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    Solid Edge V16 in Windows 7 64 bit

    Hi,
    I have an old copy of Solid Edge V16 which is fine for my purposes but, having upgraded to a new PC running windows 7 64 bit, I can not get my version 16 Solid Edge to install on the new...
  2. Thread: lathe post V24

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    Found by comparing my post with Al's (which gives...

    Found by comparing my post with Al's (which gives a Mach 3 error - F word missing with inverse time g1 move .....whatever that means?) that if you change the line to
    n, spsp_code,s,spindle_on
    you...
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    Off to the Olympics....

    Hi All,
    Thanks for helping out on this - I am going to be absent for a few days now as I have an appointment at the Olympics - I am not competing you understand, although I will pack my gym kit and...
  4. Thread: lathe post V24

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    Missing M03 and a crash!

    Hi,
    Moved onto the machine this morning - first thing is M03 to start the spindle is missing in the code - I think this is in section 2 of the post
    n,spsp_code,s
    This is outputting N04 G97 S1000...
  5. Thread: lathe post V24

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    The story so far....

    Ok,
    Sticking then with the mode issues then I have converted to use diameter mode exclusively. To do this you need 4 things configured;

    Mach3 needs to be set to diameter mode - config - ports and...
  6. Thread: lathe post V24

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    Making progress...

    Hi,
    Thanks of this. Based on your earlier post I made the "executive decision" to switch to diameter mode. I set this in both Mach and in BOBCad. I then created a simple part and produced G Code in...
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    Lathe posts

    Just shooting out for the day - but I just wondered if this is to do with he machinie orientation? BOBCad assumes the tool is coming from the back of the job (where it often is in proper CNC lathes)...
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    Post processors

    Hi Al,
    Thanks for getting back to me on this. I had spoken with support before as the post I had been using was not posting a proper header to get Predator going - The Engine Guy was also very...
  9. Thread: lathe post V24

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    Mach3 Lathe post with V24

    Hi,
    I am trying to get V24 to work with my lathe on Mach 3 and am struggling with post processors. Tried Mach3LathePst and hit a problem with "no S word G96 line 19" - I edited the tool path in Bob...
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    Thanks

    hi Al,
    Thanks for this - I have put a tiny radius on the end of the part and that seems to have sorted it. Is this a bug then?
    Ian
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    V24 Lathe - something simple I am missing?

    Hi,
    Trying to make inroads into V24 turn - I have a simple part - essentially a 1" diameter roller where one end is tapered - the surface is a part of an arc. I am trying to do a rough pass and a...
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    Anzani Pattern

    Here are a couple more photos - one shows the other half of the Anzani pattern on the machine, the other shows a 3D print of the part that I am working toward.
    Ian
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    Filling in some gaps

    Just a bit more info - the first photo is one half of the pattern for the anzani rocker cradle - the other half is on the machine right now. I have attached a couple of photos - one shows a Morgan at...
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    Hi, I think the essential answer to your...

    Hi,

    I think the essential answer to your question is yes. I too came at 3D machining via 2D (Vectric Cut2D - excellent program!) and then started looking at Meshcam and the likes for 3D. My view...
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    Hi, Perhpas just a last word on this one -...

    Hi,
    Perhpas just a last word on this one - moving to the other PC did help but not so much. I still needed to drop the resolution to get the tool paths out. I think a bigger PC is on the cards.
    Ian
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    Just heard back from Bobcad support with the...

    Just heard back from Bobcad support with the following advice;
    .....It does sound like you are running out of memory on the computer. You can attempt to reduce the machining tolerance down, however,...
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    Thanks for this - I have the old PC having...

    Thanks for this - I have the old PC having another go at the 1/8" tool path now - but it seems to have come to a dead stop. I will progress moving to the other PC with Bobcad when they are back in...
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    PC Running out of Horsepower

    Hi,
    First off this is an (oldish) laptop so upgrading options are limited - graphics card is Radeon 9200 which I think has 128MB of memory.
    Interested in the comments about problems with the file....
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    Here is the file.....

    Hi,
    Looking back I guess I answered my own question more or less - I need a bigger PC! Here is the file I am working on for reference.
    Ian
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    PC Running out of Horsepower

    Hi,
    Trying to generate some advanced roughing tool paths in version 24 - part is 6" by 7" and reasonably complex 3D (cavity) shape. Managed the first path (12mm tool) then managed a rest roughing...
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    Hi, I found the two videos on the Bobcad web...

    Hi,
    I found the two videos on the Bobcad web site handy for getting going with turning Video Tutorials | BobCAD-CAM.
    Ian
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    I suppose one way of dealing with this is just to...

    I suppose one way of dealing with this is just to accept that what I am seeing is upsidedown - maybe the problem is more to do with my mental agility than the software????
    Ian
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    Hi, Yes I watched the tutorial and everything...

    Hi,

    Yes I watched the tutorial and everything is hapening just like the tutorial - problem is that the tutorial seems to me to imply that the tool is behind the work.
    I hope I have just attached...
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    BobCAD CAM V24 Turn

    I have had a fair bit of success now with V24 milling but have turned my attention to the Turn package. My lathe is "conventional" in that you stand in front of it and the tool is between you and the...
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    Machining strategy

    Thought I would post a photo to show what happened - one photo is showing half of the lost wax pattern that was the subject of the original post, the second shows a different pattern along with a...
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    Post for Mach 3

    Hi,
    Here is the post I am using for Mach 3 - 3 axis milling no automatic tool change. The post originally came from Bobcam support but I have since modified it to include the G codes for circular...
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    Rest roughing

    Thanks,

    I guess that is pretty much what I thought - advanced rough with a bigger cutter, then rest roughing with a smaller one. I assume that this would work more than once i.e. set up a second...
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    Rest Roughing

    Thanks for this,

    Can I check out how rest roughing works. Am I right in thinking that following a roughing operation with a bigger cutter, selecting rest roughing causes the program to look only...
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    As I am typing this I realise that the 2...

    As I am typing this I realise that the 2 pocketing operations after the round pockets should be the other way around to avoid milling fresh air - the bigger shallow pocket first then the deeper rib...
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    Plodding on with this I have programmed a 5/16...

    Plodding on with this I have programmed a 5/16 plain slot drill to mill the round pockets as simple 2d pocketing operations - the same cutter then mills the full depth of the 2d element of the part...
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