Customer Set-up of Endcut Standard

As mentioned above the customer can modify the in-built parameters of the endcut standard via an endcut table. This paragraph specifies how this should be done.

Background to the discussion below is the assumption that the geometry of any endcut can be controlled by a restricted number of parameters, for example, in lists and sketches for profile manufacture. The interpretation of these parameters is individual for each endcut type. The parameters are A, B, C, R1, R2, V1, V2, V3 and V4.

A, B and C are lengths, R1 and R2 normally notch radii and V1, V2, V3 and V4 angles of the endcut. Depending on the endcut type some of the parameters are irrelevant.

The figure below shows a rather complicated case for the endcut type 36.

Figure 6:2. Standard Endcut 36.

It is the objective of the endcut table to map from a combination of

• the endcut code (that means, the endcut type + in-built parameters),

• explicitly given or calculated parameters (a, b, c, a1,a2,a3)

• (sometimes) dimensions of the profile section to the parameters used in realization of the endcut geometry in viewing, production lists,

It is the purpose of this paragraph to describe in detail how this mapping can be controlled via the input to endcut table.