinement.
With a 15° refinement.
With a 5° refinement.
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Combination
In an analysis result document, the Combination Max option has been added to the dialog box of the Results >
Stresses Result and Results > Displacements Result commands. It directly displays the worst combination for the
studied part or assembly.
Measure
In an analysis result document, the result labels generated by the Results Measure command are now directly
visible as soon as they are created.
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Punctual load
You can now apply a punctual load in a Solid-type analysis using the Analysis > Punctual load command.
Imposed displacement
The Analysis > Imposed Displacement command now allows you to select a point.
Shell and Beam dialog boxes

The dialog boxes of the Analysis > Beam and Analysis > Shell commands can now be pinned.
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Drafting
Interrupted view
It is possible to interrupt the same view several times in the same operation. In addition, when you relaunch the
Interrupted View command and select a view containing only one interruption, the new Edit existing interruption
option allows you to edit this interruption operation.
Display priority
When several parts are superimposed on each other, such as a finished part and its stock, the new View > Display
Priority command allows you to choose which one is in the foreground and which one is in the background.
The Display Priority command allows you to put the blue part in the foreground.
View titles
You can retrieve information in the title of a view using the Edit button available in the Title section of the view
creation command's dialog boxes. For example, this allows, in documents containing several drawings, you to
display in the title of a cross-sectional view the number of the page on which its reference view is located.
Hiding profiles
The Shapes hide profiles option has been added to the Advanced Options section of the view creation commands.
When this option is checked, the hidden lines of the profiles are hidden by the shapes. Otherwise, the hidden lines
of the profiles recover the attributes of the hidden lines defined in the view style.
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Customized hatching
In a 2D modeling document, you can create hatching patterns from sketches by providing the Hatchings function.
These hatching patterns can then be applied in the drafting or in the 2D Sketch > Section command.
Example of section with user hatching.
Axes
The Extend contextual command has been renamed Resize and now provides two graphical handles to manually
pull on the ends of the axis, as well as a precise mode allowing you to extend the axis to another segment.
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External border
When editing the frame of a drafting document, the External border option allows you to manage the display of the
external frame (blue frame).
Tables
You can place a table (simple table, dimensioning, drilling, bill of materials, etc.) on an existing table. The
modifications of a table automatically shift the tables to which it is the reference.
In addition, the Advanced Options section's dialog box now provides an option to hide the heading line.
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Coordinates table
When defining a coordinates table style, you can add prefixes and suffixes in the columns (except in the Comment
column).
Height of table rows

When editing a table, the new Edit line properties contextual command allows you to define the height of the
selected row. When the height is set, it can also be modified by clicking and dragging on a row of the table.
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Drillings table
Two new options for grouping drillings together, By grouping criterion and By predefined groups, are now available.
The By grouping criterion mode allows you to choose the properties (type, diameter, etc.) to group drillings with
identical properties (for example, all holes with the same diameter).
The By predefined groups mode allows you to access the new Predefined Groups tab which allows you to define
explicit criteria for grouping holes (for example, all holes with a diameter of 2mm).
Dimensioning
The Midpoint option has been added to the different dimensioning commands.
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The exceedance value of a circular dimension's projection line with respect to the dimension arrow can now be
modified via the Geometry > Circle extension advanced option.
When editing a dimension, the new Length export text orientation option available in the Advanced Options >
Geometry section allows the value of an offset dimension to be oriented either horizontally or parallel to the
dimension line.
Faceted shapes
In the dimensioning commands, the new Visualization > Faceted Shape Vertex Selection mode allows you to hook
onto the points of a faceted shape.
Cartesian dimension
When creating a Cartesian dimension using the Dimension command, a new dialog box allows you to select the
origin of the dimension. You can therefore create a dimension in relation to remarkable points in the view (center,
origin, bottom left, etc.) or a manually selected point.
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Framing
The Radial mode has been added to the Format section of the note and text creation command's dialog boxes.
When this mode is selected, the origin of the arrow is located in the center of the text bounding box and is limited
by the frame.
This mode is available in the Text, Rich Text, Drilling Note, Bend Note, Chamfer Dimension, Knurling Dimension,
Difference Note, Electrode Note and Bill of Material Index commands.
Drilling note
The calculation of the number of repetitions has been modified:
- The Repetition number parameter now indicates the number of drillings in the same repetition.
- The new Identical drillings count parameter analyzes the holes of the part and counts all holes of the same
diameter (in the view direction).
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Basification
The indexes or dimensions generated by the automatic index or automatic dimension commands can now be
basified using the new Others > Explode contextual command.
The entities created by the automatic commands (automatic dimensioning, automatic indexing, etc.) are therefore
converted into simple and independent entities.
Stacking annotations
Annotations can be stacked and thus associated with the same arrow using the Stack annotation contextual
command. Once the annotations are stacked, the Reorganize annotations and Unstack annotations contextual
commands are used to move the stacked annotations and dissociate the arrows respectively.
Example of BOM index stacking.
Tolerancing
The Format button has been added to the Detailing > Geometric Tolerance command's dialog box, allowing you to
define units, precision, etc. It is also available in a design document (3D tolerancing).
Parameters
When creating a BOM parameter and the set, you can now name the parameter in the dialog box.
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Unfolding
Colors
The Keep sketch colors option, available in the advanced options of the unfolding styles, keeps the color of the
sketches when converting a sketch into an unfolding.
You need to create an unfolding template with a style having this option checked to be able to use it.
In addition, the new Unfolding > Sheet Metal Machining Color command allows you to apply colors to an unfolding
obtained from a real part (i.e. by unfolding a part).
Unfolding rules
In a Part document, the Unfolding Rules and Switch Unfolding Rules parameters have been added to the
Construction > Parameters > Other Parameters menu.
The Unfolding Rules parameter is similar to the Material parameter, while the Switch Unfolding Rules parameter
allows you to vary the unfolding rule according to the document material.
2D Modeling
The transformation commands (translation, rotation, positioning, symmetry, scaling and non-uniform scaling) have
been added to the Construction > Transforms menu.
Work
The new Work document type makes it possible to automate certain tasks such as creating a bill of materials,
producing an unfolding, a drafting or performing a machining, etc. This module is included in TopSolid'Pro. It can be
associated to the Work Manager window, available from the View menu of the TopSolid icon, which allows you to
centralize the tasks to be processed and to select them to produce work launches (via the Work documents), within
a multi-user environment.
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Translators
Virtual reality (FBX export)
You can export a part or an assembly in FBX format. This format is compatible with virtual reality software and
devices.
IFC interface
Many improvements have been made to the IFC interface.
Quantity management
The quantities (QSets entities) are managed in import and export. When importing, they are found in the
Parameters folder. When exporting, you need to provide the corresponding function available in the TopSolid IFC
library.
Localization
The Localization tab has been added to the import window. The localization data are loaded on the file to be
imported (reference frame, site information) and you can load the positioning of another file from a BIM model of
the same project.
Filter of properties to be exported

The PSet word can be removed from the property sets to be exported. You can also filter properties by deleting
those that contain a special character. This can be useful when you want to export a set of user properties (non-
standard) by providing a function that contains both properties to be exported to the IFC document and internal
properties not to be published.
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Relative positioning of parts

Part geometries can be imported into the part's absolute frame, and then positioned in the higher level assembly
using the new Position products locally option. A frame with the name of the assembly which references the part is
also created.
Creating local parts

You can choose to create local parts for each IFC product. These parts will be located in the lowest assembly level.
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Management of specific properties for doors and windows

The specific properties of doors and windows (Style - Panel - Frame) are now imported/exported.
These properties are the following: IfcDoorStyle (Door Style), IfcDoorLiningProperties (Door Lining Properties),
IfcDoorPanelProperties (Door Panel Properties), IfcWindowStyle (Window Style), IfcWindowLiningProperties
(Window Lining Properties) and IfcWindowPanelProperties (Window Panel Properties).
For export, you need to provide the corresponding functions located in the TopSolid IFC Architecture Domain
library.
Management of IfcGroup entities during export

You can assign the IfcZone, IfcDistributionSystem and IfcDistributionCircuit functions to a subset. These types are
derived from IfcGroup and do not have geometry. They make it possible to logically group together elements of a
project.
Type parameter for BIM

The new Construction > Parameters > Other Parameters > Type for BIM export command allows you to define how
to export subsets. The options are the same as for the Type for BOM parameter, i. e. Absent, Composite (default
mode), Simple or Transparent.
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Material export
You can define a simple material on a document to be exported by providing the associated function and the
functions related to the material properties.
Loading the structure in the import dialog box

In the command for importing an IFC file, the list of entities and the model structure are loaded before the preview.
This allows the entities to be filtered before loading the geometry and makes it possible to view the assembly
structure of the project.
Management of entity creation

In the Options tab, the sequence for creating entities is now provided in a drop-down list. By selecting Solid -
Faceted shape - Polyhedron, the software will try to create a solid. If it is not possible, the software will create a
faceted shape, then a polyhedron. It is also possible to select Solid - Polyhedron if you do not want a faceted shape,
select Faceted shape - Polyhedron if you do not want a solid, or simply select Polyhedron.
Retrieving the type of beams

The standard name of the beams (IPE, HEA, etc.) is now retrieved in the Description parameter of the beam.
Layers
The layers are now retrieved from the parts and reassembled in the assemblies.
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Management of strip design and progressive die templates

When importing a Step, Parasolid or other document, you can select a progressive die or strip design document
template.
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PDF3D export
In a PDF document template, the new PDF > Property Parameter command allows you to create a parameter that
retrieves the value of a property. This parameter can then be displayed as text in a sketch. In Acrobat Reader, the
text is then updated when selecting a row in the bill of materials.
SketchUp
Entities can now be imported as polyhedra, faceted shapes or exact shapes.
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TopSolid 2020 What's New in TopSolid'Cam 7.14
What's New in TopSolid'Cam 7.14
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What's New in TopSolid'Cam 7.14 TopSolid 2020
This section describes the enhancements made to the Machining application in version 7.14 of TopSolid 7.
Hole Machining
Drilling primitives and truncated contouring
You can access the drilling primitives and the Truncated Contouring command directly from the contextual menu.
To display the primitives in the contextual menu, you must first create a custom menu via the Tools > Menu > Add
command, then select the Customize command.
You can then add the shortcuts to the desired primitives in the contextual menu.
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Drilling intersections
As is already the case for the feed rates, you can now adjust the spindle rate in the drilling intersections.
The spindle rate can be expressed in factor (%) or value (rpm).
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Gun drilling
A new gun drilling operation is available.
Since a gun drill is very long, the gun drilling process requires a pre-hole to be machined beforehand in order to
guide the drill. The purpose of drilling using a gun drill is to be able to configure the following elements, in addition
to a normal drilling cycle:
- The coolant activation before going into the hole, as well as the safety distance.
- The coolant type and pressure.
- The M3-M4-M5 rotation direction.
- The spindle rate: machining, % machining, custom (rpm).
- The feed rate: machining, % machining, Fmax, custom, rapid.
- The delay in seconds or number of revolutions once the "x" millimeters have been reached.
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Milling threading cycle

You can now perform a climb milling threading cycle from the top.
Climb milling from the bottom Climb milling from the top
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Applying the depth from the top element

When using the absolute value mode, you can now indicate a machining depth. In previous versions, this depth was
applied from the top point of the operation's geometry. Now, the objective is to start the drilling depth from the
first geometry of the stack in order to no longer take into account any chamfers, fillets or spot facings.
The Apply depth from top element option is available in the operation settings of all drilling primitives (except
centering), only in absolute value mode.
The Apply depth from top element option is disabled.
The Apply depth from top element option is enabled.
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This option can also be enabled/disabled from the cylinder and drilling analysis control panel.
Searching for holes in a limitation area

The limitation of the analysis area is also available in the hole machining operation.
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Searching for holes by color

The option to search for holes by color is now available in the manual hole machining's search options. It allows you
to identify the different shapes of holes which have the same color as the already selected geometry or geometries.
This option is also available when applying a method to a hole stacking, as well as in the cylinder and drilling
analysis. In this case, the search will no longer be performed according to a single geometry, but according to a hole
stacking.
In addition, in order to facilitate the identification of hole groupings in the analysis, the colors of the different hole
levels are displayed in the analysis dialog box.
Respecting environment safety distances

The fixtures are avoided according to the distance indicated in the environment management operation.
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Cylinder and drilling analysis: Additional association tolerance

The association tolerance between distant neighboring holes makes it possible to compensate for the creation of
sub-stacks due to the fact that one hole is intersected by another hole with a larger diameter (or a pocket).
In order to avoid hazardous associations due to excessive tolerances, you can check whether or not there is material
between the distant holes.
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Cylinder and drilling analysis: Considering the fillets

You can now retrieve the fillets defined on a stack of holes. The fillet is recognized as an entity on a stack of cylinders
and can therefore be taken into account.
Units for precise drilling

For precise hole machining, several types of feed rates are now available: per revolution, per minute and per tooth.
Feed rate in mm/rpm.
Feed rate in mm/min.
Feed rate in mm/tooth.
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2D Milling
Machining the manufacturing features (MF)
In TopSolid'Design, drilling and pocket operations can generate manufacturing features (MF) when the Create MF
option is enabled. This makes communication between TopSolid'Design and TopSolid'Cam even more fluid and
optimized.
In addition, you can now apply machining operations and/or methods on the manufacturing features from the
machining feature analysis.
This analysis method significantly reduces the search time for machining features since the analysis is almost
instantaneous.
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End milling: Boost milling

Boost milling is a new high-performance machining strategy for 2D and 2.5D machining, which is available in 2D end
milling and 3D roughing operations.
This strategy allows a path to be calculated so that certain machining conditions are respected over the entire path.
More precisely, the purpose is to obtain a tool path that limits:
- the variations in the material removal rate;
- the variations in the feed rate;
- the engagement angle of the tool so that it never exceeds a maximum value;
- the variations in chip thicknesses.
In this way, the optimal machining conditions that correspond to the case of machining along parallel lines are best
preserved. The objective is to eliminate the sharp angles and passages into the material from the tool path, i.e. the
places where the load on the tool is highest in a classic end milling path. To ensure that the tool is never overloaded,
you can choose a faster feed rate and a greater cutting depth than in the case of a classic path in order to reduce the
machining time of the part.
The calculated path is composed of different areas in which the machining conditions are well controlled. More
specifically, the objective is to obtain a tool path on which you can move either on parallel lines, on concentric
circles or on a trochoid (successive circles with offset centers). These three cases make it possible to analyze the
machining conditions, for example the maximum engagement of the tool, through geometrical considerations. You
can therefore determine in advance certain parameters, such as the minimum radius of the arcs in the path, so that
the desired machining conditions are met.
Concentric circles
Trochoids
Concentric circles
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End milling: Final axial feed rate

When performing an end milling operation, you can now enter a feed rate, different from the machining feed rate,
on the last axial pass. It is valid only if the final axial depth pass is different from 0.
If the feed rate is different from the machining feed rate, all the movements of the last axial passes will be carried
out at this feed rate.
End milling: Bounds for outline

When performing an end milling operation, you can calculate the partial silhouettes that are limited by a box. The
Use bounds for outline option, accessible from the machining dialog box properties, is available for end milling
operations such as classic milling and vertical roughing.
The Use bounds for outline option is disabled. The Use bounds for outline option is enabled.
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End milling: Link movements outside the part

The new Link off stock option allows you to contour the part and thus avoid moving over the part when moving
between passes.
The Link off stock option is checked. The Link off stock option is unchecked.
End milling: Automatic sweeping according to the shortest path

The objective is to use end milling in automatic sweeping mode, with the possibility of sequencing the geometries in
the defined order (without optimization), while respecting the sweeping direction according to the shortest path
between two consecutive geometries.
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End milling: Sweeping according to a given direction

You can now indicate a direction when performing an end milling operation by sweeping.
End milling: Clearance off stock

The new Clearance off stock option allows you to force the tool to retract in Z-axis outside the part.
With the option checked. With the option unchecked.
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End milling: Using forced Z altitude plunge

The objective of this feature is to anticipate a shape defect in the stock geometry during the first plunge into the
material. To do this, you can now shift the Z of the first plunge into the pockets and/or the new area(s) of the part to
be machined, regardless of the safety distance.
Searching for faces by altitude

The new Faces by altitude selection command, available via the Geometry section, allows you to select a reference
face. Accordingly, all faces having the same altitude, depending on the work coordinate system, as the selected
reference face will then be added to the selection in the geometry list.
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Lead-in/lead-out on symmetrical machining

When performing a symmetrical repetition, the Swap lead in/lead out option allows you to reverse the lead-in/lead-
out of the machining operations that manage the machining direction (conventional/climb milling), such as side
milling.
The Swap lead in/lead out option is checked. The Swap lead in/lead out option is unchecked.
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Side milling: Exact or tangential lead-in/lead-out over cut

In the Lead in and out tab of a side milling operation's settings, you can choose between an exact (along curvature)
or tangential lead-in/lead-out over cut type.
Side milling: Compensation diameter

When using the shifted path mode, you can now enter a correction diameter, without using the compensation code,
to be able to machine in the corners with a radius smaller than the tool radius.
Helical side milling: Step or angle information

The actual step (or angle) information, depending on the selected angle (or step) value, now appears in the
geometric area of the labels. It is calculated on the radial pass closest to the part.
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Side milling: Final radial pass on all axial passes

The new On all axial passes option allows all final radial passes to have an empty pass. In version 7.13, this was only
possible for the final axial pass and the final radial pass.
Side milling: Specific angle management

You can now process specific angles in the sharp edge management of side milling, edge breaking, chamfering and
Tslot milling operations. This allows you to have a different edge breaking type for a given angular range.
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You can also choose not to have a standard and/or specific angle.
Helical side milling: Angle management

You can manage angles in the helical machining mode.
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Side milling: Roll-in

You can now perform a side milling operation by using a roll-in approach.
Slot milling: Selecting the machining direction by profile

When performing a slot milling operation on a sketch, you can independently change the machining direction on
each geometry defined in the operation.
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Slot milling: Falling leaf plunge strategy

In slot milling, when the stock management is enabled and the Zigzag step or Square step axial strategy is selected,
you can now perform a falling leaf plunge, in addition to the helical plunge.
The falling leaf plunge will follow the median profile of the slot, which means that if the slot is circular or curved, the
falling leaf plunge will be as well.
Slot milling: Using forced Z altitude plunge

As with end milling, you can now force the Z altitude of the first plunge when performing a slot milling operation.
The objective is to anticipate a shape defect in the stock geometry during the first plunge into the material.
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Corner rounding: Anti-collisions

As with chamfering, corner rounding really takes into account the finish shape in order to eliminate the machining
paths that collide with the finish, as well as the peripheral safety distance.
Chamfering: Changing the reference plane

The machining altitude has been improved in chamfering operations. Now, for new operations, in the case of
profiles, the machining altitude defines the bottom Z of the chamfer. This allows you to modify the machining plane
to perform the chamfering operation, without having to draw the sketches on the reference plane.
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Zigzag chamfering
A new zigzag machining option is available in chamfering operations.
Edge breaking: Optimizing the movement between geometries

The Optimization section has been added in the Geometry option of the edge breaking operation and offers the
same possibilities as in 2D operations.
Outer outline for environment

The new Use outer outline for environment option allows you to limit the silhouettes of the environment to the
external contours. This option is available only for 2D operations and is accessible from the machining dialog box
properties. It is only active when the environment is active. This option is enabled by default.
The Use outer outline for environment option is disabled. The Use outer outline for environment option is enabled.
In the example above, the Z (work coordinate system) of the selected face is below the Zmax (work coordinate
system) of the environment.
Mouse facing: Tool change

Until now, the tool change had an effect only on the path preview. The hatched area was sized according to the new
tool diameter, but the sketch editing continued to display the oblongs according to the diameter of the old mounted
tool.
The sketch is now displayed with the diameter of the newly mounted tool.
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Mouse facing: Editing the feed rate between regions

When performing a mouse facing operation, you can now define a feed rate between the regions (sketches).
Roughing finishing
Roughing finishing is a new machining command that is presented as a primitive of the 3D Roughing command.
The principle is similar to that of a roughing operation: the operation allows you to remove a maximum amount of
material in a minimum amount of time by managing the remaining material, even if the previous operations did not
update the stock.
However, the two following points differentiate the finishing roughing from the 3D roughing:
- The cuts (or offset curves) of the finish maintain the geometry of the part. You no longer work on a point-to-
point basis, but on the real arcs and segments of the part.
- An integrated contouring pass is added on each Z pass. In addition, this pass can use the compensation code,
but only in shifted mode.
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3D Milling
Quick access to surface and curve construction
You can now add surfaces or curves on the fly in the sketch operations from the Additional tab's Geometry menu.
Remaining material sketch according to the tool shape

When the Use tool shape option is checked in a 3D machining operation, the calculation of the machining path takes
this tool into account to avoid collisions with the finish.
Accordingly, the part is not completely machined and will require a remachining operation using a suitable tool.
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To do this, the new Sketch tool shape rest material sketch creation command allows you to define the theoretical
area to be remachined when a 3D machining operation uses a three-stage tool shape that was previously defined in
the Tool Definition tab.
Partial superfinishing without constant Z

You can now perform a superfinishing operation without performing the "Z level" part, i. e. only for horizontal
sections in raster passes or constant step over.
Superfinishing using a radiused mill in angular separation mode

You can now perform a superfinishing operation in Angular Separation mode using a radiused mill.
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Constant step-over machining: Remachining of significant areas

When performing a constant step-over machining, the new Add a last offset at the end option allows you to add a
last pass by locally modifying the machining step (the step is slightly smaller).
This option is available both in the settings of a constant step-over machining operation and the constant step-over
settings of a superfinishing operation.
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Swept edge in raster passes machining

Enhancements have been made to raster passes machining to eliminate any path that only goes around an edge.
This improvement applies to any new machining operation or when upgrading an old operation.
Before upgrading. After upgrading.
Check surface management: Groups of surfaces

You can define several groups of check surfaces with different stock to leave on floor and stock to leave on side
values.
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3D contouring: Optimization between profiles

You can now sort the order in which the profiles machined by 3D contouring follow each other.
Planar area machining

You can now launch the planar area machining command, and then only select the flat geometries to be machined
(pockets, open pockets, facings, etc.).
The objective is to be able to launch a 2D machining command using a 3D algorithm, which saves you a lot of
calculation time on complex parts that have a large number of geometries and/or faces to be analyzed.
No topological analysis nor silhouette calculation (as in end milling) is required. Indeed, the algorithm uses a cut to
find the faces that is almost instantaneous.
The calculation can be performed in asynchronous mode.
You can always search for all planar areas by clicking on the icon.
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Automatic machining of electrodes or parts

The purpose of this feature is to execute processes/tasks to machine electrodes according to their gaps or a
machining part in batches, to position them automatically or manually on a dedicated machine, to apply a machining
method to each electrode and/or part to be machined, to generate the ISO code, and finally to create the workshop
documents.
Boost milling for 3D roughing

The new "Boost milling" high-performance machining strategy is also available for 3D roughing operations. For more
information on this strategy, refer to the End milling: Boost milling section.
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4D Milling
4-axis machining compatible with 5-axis contouring and flank milling
You can now use 5-axis contouring and 5-axis flank milling in 4-axis radial mode using 4-axis codes only.
4-axis machining using a head-head machine

The objective is to be able to carry out 4-axis machining operations using a 5-axis head-head machining center. All
the 4-axis operations have therefore been reviewed to ensure that they can be applied correctly to this machine
kinematics.
In addition, you can now use angular split for work and use angular split for rapid separately. You can enter a split
angle for rapid tool paths that is different from the split angle of the feed rate tool paths.
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5D Milling
Tilting optimization
When the normals of a 5-axis machining oscillate around a singular position of the kinematics (for example Z on a
table-table machine), there is a phenomenon of instability of the machine axes, i. e. large axis movements are
necessary for a small variation of the normal.
To avoid this, one solution is to force the alignment of the normals with the singular position as they approach it.
Accordingly, the machine axes have no movement to make when they get close to the singular position, which
avoids producing large unnecessary movements.
Limitations in 5-axis sweeping

The calculation mode of the limitations has been improved in 5-axis sweeping operations. You can now calculate the
limitation of the machining by faces, not taking into account the actual tool (only a ball-nose mill can be used in 5-
axis machining) or an equivalent sphere, but only a distance in relation to the path.
Face extension in 5-axis sweeping

Initially designed for 5-axis sweeping, the new Face extension surface shape selection command has been added so
that the machining path can be extended on the selected edges.
This command has also been added in 3 and 4-axis sweeping, as well as in the additional surfaces of all machining
operations.
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Turning
Constant cutting angles
Minimum and maximum angles

The minimum and maximum angles must now be given in real values according to the actual rotation axis of the
machine. The values of the machine's minimum and maximum angles are indicated in brackets.
Normal editing
When editing the normals of a contouring operation at constant cutting angle, a new dialog box allows you to
enable or disable the editing of normals via a check box. When the box is checked, the following three buttons are
available: Reset normals, Add normal and Delete normals.
When the normal editing is enabled, you can no longer edit the constant cutting angle values entered in the
operation settings.
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When editing a normal dynamically in the graphics area, it is directly given according to the actual rotation axis of
the machine and you cannot indicate an orientation outside of the allowed minimum and maximum angle range.
Resetting normals
The Reset normals button deletes all the changes already made when editing normals.
Adding a normal
The Add normal button allows you to add a normal on point.
Nearest point Segment start Segment end
Deleting normals
The Delete normals button allows you to select the normal(s) directly in the graphics area and confirm the deletion.
Selection by box is also possible.
Path decomposition
The Path decomposition option allows you to insert more points along the machining path.
Roughing divided by two at constant cutting speed

When performing a roughing operation, you can now work at constant cutting speed while enabling the Passes
divided by 2 option. In addition, changes have been made to the scenario in order to adjust the machining times.
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Minimum tool length

As with milling operations, the calculation of the minimum tool length is now available for turning operations.
Sub-spindle driven point

The purpose of this feature is to control a point other than the spindle's driven frame defined in the machine
document during a part transfer, since the modeling of the part support is not necessarily available in the machine
document. Consequently, the new Drivable part support accessory type has been added to the definition of a
machine element and the solution is to include it in the machining document.
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Anti-collision check
A warning message is now displayed every time a collision is detected.
The segment which causes the collision is identified and a point appears on the tool path in the middle of the
segment which causes the collision.
You can enable or disable the collision check for each turning operation.
In the event of a collision, a warning message appears in the Events window. In the NC Operations tree, the
Collisions and Information columns display an alert and the operation concerned is highlighted in red.
Collision check is enabled for all turning operations except those that inevitably lead to collisions such as corner
relief, edge breaking and threading operations.
Improved management of tool retractions

A new retraction strategy is available. In complex cases, the tool now tries to retract in the plunge direction.
However, this strategy has no priority over the other strategies. For example, if a square lead out (X then Z or Z then
X) is possible, this strategy will be given priority over the new strategy based on the tool direction.
Changing the part holder

Until now, if you wanted to balance the machine load by moving certain part holder machining operations, you had
to completely redo the operations to be moved. A new command is now available in the scenario to change part
holders.
Implicit movement on control rules

Enhancements have been made so that the positioning movements are automatically managed and simulated when
changing machining rules. This involves the ability to describe additional information in the machine and provide
access to this information from the scenario.
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Tools and Cutting Conditions

2D tool lifetime
Already available in 3D machining and turning operations, the Manage tool lifetime command can now be applied
to 2D machining operations.
Filters in the tool magazine

You can now filter the table of the tool manager.
New generic tool shapes

The tools concerned by this new feature are the following: side mill, slot mill, radiused mill, ball nose mill, lollipop
mill, Tslot mill, disc mill and radiused staggered teeth mill.
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Machined Part Setup

Placing several parts in the last positioning
You can now position several NC parts in the same positioning operation. Until now, it was only possible to include
NC parts in the last positioning, but only if this positioning was the last operation. When the Inclusion in last
positioning CAD option is enabled, TopSolid performs the inclusion in the last positioning that can be used when
creating an NC part.
Virtual Jog
Link movement management
You can completely forbid the lead-ins/lead-outs in the virtual jog operation. The Link movements management
parameter has been added to the virtual jog, allowing you to choose between the Automatic mode, which behaves
as in previous versions, and the No link movements mode.
This parameter is available on the label of the 3D view.
The Link movements management parameter is available on the label.
WCS behavior
You can now force the behavior of the selected work coordinate system in the virtual jog using the three available
modes: Automatic, Milling and Turning.
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Work Coordinate Systems

Simplified selection of work coordinate systems and solutions
When creating/editing a machining operation, the new Show all compatible WCS icon is available in the side toolbar
of the 3D view.
The Show all compatible WCS icon is enabled.
When the option to show the compatible work coordinate systems is enabled, the view displays an overview of all
the WCS solutions that are compatible with the current properties of the edited operation (tool, rotating element,
topology, etc.).
Depending on the context, there can be several compatible work coordinate systems, several solutions of the same
work coordinate system or a combination of both.
Turning with indexable part mounted on the B axis: a single work coordinate system is compatible but with several angular solutions.
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Verification and Simulation

Insert shape management
The Use solid inserts option has been added to the verification configuration to make the solids given as cutting
parts convex, such as the inserts in turning operations.
This improvement fixes most of the incorrect results obtained with the old representation of the inserts.
If it is not the case, you need to indicate, for each insert, whether the verification can use the stock update shape to
remove the material when defining the tool.
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Clash when just touching

In verification, the new Clash when just touching (animation mode only) option allows you to force a collision
detection when the tool shank touches the material.
Tolerance for tools shank clash detection

The objective of this feature is to avoid detecting collisions considered as negligible by the programmer.
The Tolerance for tools shank clash detection option is available in programming or machine mode.
Verification from the scenario

You can now launch a verification from the scenario.
Description of the program and the operation in simulation

You can now display or hide the description of the simulated operation, as well as the program description of the
simulated operation in the simulation window. This information is available in both classic and scenario simulation.
Displaying the description of the operation or the program via the simulation window.
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Machine and Machine Components

Managing the factor and rotation direction of the power axes
You can force the reversal of the rotation direction and indicate a factor for reducing or increasing the rotation
speed of the rotating tools (e. g. multiple tool supports).
In parallel, you can reverse the rotation direction of the power axes which can also be used as numerical axes (e. g.
sub-spindle).
This option is only dedicated to power axes and is disabled for other types of axes.
Tool gang management

The purpose of this feature is to facilitate the creation of tool gangs on a machine and to support any automatic
indexing in translation (as for turrets). In TopSolid, a tool gang can be described as a tool holder machine element
that can carry one or more rows of aligned and interdependent tools in their movements.
Vertical tool gang with two rows of tools: one row of rotating tools and one row of fixed tools (origin point offset in X between the two rows).
Turret half-indexation management

You can manage the half-indexations on the turrets. To do this, the position of the machine component's half-
indexation must correspond in all respects to the turret's half-indexation and there must be no Y movement. Then,
you only have to drag and drop the component into a machining document and the rest is done automatically.
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Methods
Hole stack from the cylinder analysis
When selecting one or more hole stacks from the cylinder and drilling analysis, you can now create a general
method corresponding to the selection.
If you select several hole stacks, several hole creation actions will be created, as well as the operations that go with
them.
Cylinder analysis without work coordinate system

You can perform a cylinder analysis without having to select a work coordinate system in order to provide the
cylinder dimensions.
If you do not select any work coordinate systems, the variables that can be used in the following actions will be
restricted to the list below.
This will allow the method to be validated.
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Loops and method launch
Loops
Two new types of loops are available.
The By Counter loop type allows you to define a start, an end and an increment on a numerical variable that is then
available for the actions included in the loop.
The Browse Elements loop type allows you to make a loop on a list of faces or elements of the same type that come
from a search or selection.
Method launch
You can now execute a method that calls other methods.
Selecting the tool holder and the destination pocket

The new Find Machine Pocket function is available to search for the magazine pot.
This new search function should not be confused with the machine workstation search function, which corresponds
to a driven machining spindle. In turning operations, even if the same location is used, you have to search for the
pocket.
Once the pocket has been identified, you only have to select the new Pocket button located to the right of the tool
selection drop-down list in the operation actions.
If a tool is already mounted in the desired pocket, the first free pocket will be used by default.
If the same tool is already mounted in the magazine, it will be used.
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Choice of the driven point in manual tool selection

When creating a method, you can select the driven points by their description or type (number). Depending on the
type selected, the Description or Number fields must be filled in (only for point 1). You can always enter a formula.
When executed, the method will search for the selected point in the list proposed by the tool and will assign it
directly to the operation.
Multiple choice default value

You can now set the default value of a multiple choice in a dialog box using the new Formula option available in the
Default value drop-down list.
Color of cylinders in a stack

You can now analyze and test the color of the cylinders in a stack.
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Copying and pasting multi-geometry operations
Multi-selection
Multi-selection is now available when operations are pasted onto the destination part.
Keeping the tool pocket number
When the Ask for it option is enabled and the answer is yes, if the tool used in the source document (pocket 1, for
example) is already mounted on the destination machine, but in another pocket of the magazine (pocket 3, for
example), the tool already mounted in pocket 3 will not be used and the tool with the same pocket number as that
of the source document in pocket 1 will be mounted again.
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If the destination pocket is already occupied by another tool:
If the destination pocket is already occupied by another tool, but an identical tool is already present in another
pocket, then this tool will be used. Otherwise, it will be mounted in the first free pocket.
Post-processor words
In a method document, the new Add post-processors words function allows you to create post-processor words
related to an element (tool, work coordinate system or part).
This function allows you to create a Word PP list entity.
Once the method has been applied, the list of post-processor words is available in the machining document.
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Machining with PMIs

In a method document, you can now retrieve the tolerance attributes from the geometry of the operation, or from a
face analysis result.
Geometry of the operation.
Face analysis result.
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Miscellaneous
Value of an electrode's current gap
The property providing the value of current part's gap electrode is now available in the machining operations.
Gap electrode property from the editing of a machining operation.
You can also retrieve the value of a part's gap electrode in the drafting documents. To do this, you only have to edit
the paragraph model, edit the property text, add a property, then select the GapElectrode property in the
Standard > Machining > Part sections.
Showing/hiding the machining/rapid path

In the graphics area, two new icons allow you to quickly show or hide the machining path and the rapid path.
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Origin editing
When editing an origin creation operation, you can now edit the parameters related to the automatic positioning of
the origin using the new Edit automatic positioning button.
Origin creation dialog box.
The editing parameters of the automatic origin positioning are identical to the parameters available in the options,
except that it is only possible to adjust the position of the origin on the support shape (finish or stock) of the part of
the origin being edited.
Editing the automatic positioning of the origin on a block.
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If the support shape is cylindrical, the dialog box changes to allow the editing of the origin location on a cylinder.
Editing the automatic positioning of the origin on a cylinder.
Options and default values

The options and default values are now saved in the PDM. In client/server mode, the profile of each user is
therefore roaming.
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Company options
As with CAD, the new Tools > Company Options command allows an administrator, in client/server mode, to edit a
company configuration file to lock the values of some machining options and suggest others. This command is
available only when the administrator is logged in.
The check box in front of each section locks the values of the relevant section's options. When a section is locked,
users can no longer change the values contained in the section.
Company option settings: The Attributes section has been checked (locked) and cannot be changed by a user.
Check boxes have also been added in the dialog box of the Tools > Options command. They allow the user to locally
modify the values of a section, unless it is locked by the administrator. When a user-modified section is unchecked,
the section values are reset to those of the company configuration.
Option settings from a user. The Attributes section is not accessible because it has been locked by the administrator. The Cutting conditions
section is checked since the user has modified an option in this section.
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Technological points: Editing the cutting conditions

The Spindle rate type is now available when editing the technological points.
If the operation applies to a simultaneously rotating tool holder/part holder, you can then edit the tool spindle rate
and the part spindle rate.
You can also define the feed rate type according to the general cutting conditions of the operation (rapid,
machining, maximum, factor) or in custom mode.
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Calculating the collision points

The collision analysis mode, which was already particularly efficient, has been further improved to detect collisions
between the tool and/or the attachment and/or the machine head with the finished part and/or the environment.
In addition, when the part to be machined is an electrode, this mode is able to take the gap electrode into account.
These different options can be enabled or disabled in all the concerned operations.
This analysis mode is also available in 4D and 5D machining operations.
Post-processor words and user notes

You can now apply post-processor words and user notes to tools, origins, work coordinate systems and NC parts.
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Manufacturing folder
The new Manufacturing Folder command is available in the machining document.
The tool occurrences must be contained by a representation so that they can be projected in the related drawing
document and recognized by the bill of materials. For this purpose, a new Tool representation system
representation is available.
The command allows you to create drawings from the selected drawing templates. If a bill of materials is
subsequently required, a bill of materials that references the tool representation of the machining document is
searched for. Otherwise, a new bill of materials is created from the selected BOM template. The same bill of
materials is referenced by all the generated drawings. Finally, the generated drawings are grouped together in a
drafting bundle that is capable of nesting drawings (a bundle with the Nesting Draftings operation).
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Wire
Mitsubishi: Importing the machine technologies
You can automatically create wire technology documents from the Mitsubishi cutting condition database. This
database consists of an Excel file that contains the values of the numerical setting parameters.
ONA: Importing the machine technologies

The purpose is to establish a link between TopSolid'Wire and the ONA cutting condition database to automatically
fill in the wire technology document.
Makino: Importing the machine technologies

You can automatically create wire technology documents from the Makino cutting condition database. This
database consists of an Excel file that contains the values of the numerical control setting parameters.
Creating a wire machining geometry using faces with bosses

The objective of this method is to be able to create a wire geometry to be machined by directly selecting faces that
contain bosses. Therefore, you no longer need to build sketches beforehand.
Now, when there is a boss on a face to be machined, the wire machining geometry goes around the boss and
returns to the same face, which was previously impossible in Faces mode.
From now on, this same face will be taken into account when calculating the geometry before and after the
intersection resulting from the boss operation.
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The bottom and top curve altitudes will always be defined by the boundaries of the selected faces.
Several successive bosses can be selected to calculate the wire machining geometry.
However, it will not be possible to sequence several bosses successively if their faces do not have an intersection
to calculate the minimum and maximum altitude common to all the selected faces.
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Searching for a cut technology
Memorized filters
In the Cut Technology Search command's dialog box, the filters are now stored in memory as long as the wire
document remains open. This saves you from having to select the filters each time a new technology search is
performed when creating an operation. The filters are lost when you close the wire document.
The filters are stored per document. You can therefore open several wire documents containing many different
filters simultaneously.
Maximum cut height

For organizational reasons, the new Height cut max. column has been added to the cut technology search table.
The two new features mentioned above, initially planned for version 7.14, are also available in SP5 of version 7.13.
Recognition of the threading points defined in Design

You can now define entry points in the CAD environment via the Machining Process command accessible from the
Shape > Other Operations menu.
These entry points will then be translated into manufacturing features (MF) to make them visible for machining and
wire operations.
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Here is an example of the automatic association of the MF entry points from the CAD environment as threading
points in the wire machining geometry.
Machined part setup document: Sorting the materials according to the technology files
In previous versions, when adjusting the material in a machined part setup document, all the materials created for
the wire technology files were visible when selected and the wire material and part material were not distinguished.
The Only materials having cutting conditions option allows you to see only the part material in the setup document.
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What's New in TopSolid'Tooling 7.14
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What's New in TopSolid'Tooling 7.14 TopSolid 2020
This section describes the enhancements made to the Split, Mold, Electrode, Strip and Progress applications in
version 7.14 of TopSolid 7.
TopSolid'Split
Shrinkage factor
You can indicate a negative shrinkage factor to be able to process the parts intended for the creation of
compression molds.
Candidate edges
The Z axis of the opening frame is now pre-selected when the command is launched.
Parting edge from a plane: path between 2 edges

The new Path between 2 edges mode allows you to select edges that restrict the edge path to be created. However,
the edges can only be selected if the Preview mode is enabled.
Unrestricted pre-selection. Selection via a path between two edges.
Vector profile along direction

You can now create a vector profile in a given direction.
Planar parting surface

In the Planar type parting surface creation command, the new Apply to all shapes to split option allows you to
create a flat surface around several shapes to be split in a single operation.
Planar parting surface with the option disabled. Planar parting surface with the option enabled.
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Automatic parting surfaces

You can now select a direction when creating vector profiles so that you do not have to go through complex
constructions to use a direction in parting surfaces.
Editing an automatic parting surface

You can now edit an automatic parting surface during the creation process by enabling the preview of the surface in
the graphics area and selecting the edit contextual command. This command is also accessible by right-clicking on
the list of created surfaces.
The command starts the classic editing of parting surfaces. It is possible to modify the options for creating the
surface, such as editing its type: Extension by Lofted, etc.
Validating an automatic parting surface

The new Validate contextual command allows you to consider the automatically created parting surface as an
existing surface. The new automatic parting surfaces will then be based on this surface.
Validating edited surfaces

The new Validate edited surfaces advanced option allows you to automatically validate a calculated surface when
exiting its editing.
Creating a new parting surface

You can "manually" create a new parting surface that will be added directly to the existing parting surfaces. The new
calculated surfaces will be based on this surface. The Parting Surface command can be selected via the contextual
menu called up from the graphics area or from the Parting Surfaces section.
Deleting parting surfaces

You can delete existing parting surfaces using the Delete contextual command called up from the Parting Surfaces
section or from the graphics area.
Editing a vector profile from the graphics area

It was already possible to edit or add a vector profile from the Vector Profiles section. These commands are now
accessible from the graphics area, as are the editing and creation of parting surfaces.
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Surfaces priority
By default, the order of creation of the automatic surfaces gives priority to the planes. In some cases, the priority
given to flat surfaces during the calculation does not allow the most relevant result to be obtained. Indeed, the flat
surfaces are created in Part extension mode if no nearby surface can give direction, which can lead to large surfaces
"covering" the others. This option allows you to give priority to the extension areas when calculating.
It may be useful to start the calculation in Planar mode first, validate the desired flat surfaces, and then restart the
calculation in Extension mode.
Planar surface priority. Extension surface priority.
Automatic update
If the new Automatic update option is enabled, the calculation of the preview of the created surfaces is
automatically restarted after each modification of the parting surface or manual addition of new parting surfaces
and/or vector profiles. This mode is recommended for processing parts from simple to medium complexity.
This mode can be disabled to process complex parts. In this case, the Compute surfaces button is available to start
calculating the automatic surface preview. It is disabled if no additional calculation is required.
Selecting parting lines to be considered

Two selection modes are available:
- Full: The closed parting lines that are external to the shape with shrink are listed. The surfaces will be created
from these lines if they are selected for the calculation. This mode is the only one available in previous
versions of TopSolid.
- Partial: Selecting a start edge and an end edge allows you to create a partial parting line and create surfaces
only on this selection.
Partial selection mode of parting lines.
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Parting shapes
When creating the parting shapes, you could have colored the surfaces from the molding parts with a certain color
and those from the parting surfaces with another color.
You can now distinguish the surfaces from the insert shapes by a new color.
The surfaces of the parting shapes resulting from insert surfaces are colored in blue.
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TopSolid'Mold
Automatic subfolders
The new Automatic subfolders option has been added to the mold document options to make the tree of the
mold's synchronized parts more readable.
If this option is checked, when creating certain documents such as plates or pins, TopSolid creates, if necessary, a
folder under the mold document in the Project tree and places these new documents there.
The created folders are similar to the folders of the following categories:
- Gating
- Block
- Mold Base
- Component
- Movement
- Cooling
Editing set via the visualization shortcuts

The new Edit Set contextual command allows you to edit the set managed by the selected visualization shortcut.
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Automatic mold base dimensioning

You can activate the automatic mold base dimensioning using the Tools > Options > Mold command.
When a mold base is included in a document containing elements (part, core/cavity blocks, movement elements)
that can be used to size it, the mold base instance is saved and associated with the dimensions of the core/cavity
blocks and movements.
When a new mold base is included, TopSolid searches in the stored instances for an instance of the last family used
that meets the dimensioning of the document's core/cavity blocks and movements.
While the first sizing proposals may be far too large, the proposals will be refined as designs are made.
Ejection stroke
When positioning the mold base, the new Ejection Stroke parameter is automatically created. It is equal to the
distance between the ejector plate and the core cavity plate.
This stroke is used for dimensioning blade pins and shoulder pins and is also automatically associated with the
Stroke parameter of the processes created by these pins.
Trimming pin heads

You can trim the pin heads by adding an offset.
A centered offset in the event of reciprocal trimming. An offset without reciprocal trimming.
Modifying the components in the cooling sketch

The new Modify components contextual command, available when editing a cooling sketch, allows you to
simultaneously modify the manufacturer, the document and the code of the selected components.
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Multi-entry/multi-exit cooling circuit

You can now create a cooling circuit by defining several entries and exits in this circuit. For each entry and exit, a
fitting is automatically placed on the hole if the style indicates it.
Cooling circuit process

The new Exclusions field allows you to select components of the circuit for which no process will be created. The
processes of these components will not be performed by the Cooling Circuit Process command or when updating
the document.
Cooling circuit leaks

The new Cooling Circuits Leaks command allows you to graphically analyze the presence of a possible leak in a
cooling circuit.
From the entry face of the circuit, the command colors the sides of this circuit face-to-face to create the water
shape. You can move a cursor forward and/or backward to view the fluid flow.
Face-to-face progression of the fluid in the circuit.
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Cooling leak attributes

You can adjust the visualization attributes of the mold part display when selecting the Cooling Circuits Leaks
command in the document options via the Options > Mold > Cooling Leaks Attributes command.
Cooling analysis
The new Analyze Cooling command allows you to graphically view the influence of the cooling circuits on each point
of the parts to be molded.
Three result display modes are available and, for each mode, a color scale is proposed according to the weight
values of the cooling influence found for each point of the part:
- Minimum - Maximum: The minimum weight corresponds to 0 on the scale (red) and the maximum weight
corresponds to 100 on the scale (blue).
- 0 - Maximum: The weight 0 corresponds to 0 on the scale (red) and the maximum weight corresponds to 100
on the scale (blue).
- Homogeneity: The weight 0 corresponds to 0 on the scale (red), the median weight corresponds to 50 on the
scale (green) and twice the median weight corresponds to 100 on the scale (blue). This visualization allows
you to check if the cooling influence is homogeneous on the part to be molded.
Minimum - Maximum mode: the most 0 - Maximum mode. Homogeneity mode: a green part will indicate
"stretched" presentation of the cooling that all weights are very close to the median
influence. value of the weights.
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Runner circuit
In the Runner Circuit command, if the Projected creation mode is selected, the projection of the runner circuit
sketch is now performed only on the shapes of the detailed representation of the selected parts.
Runner process
In the advanced options of the Runner Process command, you can choose to create the runner circuit process in all
representations or only in the detailed representation of the process' target parts.
Machining processes can be associated with the runner circuit process.
Angle pin
Two positioning modes are available:
- Either the center of the angle pin head is dimensioned according to the movement's direction frame.
- Or the center of the intersection between the angle pin and the slide is dimensioned according to the
movement's direction frame.
If the angle pin positioning environment changes, and if the angle pin stroke is modified, a warning message is
displayed and the angle pin can be adjusted if necessary.
Angle pin repetition

After the repetition of an angle pin, its process on the slide is now repeated. It is also possible to repeat the
associated pocket.
Angular cam
The Angle Pin command now allows you to include angular cams.
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TopSolid'Electrode
Exploding selections
In the Shells command, the new Explode selections advanced option allows you to explode selections such as
pocket faces or tangent faces. All sides of the selection are then selected individually and it is possible to remove
some faces of the selection.
This command is also available via the contextual menu called up on selections such as pocket faces or tangent
faces.
Lateral extensions
In the Eroding Shape command, the new Lateral extensions option allows you to automatically extend the groove
faces of a shell and add draft to the exit.
Selection of groove edges on the shell. Electrode with groove extension.
Additional origin frame

You can now rename an additional origin frame via the Rename contextual command.
This frame name can be added to electrode notes and electrode tables via the Origin frame name property.
Electrode inclusion
An electrode can be considered as a standard electrode and can then be included in another electrode document
via the Include electrode command. It will be recognized as a separate electrode in the new document.
Its initial and final positions will be expressed according to the origin frame of the shape to be eroded in the new
document.
Mirror electrode
You cannot repeat an electrode with symmetry in an electrode document, since it is not possible to create a mirror
electrode part.
To create a symmetrical theoretical position, you have to choose a symmetrical pattern with a rotation
transformation type, for example.
To create a new mirror electrode, you have to repeat the eroding shape by symmetry and create a new electrode
from the new mirror eroding shape. In version 7.14, TopSolid now automatically sequences these operations during
symmetrical repetition.
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Initial positions
The new Initial positions command allows you to view the initial position of each
electrode before it dives.
The diving distance can be automatically calculated taking into account the safety
margin defined in the options of the electrode document.
The Diving Distance, Initial Position and Final Position properties are available in the
Electrode Note and Electrode Table drafting commands.
Electrode collisions
The new Electrode Collisions command allows you to detect possible collisions between the electrodes and the
shape to be eroded. In addition, collisions between the theoretical positions of the electrode and the shape to be
eroded, as well as collisions between the mandrels and the shape to be eroded, will be tested.
On the other hand, any collisions between the electrodes and the mandrels will not be tested by this command, but
by the "classic" collision analysis.
Hiding/showing mandrels
The new Hide/Show Mandrels visualization shortcut makes it possible to hide or show the mandrels included in the
electrode document.
In addition, the Hide/Show Electrodes visualization shortcut has evolved to take into account only the electrodes
and their theoretical positions without the mandrels.
Drafting
Two new properties, Shape to erode name and Shape to erode description, are available in the electrode table and
electrode notes.
Automatic drafting
Via the new Work document, you can automate the multi-drafting of the electrodes thanks to the addition of the
new Electrodes draftings (TopSolid'Electrode) treatment.
The execution of the work then makes it possible to create the multi-draftings of the electrodes from several
electrode documents.
Automatic machining
Via the new Work document, you can automate the creation of electrode machinings in TopSolid'Cam thanks to the
new Automatic machining (TopSolid'Cam) treatment.
The execution of the work then makes it possible to create the machining operations and to generate the multiple
ISOs from several electrode documents. A machined part setup document is created for each electrode gap. The
electrodes are automatically clustered on the machine.
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TopSolid'Strip (Strip Design)

Areas connection
In the Areas Connection command, a new option allows you to add a tangency with border edges. If this option is
checked, the tangency applies to each set of border edges (edges connected to side faces). The connections will
follow the direction of the side faces.
The constraints between the created lofted surfaces and the surfaces of the connected area can now be added via
the contextual menu called up on the edge selection, in the same way as for lofted surfaces. A constraint can be
applied independently on either side of the connection.
Area connection with tangency with border edges. Area connection with tangency constraint to the surfaces.
Station shapes positioning

The behavior of the Station Shapes Positioning operation has been modified to ensure a better associativity
between the strip layout and the tools.
The new behavior maintains the association between the entities and their geometry, which involves moving the
entities in the strip to keep their original geometry. Some stations will be destroyed or created at the required
locations.
Here are some examples from this initial state. The colors represent the stations based on the same station shape
and the numbers correspond to the entity numbers and not the numbers of the strip's stations.
Moving stations forward: the station shapes in positions 6 and 8 are moved by the user to positions 7 and 9.
- Entities 6, 7, 8 and 9 are moved forward. The punching based on entity 9 shifts "naturally".
- Entity 10 is deleted.
- Entity 11 is created at the end of the blue station groups.
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Moving stations backward: the station shapes in positions 6 and 8 are moved by the user to positions 5 and 7.
- Entities 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are moved backward. The punching based on entity 9 shifts "naturally".
- Entity 5 is deleted.
- Entity 11 is created at the end of the purple station groups
Stations insertion
The new Stations Insertion command, available via the contextual menu called up on any station of the strip, allows
you to add stations to a strip, before or after the selected reference station, without editing the strip creation
operation.
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Stations information
The new Stations Information command allows you to give a description and a comment on each station of the
strip. This information can then be used when detailing the projected strip in the drafting document.
Forming area
The new Forming Area command is used to identify the different forming areas of the strip. A section is created
corresponding to the station faces projected in the strip drawing. This section is automatically projected into the
strip drafting.
For each area, a calculation of the force is based on the total length of the selected edges. It is equivalent to the
force of a cutting length, minus a correction factor.
Intermediate bending shapes

The new Intermediate Bending Shapes command allows you to generate different intermediate steps of a bending
process. These shapes make it possible to secure the tooling design. Indeed, you can analyze the collisions between
the bending steps and the different parts of the tooling.
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Strip drafting
Strip operation note

In the drafting environment, the Strip Operation Note command has been enhanced and now displays information
about punching operations and forming area operations.
New properties have been added to the strip operation note style:
- Operation description: Allows you to display the descriptions entered in the punching and forming area
operations.
- Operation type: Allows you to recall the type of operation selected: punching, bending, forming, etc.
- Diameters: In the case of punching operations based on a circular contour, it displays the diameter of the
contour(s).
Automatic strip operation note

In the drafting environment, the Automatic Strip Operation Note command allows you to automate the creation of
the strip operation notes by selecting all the punching and forming area operations projected in the view.
Automatic station note

In the drafting environment, the Automatic Station Note command allows you to automate the creation of the
station notes on the strip view. The information displayed is that which was indicated in the Stations Information
command in the strip design document.
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TopSolid'Progress (Progressive Die)

Editing set via the visualization shortcuts
The new Edit Set contextual command allows you to edit the set managed by the selected visualization shortcut.
Cutting die
You can define the section of the second part of a cutting die by indicating a diameter value. This option is only
available for circular profiles. The minimum diameter of the circle including the cut is only given for information.
Head
The new Head command allows you to add a head to the punches and simultaneously create the process of this
head in the parts receiving the punch.
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Lateral extension
The new Lateral Extension command allows you to easily create shoulders by grinding on the punches. This
command is only available in Part documents.
Punch without lateral extension. Lateral extension added to the punch.
Angle clearance
The new Angles Clearance command allows you to create angle clearances for wire machining operations. This
command is only available in Part documents.
Fillet Chamfer Symmetrical On face
Entry point
The entry points added to the machining process operations are now projected in an assembly or part drafting. They
are also taken into account in the drilling table.
Frame on standard profile

You can give imposed or rounded values to the frame on profile's dimensions. The standard cutting components
included on this frame will be dimensioned by these imposed or rounded values.
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What's New in TopSolid'Cut 7.14
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What's New in TopSolid'Cut 7.14 TopSolid 2020
This section describes the enhancements made to version 7.14 of TopSolid'Cut 7.
Lead-Ins and Lead Outs

Automated lead-in/lead-out management
You can define default lead-ins and lead-outs in a separate operation. This new feature can be enabled in a
SheetMetal Cam template document so that the selected lead-ins/lead-outs are positioned by default on the cuts.
You can choose between four types of leads depending on the position of the lead:
- on a line;
- in a corner;
- on a micro-tab;
- on an open contour.
When creating a new cutting operation, the parameters available in the Lead In And Out tab of the Settings option
are the same as those of the management operation.
The labels indicate the lead type via an icon and a tooltip.
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Technology Tables
Enhanced technology tables
The technology tables have been modified to differentiate the geometric search from the cutting parameters used
in post-processors. This allows you to assign the same cutting parameters to different geometries in order to avoid
loading the tables with identical information.
Besides, instead of having parameters only by cutting condition, this enhancement also allows you to have
parameters by thickness, in order to avoid having a column which still contains the same value.
In addition, the technology tables now have two tabs. The Environment tab is used to define the environment and
the Table tab is used to define the table that contains all the technology parameters.
Environment tab
The upper part of the table has not changed and allows you to define the machine properties (the source machine
and the type of cutting concerned by the technologies), the gas and the reference material of the part.
The lower part of the table allows you to define the technologies that are common to all thicknesses. These
technologies are defined by their name and type of machining (cutting, marking, etc.). A color will represent the
type of machining performed in the machining document.
Table tab
This tab contains the lower part of the technology table of the old version.
Improvements have been made, including the addition of new tabs:
- Cutting Conditions tab: As in the previous version, cutting conditions are defined for each thickness. These
conditions are unique and each one has a different technology defined in the Environment tab. The behavior
and options available remain unchanged: copying and pasting, sorting and adding columns, changing the
order of the columns, etc.
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To avoid having a column with a similar value for all the cutting conditions of the same thickness, you can now add a
column (optional parameter) in the upper table.
- Drilling tab: This tab allows you to define the drilling subprogram for each thickness, if necessary.
- Geometry tab: This tab matches the geometry found with the cutting conditions, which automatically
identifies the correct cutting condition to be associated with the machining.
In the example below, a printed contour will automatically be marked and not cut.
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Cutting Parameters
Selecting the cutting parameters according to the color of the geometries
This feature allows you to select the cutting parameters whose color of the associated technology corresponds to
the color of the geometry to be machined.
To search for a color match, the Cutting conditions depending to color option must be checked in the SheetMetal
Cam > Cutting parameters section of the sheet metal CAM document's Options tree.
In the operation, two situations may arise when selecting the geometry:
- No geometry color has been indicated in the CAD environment and a standard topological analysis is then
performed.
- A geometry color has been indicated in the CAD environment and a color matching search is then performed.
In the labels, an icon indicates, depending on the case, how the search was carried out.
In the geometry tree, the color changes as well.
If a geometry color has been indicated in the CAD environment and the color matching search fails, the machining is
not performed and the color is grayed out in the geometry tree.
You can always modify the cutting parameters. If the Cutting conditions depending to color option of the document
is checked, the geometry color is visible in the editing dialog box.
In either case, if the cutting conditions have been forced by checking the Force cut type and/or Force technology
option, the icon also changes on the labels.
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Micro-tabs
Automatic positioning of micro-tabs
A new feature makes it possible to automate the positioning of the micro-tabs on the contours according to the
different operation's settings.
The new Microtabs tab is available in the operation's settings.
Internal and external contours can be adjusted separately.

There are different ways of positioning the micro-tabs depending on the type of contour (internal or external).
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- The Only One mode allows you to apply only one micro-tab per contour, regardless of its size, to prevent
tilting.
- The On corners mode allows you to apply a micro-tab on each corner of the contour. The inward corners are
deliberately ignored.
- The Distributed across each segment mode allows you to apply micro-tabs by distributing them over each
segment of the contour. Two distribution modes are possible:
o The Distance between micro tabs distribution mode allows you to define a minimum spacing
distance between the micro-tabs over the length of the segment. This value automatically calculates
the number of micro-tabs to be placed on the segment.
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o The Micro tabs number distribution mode allows you to impose the number of micro-tabs on each
segment.
- The Distributed across the entire contour mode allows you to apply micro-tabs by distributing them over the
entire length of the contour.
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Speed Ramps
Speed ramp management
In cases where the numerical controls of the machines do not manage speed changes, the speed ramps allow
acceleration and deceleration levels to be applied in angles and radii in order to avoid sudden changes in the
machine axes.
The speed ramp settings are available in the Speed ramps tab of the cutting parameter documents.
A speed ramp is linked to an existing technology.
The speed steps are visible through the color of the cutting parameter. The slower the speed, the darker the color
becomes.
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5-Axis Cutting
Automatic face selection
The selection tools have been improved in the Faces Cutting operation. There are now several automatic search
modes to select the faces of the cut contour, as well as the adjacent faces. The selection mode for adjacent faces is
also available in the Profiles Cutting operation.
When using the automatic mode for selecting all faces of the cut contour, you only have to select a face, then select
the Find all faces option, and all the other faces that make up the contour are automatically selected.
Selection of a contour face.
The Find all faces icon allows you to select the remaining surfaces.
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When using the automatic mode for selecting all faces adjacent to the cut contour, the behavior is identical to the
previous option. You only have to select a single face, then select the Find all adjacent faces option to identify the
rest of the adjacent faces.
The Find all adjacent faces icon allows you to select the remaining adjacent faces.
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Using normals
The new Use normals option has been added to the Profiles Cutting (5 axis) command and allows you to impose a
specific orientation of the tool vector at different points on the tool path. It has many advantages over the classic
Normals Modification command, including speed and ease of implementation thanks to the graphic handles on the
trihedron.
Instead of selecting support faces, you can select one or more points on the cut profile to define a specific
orientation (angles, vectors, etc.). A progressive and linear transition is then applied between two points.
Each orientation can be modified from the Normals tree.
The trihedron allows you to make quick changes and to immediately view the tool vector (blue arrow).
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What's New in TopSolid'Cam 7.14 ...................................................................................................................... 47

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What's New in TopSolid'Tooling 7.14 ............................................................................................................... 109

What's New in TopSolid'Cut 7.14...................................................................................................................... 127

Welcome to TopSolid 2020

What's New in TopSolid'Design 7.14

Rotation via the keyboard

Example of drilling repetition in Lightweight mode.

Subtraction repeated Boolean operation.

Union repeated Boolean operation.

Selection by edge path/color

Analyze Sheet Metal

Example of a pocket on extruded bars.

Final assembly Assembly of workspaces

Example of part comparison:

Assembly only mode

Manufacturing and mounting indexes

Graphic cut with selection of entities not to be cut.

Example of a metal structure built from a block envelope.

Example of a fill pattern in quincunx mode.

Nesting (Optional Module)

Example of nesting with common cut (right).

With a 15° refinement.

Shell and Beam dialog boxes

Example of section with user hatching.

Height of table rows

Example of BOM index stacking.

Filter of properties to be exported

Relative positioning of parts

Creating local parts

Management of specific properties for doors and windows

Management of IfcGroup entities during export

Type parameter for BIM

Loading the structure in the import dialog box

Management of entity creation

Retrieving the type of beams

Management of strip design and progressive die templates

What's New in TopSolid'Cam 7.14

The spindle rate can be expressed in factor (%) or value (rpm).

Milling threading cycle

Applying the depth from the top element

The Apply depth from top element option is disabled.

The Apply depth from top element option is enabled.

Searching for holes in a limitation area

Searching for holes by color

Respecting environment safety distances

Cylinder and drilling analysis: Additional association tolerance

Cylinder and drilling analysis: Considering the fillets

Units for precise drilling

Feed rate in mm/rpm.

Feed rate in mm/min.

Feed rate in mm/tooth.

End milling: Boost milling

End milling: Final axial feed rate

End milling: Bounds for outline

End milling: Link movements outside the part

End milling: Automatic sweeping according to the shortest path

End milling: Sweeping according to a given direction

TopSolid What's New

TopSolid What's New