Guided Ejection Bushings

Guided Ejection Bushings
Last update 03/26/2007

The dialog window shown below is used to create Guided Ejection Bushings. SoftMold allows you to create Guided Ejection Bushings in any construction plane. For additional information about construction planes click the following link. construction planes.

The default insertion position of the bushing is on the center line at the top of the bushing. The insertion point may be changed by using the Insert Point list control . The bushing is drawn in the Z negative direction relative to the current construction plane.

Guided Ejection Dialog Window

To Create Guided Ejection Bushings follow the steps listed below.

Select the Units
Use the unit control to select inch units or millimeter units. SoftMold allows you to create inch based components in a millimeter base drawing or millimeter components in an inch based drawing. The first time you used this function in any session the unit value of the active document is retrieved and the function is setup based on the active documents units. If you return to the function latter in the session the function is setup based on the last values you selected. The function remembers where you where.

Supplier Control
Click the Suppler List Control and select one of the suppliers listed there. When you select a supplier the other controls are loaded with the appropriate values.
Select the type of bushing you wish to use via the Type list control. When you make a selection in this control the remaining control are loaded with the appropriate values

Select the bushing type
Use the bushing type control to select the type of bushing to create. Most suppliers offer these bushings in three styles, plain steel bushings, bronze plated bushings and self lube bushings. The geometry of these bushings is the same. The real difference is the catalog number, This will come into play when the Bill of Material function is added.

Selecting a Bushing
You may select a bushing by one of two methods.

Method 1
If you know the catalog number you can select it using the the Catalog Number control. When you select an item all of the other controls and data display are set to the appropriate values.

Method 2
Select the nominal inside diameter of the bushing. When you make a selection, the Catalog Number control is set to the correct value along with the other controls.

Select the Drawing Style
Use the drawing style list control and select one of the available drawing styles. For details about the available drawing styles for Guided Ejection Bushings, see Guided Ejection Drawing Styles.

Select Insertion Point
The default insertion position of the bushing pin is on the center line at the top of the bushing. The insertion point may be changed by using the Insert Point list control. The bushing is drawn in the Z negative direction relative to the current construction plane.

Pressing the 'OK' Button
At this point you have completed selecting a bushing and the drawing style to use when creating the bushing. When you press the 'OK" button the dialog window will close and Keycreator's position menu ( shown below ) will appear. Use the position menu' to select where to create the bushing. Each time you select a position a bushing will be created at that position. Pressing the ESC Key will end the creation routine and return you to Keycreator.

KeyCreator's Position Menu

Guided Ejection Bushing Drawing Styles

Below is a listing of the different drawing styles that are available.
Each of the different styles is explained below.

Simple Style
The bushing shown to the left is drawn in the simple style. There are no cosmetic fillets and the bushing is drawn at the nominal sizes.

Detailed Style
The bushing shown to the left is drawn in the Detailed style. There are cosmetic fillets on the end and head of the bushing. The bushing is created at the nominal size.

Complex Style
The bushing shown to the left appears the same as the bushing drawn in the Detailed Style however this bushing is created using the actual bushing sizes ( 1 inch bushing is created at 1.001 ).