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Just click save as and select DXF. It will want to save it as a annotation but it still works.

Forrest

Burr, I took your model (not sure what is different from mine) and ran a test on it. After a few hours I came back and it was done. What I don't understand is if I select each surface area separately...

My computer is more than up to the task but just in case here are the specs:
Dell Precision 6 core boost to 4.43GHz
12 GB ram
SSD 256 dual
Quadro 2000 1GB GDDR5
Windows 7 pro

The model is...

I have a surface feature to machine in V4 3axis pro and for some reason it gets to 100% done and hangs there for at least an hour until I canceled it and it crashes Solidworks. There are 8 areas in...

Jalessi, I don't understand the irritable tone in your post but I'll try and explain in more detail.

I thought I had seen a video of Vcarve Pro doing a splined textured toolpath similar to the...

I've watched every video I could find and cannot find an answer on how to do it. I have drawn a curved spline and selected it as an open vector while in the textured toolpath screen. It gives me an...

Or do I need Aspire?

Forrest

How can I do a toolpath texture on a curve? I've drawn the spline path that I wish to use as a guide within the texture toolpath feature. It gives me an error about can't use open vectors and then...

I'd like to copy the 3D spline across the X axis onto the wavy surface. This means that each spline will have to lay differently as it is copied across. Attached is a file with the surface and first...

Thanks Awerby, some of the patterns are just straight lines undulating in the Z axis with a large ballnose. Others have to be surfaced with a smaller BN to get a more complex pattern. I'm in the...

I know there are some software's available to machine patterns such as the one I'm posted, but which one is the easiest to use or has the best tools for the job?

Forrest

Jr, I do have BA and would assume you may be implying the use of a texture or pattern. I don't really know how to do that and from what I do know am not sure its possible.

Forrest

Mike, it will have to be undercut with a lollipop bit.

Just to further this discussion I wouldn't have to put the fillets in the corners because the lollipop tool will leave whatever radius is natural anyway. Eliminating the fillets will probably make it...

Hello everyone,

Just wondering if V4 3X pro for SW's can do undercutting with a lollipop bit or is that only available in multiaxis versions?

Forrest

Thanks C, I did try the extrude cut to offset surface but had a problem because there are actually 2 different surfaces for each half. There is the main dome and the outer ring. I couldn't select...

Mike, here is what I was trying to achieve. My next goal is to modify the cell walls to look similar to I-beams with the top surface being wide and the walls thinning as they go towards the center....

Thanks Mike, what you have shown is basically what I'm attempting only in reverse. I want to "cut" the hex shapes out of the solid top and bottom halves with a .25" offset from the outside surface. I...

So that's what I'm trying to do with the posted file. I would like to extrude cut the honeycomb pattern to within .25" of the outside surface of the "Solid" disk. The bottom of the extrusion needs to...

The main difference is where you set the machine coordinate. Mine would be set at the bottom of the stock. That seems to have the biggest negative affect on it. I also made one change to your file in...

Jr. I also ran a sim on the file you sent me and that is what it should be doing. With the same settings on my file I'm getting something different. Just to check I used the default post file from BC...

This should be easier than it seems. The only way to get it to do the whole letter is to set the depth of cut smaller. However this causes it to take way to many passes and to retract a ridiculous...

I'm still having trouble with the geometry this time in the cam side. The tool path is broken up into lots of little lines and retractions. Is it because I exploded the geometry? I thought it would...

Jr, definitely buy a Dell Precision. I would suggest a laptop using docking stations and peripherals. You can have a setup at home and the office and all you have to do is click the laptop into the...

I was able to explode the geometry and get what I needed. Thanks for the help guys, Forrest

Okay Jr, no matter what I do the font reverts to another type. When I open your attached file I can see the correct toolpath but the font has changed to something else. Is this a bug in my version or...

RAF, yes this was done in V25 and then I tried to open it in V26 because I thought I had to use BA to machine it but now I think I can just take it into the cam and use Vcarve to machine it. After...

Jr, what version did you open that in?

Forrest

Jr, that's exactly it. Can you explain briefly how you did that please? If it's done in bobart I only have V26 with BA pro. One thing that I noticed when I opened it in BA is the vectors are not that...

That looks great Jr but can it be done with the letters routed instead of raised?

Forrest