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Neal,

You and I have sister machines as we both have Pro Series 102's, two heads and built at almost the same time.

We run MC Suite 4 on XP without any issues. As Max said we also cannot access...

The 'Part Wizard' in Enroute which you are referencing allows for the quick design and output of various shapes such as gussets, etc. It has nothing to do at all with 'parametric design' which allows...

Enroute does not have the parametric part capability that you describe nor is there an option to do so.
I do not know of any CAM packages that do. Most of the parametric parts design capabilities...

I think that is the only video published as of yet and I too have not been able to duplicate the results on the video. I have tried everything also with results not even close to those on the video....

Grant,

The best boring bits we have found, using trial and long run experience, are the solid carbide bits from CMT in Italy. The cutting geometry on the end cuts really clean holes in melamine...

Tony,

Have you tried adjusting the 'FILL' parameter of both the rough and finish tools?
You can also press F9 on the keyboard and that will show immediately where any unmachined spots are...

Grant,

You are correct. With 'Peck Lift' the tool only retracts by the 'peck' amount, just enough to clear and break the chip. Much more effficient than 3 passes.
As far as heat goes, the correct...

Grant,

Peck Lift is the drilling option whereby the drill will drill to a certain depth and then retract to clear chips before finishing the drilling. The 'lift' portion is the retract distance...

The authorized Colombo repair facilty in the States is Precision Drive Systems (PDS) in NC. Great guys to deal with and good service.

Good Luck,

Tom in PA

Thanks for chiming in Mr. Penner. Glad to have you aboard.

Later,

Tom in PA

No, but Tom Penner is a very good friend and business associate of mine. He installed my Multicam, back in the day, and we have been working with each other ever since. They call him Mr. Enroute for...

You should be able to use the File option 'SEND TO ENROUTE' which will send the file directly to Enroute as a dxf. It used to work with v3.3 but I have not used it with v4.1.
Worked pretty slick if...

As far as I know these are the only Rapid Texture videos that have been done, officially. The second video showing the auto trim function is a future feature, yet to be released. It will save a bunch...

Here is the correct link............

http://www.techno-isel.com/CNC_Routers/NewProducts/Enroute.htm

Have fun,

Tom in PA

Grant,

Have you tried one of the files bypassing the mesh and just modifying the relief with the extrusion directly??

Tom in PA

Grant,

You mention the problem with the too few straights shows up after extrusion. Have you tried changing the resolution of the relief prior to extruding??
I will be glad to take a look at the...

Grant,

The latest versions of v4.1 are supposed to have better import / export capabilities than previous versions, especially when it comes to .ai files which always seemed to be behind. Have you...

Grant,

Sounds wierd! What version of Enroute are you using currently?

Tom in PA

Grant,

When using 'STEP ROUGH' be sure to set PASSES under CUT DEFINITION to more than one. Set your offset from surface, check on step rough and then set the number of passes for the roughing....

What you are describing appears to be a machine related issue either the machine itself or whatever is translating the Gcode that Enroute generates. I don't ever recall being able to do anything like...

Bryan,

The return sides of the text would be be cut first and then the texture applied to the background area while using the text outline as a mask. Is this what you are looking to do??

Tom in...

Dan,

If I am not mistaken I think you will need an interface program to take the digitized info and convert it to a 3D model of some variation and then import the model into Enroute. As far as I...

whipper,

Masking with Rapid Texture applied to inset background is the same as using any other mask in Enroute. Is the attached what you are looking to do??

whipper,

Is this what you are trying to accomplish, where the textured area is masked to allow it to be applied to the recessed background as shown in the attached example??

whipper,

What type of issues are you having with applying a mask?

Tom in PA

Jake,

Can you email me a sample file and I'll do a video on your part, if I can.

Tom in PA

Whoa there Jake.....

Now you talking about applying meshes to reliefs vs. toolpathing within a mask.
What specifically are you having trouble with?? Let's start from the begining.

Tom in PA

Jake,

Enroute works within the boundary of the mask regardless of the cutter diameter so you should be able to apply overcut to approx. half of the cutter diameter and still not fall over the...

Jake,

Masking is not a tool just a technique in Enroute to do just want you want, machine a specific area.
The trick is just drawing the mask, any closed contour will do, and toolpathing. Enroute...

DIY'er,

This is very simple with Enroute....

If you just have a closed contour, square, cirlce, polygon etc, to use as a 'mask' over the areas you want to machine Enroute will do it just fine....