The engineer draws solid models in inventor and would like to send the files to me to toolpath. I am running a Haas lathe with Surfcam. I dont think I can toolpath the file because there are no lines to chain, just construction lines. Even if I mesh the files I dont see how I can chain for toolpaths. Am I right?
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08-08-2006, 10:08 PM #1
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inventor 3d solid to surfcam g code
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08-23-2006, 02:13 AM #2
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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 generate your toolpath.
I have done this many many times with no problems. Centerlines can be created in either application.
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08-24-2006, 12:23 AM #3
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Yeah, the day after I posted I found you have to buy the inventor translator option from surfcam! I also figured out to change an autocad dwg to dxf but cos I am using Acad 2007 and Surfcam 2005 they arent compatable so I had to save the dxf as a Acad 2004 file. Arent computers great!
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