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You have to mess around with the blank and unblank icons/commands. I am also a Cadkey user and have trouble with Bobcad.

How do you delete a layer name in Bobcad?

Pat

Hi Group,

Can damage be done to the stepper drivers if you manually turn the stepper motor shafts manually? Should I disconnect the motor wires before turning the motor by hand?

Thanks in...

Thanks Geof and Jwarren for the info.

Pat

Hi Group,

The specs. on a Mini-Mill call out 4 CFM @ 100 PSI. Is that constantly when the machine is on, or just when the spindle is on, or? Also, where is that air used?

Thanks,
Pat

Swede,

Very nice article!! What type lube would you recommend for the angular bearings in your bearing block and would you put a lip seal on it or a just a shield?

Regards,
Pat

CNC Dude,

No, I don't the training videos. I am too cheap. I started using V18 for a small mold project and haven't used Bobcad much in the last year.

Pat

Attached are 2 images from Solidworks. What they show is a section thru a pocket machined with a .50 dia endmill and then the corners with a .250 ball endmill. The tip of the ball mill does not...

I am sure this is a basic question, but I would like to know if there are several methods to make this pocket. Say you have 3" square pocket .75 deep with .50" fillet all around the bottom. Would...

Well, I found out that if you select the solid first, filleting will be done all around the part. If you have nothing selected, then it asks for the edges to be filleted. No exactly a consistent...

Hello group,

Using V20, how would you get just one edge of a solids cube to have a corner radius? I see the filleting command that does all the outer edges, but how do you just add a fillet along...

Hi Group,

I am playing around with the V20 demo (I have some V18 and Mastercam V5 experience) and I made a solids block 3 x 6 x 2" tall with a hemispherical solid
difference in the center of the...

Thanks for the reply, that answers my question!
Pat

Hello V20 Users,

Does V20 program 3D surface toolpaths using the tool tip or the tool center or will it do both? I have V18 and always forget to set my tools to the correct offset using tool...

Hello Group and especially HFD,
Hu, sorry to hear you aren't in the BobCAD forum anymore, you helped me out a lot, thanks again, and that is why I am here now.
I need to make a split mold cavity...