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Amorris-
As you're probably already aware, niether Mach3 or Inventor are CAM packages.

Do you need a CAM package? Almost any of them can read your Inventor files once you export as an IGES, STEP,...

Mike,
Thanks a bunch for your feedback. I'm definately leaning toward MadCAM.
I'm wondering if you could do a test for me to see if MadCAM can run a path over an OBJ file. If not, I can always try...

Hey Mike,
Thanks for the heads up. BTW Are you coming at this from any past CAM background to compare with?

Also, did you compare with MeshCAM? Any thoughts to share if you did?

Rhino...

Hi guy's

I'm curious about a few things with regard to MadCAM:

1- Is there 4th axis support expected in the future?

2- Does it have pencil tracing?

3- Can I machine directly off of an...

Great to hear you like it. If you have any questions, feel free to post here. I'll do what I can.

Sorry for not seeing this post till now, but what your engineer needs to do is
create a drawing from the solid. From this drawing he can export a DXF file.
this you can bring into SurfCAM to...

I have not run into a limit in code length with Mach2 or 3. Have you asked Art if this is truely a limitation? It'd be good to know. But I seriously doubt that if you have a part that goes over such...

Small world! Sounds good what time? And I'll have to check with my (boss).
Also, which building, doesn't ADI have a couple?

You're not alone. They read the same manual on wifehood.

wow, I just dug into this as well.
This is what I got from BC Tech Supt.
1st-CAM side/Setup/Coordinates. Enter this formula into Y Scale: 180/pi/R
R actually being the Radius of your stock....

Cadcam-

Yeah, I'll take you up on it. Thanks for the offer. I'm curious where its at these days.
Q: I understand MC will import and gen TP off of STL files now. Is this correct? If so what are...

Hey Rick,
I figured it was going to be modeling issues. Listen, something I was thinking about here is that all the solid modeler apps are vying for your buck, and in their effort to make their...

Cadcam, Thanks for the update. I am an using an older version (V8). It is almost unbelievable that MC would change their API to be windows compliant, there is so much involved to accomplish that...

Hey Rick,
Lets look at the where the problem is at the moment.
Q: Are you having trouble with modeling or Toolpath generation (In BobCAD)?

To me, as an experienced CAD guy, I found the modeling...

Hey as to the text, check out the text wizard that comes with Mach3. I works real well.

Hey Rick,
Post your results here cause if you find it isn't right, I'll call em back.

OK, so I had a long talk with BobCAD's main Tech Supt guru. After showing him some screen caps he admitted that the Mach2 post was the culprit, and he proceeded to log onto my machine and revise the...

Well after doing some tests I'm convinced that something is amiss with the Mach posts.

This is not a BobCAD application problem. I'll be in touch with their tech supt guys at the begining of week....

Has anyone seen the Mach2 post processor for Bobcad V19 crash the app? I have other posts for other machines and have not had a problem. I've never actually crashed Bobcad until now, but I loaded the...

Hey Benny,
Ok, I have some thoughts from experience.
1-Your linear track for droping the plastic is definately better than a parrallelogram design.
2- your idea of having a chamber is actually...

Hi Draconious,
I think you should iron out the details in your design, and provide a drawing before you can expect many quotes. I know it seems simple enough to throw out a "ballpark figure" based...

Hey Draconious,
A few questions: do you mean tapered holes? Or do you mean counter sunk holes for flat heads?
Is the part flat or is the 1mm nominal with machined features that make it thicker in...

Re: IGES. Depends on your skill level and the state of the model. I have been able to bring in an IGES model of a mans face and thicken it to a solid for further use. Not easy. But there are ways to...

Probably the most significant upgrade is with the fillet feature. All previous releases only filleted edges. But this was dicey teritory when the edges got broken or the surfaces became too small to...

Hi all Inventor users!
Listen! R-11 is shipping and I gotta say its the most stable and significant release since R-7. I'm really jazzed with some of the feature enhancements.
I would strongly...

OK,
lets get to the hart of the matter: IGES is a neutral file format specifically developed at a time when we were in transition between 2d & 3d. It was intended for surface data. Most apps support...

Save it out as a DXF. ProE can import DXF into sketch environment.

check Campbell design website for full outline on building an unregulated supply. It has pictures too.

There's a MC post on the artsoft ftp site.

hey, how good you look is in direct proportion to how much time and effort you put into learning and mastering the "art" of CAM processing. If you think that choosing and buying the app is all there...