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[gcode]

you're correct... 5 or 6 years ago you could save STL's as IGES or step in SolidWorls
but it was so lame and weak I never used it after trying it once..
I just did a Save As (step) on a 30 meg stl.. it blinked and wrote a 2 K file LOL

[Josh Kinney - ProCNC]

Did it atleast wink at you?

[mkd]

I've had some success with solidworks scan 3d utility.

Gcode, what about getting a point cloud from your customer and converting? betcha could increase to accuracy too.

[gcode]

My customer used a method called photgrammetry.
They stick thousands of little reflective targets all over the part,
then postion calibration sticks with 2 targets a known distance apart
and shoot thousands of digital photos from all angles.
This data goes into a software package that compares the shoot
to the solid model.
In past they just gave me color maps showing deviation from the nominal solid.
They also gave me stl's but at 400 to 500 meg they were useless.
For this part, they also supplied a iges and stp surface models of the shoot and Spaceclaim was able to repair
it well enough to make a solid model of the casting.
The stated accuracy is ± .125" which I think is pretty good for a cast the size of a small car.
I don't know what software they are using and are closed mouthed when I ask.

[Brian @ PM Mold]

Signed up for the webinar next week.  Can't wait!

[mig]

Me tooooo

[Brian @ PM Mold]

Was too busy to watch the webinar today.  When will the video be available to watch?  Was really bummed I missed it.

[bcourter]

Hey Brian,

The webinar is actually tomorrow: http://p.spaceclaim....astercamwebinar

That said, we almost always record them and make the recordings available.  If for some reason our recording didn't come out, we usually re-record the content.  Typically they are posted withing a day or so of the event.  That said, it's more fun to attend live, because you can ask questions.

-Blake
(A SpaceClaim employee)

[Jay Kramer @ Precision Programming]

Blake, I have signed up but I have no link or email for tomorrow. Should I have received a email for it?

[Brian @ PM Mold]

Excellent!  For some reason I thought it was yesterday.  I should be free tomorrow.

[Jay Kramer @ Precision Programming]

Blake thank you for the follow-up email from Laura.

[Scott Lundin Shopware Inc.]

So, did anyone watch the webinar?  I was busy and only able to watch the last 10-15 minutes.  Did they record it and are they going to make it available as a download?

[Rickster™]

I did, ...........totally impressed!

[Mark @ PPG]

Details please!
No download available yet, as far as I can tell.

[Rickster™]

At the end of it they said they would forward/email the video
to the ppl who watched.

I'll let ya know if and when I get it.

[lazyboy]

linkage
http://www.spaceclai...-2012-08-16.mp4

[Brian @ PM Mold]

Live personalized demo at 10am CST today.  Asked them to demonstrate electrode creation, MCX interface, and other odds and ends they didn't show in the online demo.  Price is VERY reasonable.  Should be very interesting.

[Buddy J]

lazyboy, on 16 August 2012 - 03:41 PM, said:

linkage
http://www.spaceclai...-2012-08-16.mp4

Thanks for the link
Now I need to go into the director of engineerings office, stamp my feet, hold my breath till I turn blue? and yell, " I Want, I Want!, I Want!!!" Damnit!...
Seriously, very cool and MAN! can I see how I could use it! The time I've wasted trying to clean up CAD's SW models, ones they've stitched/blended etc. to pull a form from a customers target location then I've got to create molds/vacuum fixtures from this nasty uneven mess. Usually the only thing I can run clean over these hodgepodge surfaces is "surface scallop" which works but isn't as clean as I'd like. With a cleaned up model prior to creating drive surfaces........happy days
Now....who is selling this.....
Cjep@Prism, you resell this?
I'd like some $$ estimates to take up front...They owe me a toy........I'm picking from THIS shelf!