New use for MC

[Müřlıń®]

I don't know if anyone else does this or not.

 

A few months ago I had to start learning Proe.

Anyone with Wildfire experience knows about the troubles with the parametric modeler for beginers.

 

Having to do QC on my own geometry was challanging to say the least, but Mastercam has provided a way out.

 

Because of the ease of part orientation and creating edged on surfaces, trimming splines ect, I started digitlly rebuilding the prints inside Mastercam with multiple copies of the model in diffrent rotations. Using imported Iges so the file wont be too large to render fast.

 

Using the auto dim, I rebuild the print exactly, putting in all the dims where the ones on the print are.

I using a highlight marker as I go to be sure I dont miss any of the hundreds of dims that are on these aircraft prints.

 

It makes a one man job alot easier knowing that your model is 100% correct.

 

Just something that has helped me be productive with less mistakes while going through the horrendus learning curve.......

 

 

Murlin teh QC with Mastercam.....it does it all

[Camdude®]

cool idea, will keep this in my tips and tricks book

[JCLM]

I have done the same thing on some aircraft parts before also. When I have complicated parts sometimes I'm not sure if I modeled it correctly and doing this shows me that my model is correct. I can also show my boss this file when he wants to verify my model.

[Hardmill]

Just don't tell any inspectors

All we need is a bunch of knuckleheads running

around in here.

 

PEACE

[crazy^millman]

Along with this is you have a solid you can use a part line to give you side cuts of profiles or you can use trim to entity and do the same thing for giving you places most times unseen with curves on all edges as well as surfaces curves as well.

[Keith Graydon]

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A few months ago I had to start learning Proe.

Anyone with Wildfire experience knows about the troubles with the parametric modeler for beginers

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Heh, Have you upgraded to Wildfire 2.0 yet? thay changed more sh!t.

 

-Keith

[MetalFlake]

"Using the auto dim, I rebuild the print exactly, putting in all the dims where the ones on the print are."

 

Is autodim a mastercam feature?

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

I have the same question as MetalFlake?

 

Thanks

[Scott Bond]

I use the solid layout feature for this.

If the part was scaled .25 to fit the paper.

I scale the drafting 4x.

Then I put the demtions about where the print has them.

If the print is metric , I draw metric, line check it, then scale it beforte programming.

[Müřlıń®]

Srry wrong words on auto dim. By auto dim I meant that I let MC dim from the sharp corners.

It is very easy and lets me make sure everything is right........ set extension to 0 and make sure the dim line goes right to the sharp corner.

 

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Heh, Have you upgraded to Wildfire 2.0 yet? thay changed more sh!t

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This was my main reason for starting QC'ing my geometry with MC.

 

Wildfire 2.0 is so hostile, you never know what you are going to get if you go in and make a change.

 

Since I started doing this there are very few surprises now.....

 

 

Murlin

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Thanks Murlin!

 

Mike

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Thanks to everyone else for all the tips.

 

Mike