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[QUOTE=PRINT_FX;1123402]Larry, if I go to Gview it opens the window with lot of options... doesn't alow me to select a face without picking an option first.

There is an option, Gview by solid...

Actually, I think if you go to G-view, you can just click on a face, and it will go to that view if there is already one created.

Don't you just lable them as you create them?

When you go into the view manager, highlight the front plane, then hit the equal sign. Then, when you close the view manager, at the bottom of the screen it should say WCS: Front
Your view will...

Many customers are now mandating that models NOT be moved. It took me a while, but I now understand why.

In this guy's case, if he created a new WSC, or made an existing plane his WCS, if he made...

Z Plane? Isn't that what the little midget used to yell on Fantasy Island?


I haven't used Acad since R14, but I don't recall any issue with importing dxfs into MC. Maybe there is a setting....

[QUOTE=jeffrey001;1088829]Thanks Larry,

Using contour ramp, Use 15% tangent and 15% radius for lead in/out.

Should I be using linear instead of radius, for lead in/out, never think about that...

What toolpath are you using? Contour?
Your lead in/out must contain a linear move to correctly turn the comp on/off

You would be better off using circle mill or helix bore toolpath. Select start...

Or, try making them different colors. then for selection, choose ALL RED, or green or whatever

[QUOTE=Ydna;1084247] I use a regular endmill for the basic tool shape and give the endmill the cutting diameter for the bit.


Try using the "Undefined" tool type

Try Transform toolpath

The company I work for bought it, so I don't know.

To the best of my knowledge, You need to define the holder each time you select a tool.
I now use Vericut to verify everything, so I no longer waste my time defining holders in MC

I've never had it lock up on me. I would suggest starting simple, like just create a rectagular block with a boss on it, then try defining different cutters and get a feel for how it works. As is par...

I tried it once. It took some fiddling around, but once I figured it out, I couldn't believe how awesome it worked.

Only problem, the posted code was so F#!@ing huge it was unusable.

The problem arises when the 2 acrs don't intersect. Sketch fillet does not work. (or a line and an arc that don't intersect)

BTW, I saw a Catia guy the other day and had him try it. Catia does it...

Thanks to all for the suggestions. It appears that drawing the fillet arc, then making it tangent to the other arcs is the way to go.

So far, Solidworks is the only cad program I've used where...

Here is a simple example. The first pic is a view of the pocket. The second view is the geometry. The geometry in green are the arcs and lines that are defined on the b/p. The geometry in red are...

Only problem I see there, if I have a number of non intersecting circles that make up the pocket walls, I don't have a chain that I can extrude.

Thanks for the replies. That's exactly what I was trying to do. Seems like a lot of extra steps though. I might have a pocket with all curved walls, and 30 or so fillets. Seems like a PITA, I was...

I'm fairly new to SW, and this is something I haven't figured out how to do. As an example, I draw an arc with a 1" dia at 0,0, and another arc with a 1" dia at 1.375, .375

Now, I want to draw a...

This is caused by having a Microsoft mouse. Either switch to a Logitec mouse,
or un-install all the Microsoft drivers and re install as a generic mouse.

I had the same problem, and it drove my...

I've had similar issues, ie disappearing menus, which turned out to be my video card was set up for dual monitors, and even though I was only using 1 monitor, windows arbitrarily decided to put...

This is what mine looks like;

peof$ #End of file for non-zero tool
pretract
comment$
if stagetool = 1 & stagetltype = 2, pbld, *first_tool$, e$
...

That's the way it works. You can run backplot if you want to see the part rotate and the tool stand still. Or, if you have a lot of spare time, run MachSim and you can watch it run like it's on a...

Dude- What is your problem? Get a life

Dtm is right, in MCX you can save a file as MC9, but it won't save the toolpaths, so for all practical purposes, it's useless, just like all your posts.