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I have tried both a GTX card (older 450 1MB) and a Quadro K5000 in my setup. The old GTX actually ran stuff faster then the k5k. But I also found that the GTX was less stable and crashed more. Could...

A little disappointment in MC, They do not have a real machine simulation for the lathe stuff. Kind of a big selling point to someone like me thats new to multi axis lathe and can fully see my exact...

Getting a new lathe by the end of the month with YC and a Subspindle. I currently use Bobcad for both my CAD and CAM both mill and lathe. Bobcad has a Mill/Turn upgrade option and that would be the...

I am about to get a YC and sub spindle lathe and going to need a mill/turn CAM package. BCC has theirs and and will be the easiest and most economical way for me to get it. Just wondering if anyone...

I have had some issues with Planar in 29, not sure if anything like yours because you didnt attach a file. But using all the same parameters and same file that I use in 27, 29 will try and start the...

Those VC's there get a 1.125 deep pocket. I use coarse 1/2" EM roughing bit with air and mist and Adaptive roughing pocket. I think around 18% step over full depth and 180 IPM. It dont long, maybe...

Its not as bad as you might think. Not making a killing on them but trying to set it up to where once I move them in more bulk they pay pretty good. These things are not what I intend to be my money...

Thanks for the props Al! That's some old ones I did, have much much better looking ones now!

Also I think it is much better to do all of the 2d geometry lay out first before extruding into what...

Ok, I got it now. Didnt realize I had to change the number of decimal points to get it to work. If the decimals are not set to enough then when the 1 goes out of the box I am pretty sure it is gone....

On mine with v27 if I go past .0001 then it is just .00000000000 and then it will not chain select no mater how air tight it is. Put in 0's until the 1 goes out of the box, then start deleting zeros...

I have set that to the lowest setting possible and it still chain select even though there is a gap. The biggest issue I have had with those tiny gaps is in Bobfart and generating embossings at a...

One way to look for those is to chain select the geometry and if it doesn't complete the chain wherever it stopped is where the issue is. There are instances though where very small gaps will still...

I just used planar as a quick example. It should follow the same geometry no matter what feature set you choose to use.

To run 3D features not everything has to be combined into a solid. The Geometry you select can be made up of solids or surfaces or any combo of them. You can even have a surface hovering above a...

The thing you have to watch with a Surface base TP and using a negative allowance is it will throw off your radius's and diameters or your 3d part. But it should work for what you are trying to do...

I just took your file that you first posted and selected it all and ran it as a pocket and finish and it seemed to work fine. I dont know what size tool you are using, seemed like it needed like a...

I have yet to figure out how to make all the tool bar mods I do stick. I have spent like an hour getting them all how I want then the next time I open BCC they are all back to default. But I have...

Nice work!

How do you keep a wood like Maple from splintering or having tear outs doing stuff like that? What kind of bit are you using for your 3D stuff?

Not sure if V26 has Project Curves as a Toolpath but if it does that would be a perfect part to use it on. Select the outside and the inside boundries then you can also select both as the Curves or...

Here are the finished pics I got. Not bad. Wish I was baller enough to have a bar in my office LOL.

Would be interested on knowing what you find out.

I dont think it will work the way you want it too, I have fought some of the same stuff before with patterns. Only way I can think of doing it would be to make individual Features that each contain 1...

They have not made it to Zippo yet, they are getting upholstered now and attached to the stools. So hopefully they will have them the first of next week and I hope they like them! I will post some...

I use both BCC and SolidEdge. I find BCC much more simple to use for making up quick models. I have not worked with Solidedge enough yet to be quick and efficient at it but the one area I go to it...

Uhhhg, you have no idea. After working that long I was feeling pretty sprite and bouncing around pretty decent right up until that happened. That just took all the steam and adrenaline I was working...

Just T6 6061 bar. And the JD medallion is Brass.

Speaking of that brass piece was not supposed to be on there, that was where I was pocketing out the back and a 1" flat bottom drill went all the...

I had dabbled a little in Bobart but didnt really know my way around it. Took this job on and by the time I was done I got to know it pretty well! It can be a really cool tool that I will use more in...

You taught me a few things. I didnt realize that once I did a full 360 Revolve it would already be a solid! I thought that since it was done with a surface tool that it would still be separate...

All good stuff, I am a sponge soaking all of this stuff up. Only been doing this for about a year and a half now and this forum teaches me more then anything.

Will watch those videos when I get a...

V27

I have found the quickest and easiest way to make a wheel like this or round objects is to make a profile of it then use surface revolve which is how I went about doing this one. Once I...