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Cam Designer Professional
About this Manual
Conventions used
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About this Manual
The Manual contains information on the Lenze Cam Designer Professional V2.3.
The »Cam Designer Professional« is a software which serves to create transfer recipes con-
sisting of motion profiles, cam tracks and position markers, and transfer them from a PC to
Lenze target systems.
Special features of the »Cam Designer Professional« are:
Import of CAD data via standardised interfaces (VDI 2143).
Operation of the program via a convenient PC user interface.
Automatic smoothing of imported CAD data (motion profiles) for a smoother running
of the drives.
Easy creation of cams by means of graphic objects (e.g. lines, polynomials).
Data is directly input using the physical unit.
Assistance in drive dimensioning.
Automatic generation of connections according to the motion rules (VDI 2143) by using
an expert system (jerk-free movements for protecting the mechanics).
Display of speed, acceleration and jerk.
Creation of value pairs (position, speed or acceleration) for direct cam profile accept-
ance in Global Drive Control.
Project management (statistics, author, version, date/time) and mail support.
Printing of a cam graphics with project information and date.
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Conventions used
This Manual uses the following conventions to distinguish between different types of in-
formation:
Type of information
Marking
Examples/notes
Variable identifier
italic
Set bEnable to TRUE to...
Window
The message window... / The Options dialog box...
Control element
bold
The OK button... / The Copy command... / The Properties tab... / The
Name input field...
Sequence of menu
commands
If the execution of a function requires several commands, the individual
commands are separated by an arrow: Select File
Open to...
Keyboard command
<bold>
Use <F1> to call the Online Help.
If a command requires a combination of keys, a "+" is placed between
the key symbols:
Use <Shift>+<ESC> to...
Program listings
Courier
IF var1 < var2 THEN
a = a + 1
END IF
Keyword
Courier
bold
Link
underlined
Links are highlighted references which are activated by means of a
mouse click.
Safety information