Chaining problems

[Rodney @ Roush Yates Engines]

Hi,

 

Has anyone had problems with chaining wireframe geometry from a parasolid file? I use solidworks to create just about all of my geometry and then I use that parasolid in X. I’ve had problems chaining in X for a long time, in beta but I couldn’t figure out why until yesterday.

 

I’ve changed just about all of the chaining options and still can’t get it to work. You can use the geo. to chain in toolpaths but nothing else like deleting or xform.

 

Also I can’t select the solid from a parasolid to create curve on all surface edges but you can select it if you create curve on single surface edge. The geo that is created using a single surface edge can be chained.

 

Thanks for any help

[cadcam]

Well for sraters if you are using Solid Works why do you bring in a parasolid when you can bring in the .SLDPRT being the SW file direct?

 

AS for making edge curves of the solid are you setting for solid and not faces on the options on the bar?

 

As for chaining the solid are you talking about Contouring around the solid using the solid?

[gcode]

quote:

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why do you bring in a parasolid

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because you can build a coordinate system in SolidWorks and define the parasolid's landing in Mastercam space.

 

try deleting duplicate entities. I've had

X create two sets of edge curves on imported solids a couple of times. That makes it really hard to chain anything

[cadcam]

SO Gcode thats how you do it to?

[gcode]

Once you get the hang of the SolidWorks

coordinate system, you'll never use a sldprt file again..... and you'll never translate or rotate

an imported solid in Mastecam again either.

I've been begging CNC to add this to

Mastercam Direct for years.

[Rodney @ Roush Yates Engines]

Cadcam I didn’t see the button for solids, thanks. Today was the first time that I’ve used that in X. I was trying to see if edge curves created with a solid could be chained and they can’t.

 

As for bringing in the native format I’ve had problems with that in the past so I’ve used parasolids since with great success. I did bring in a native file and it has the same chaining problem. I’m not trying to chain a solid body only wireframe geo. If you pick something that brings up the chaining dialog box it will chain no problem but if the chaining dialog box doesn’t come up it will not chain.

 

Gcode, I’ve had problems with duplicate entities before also but this isn’t the problem this time. Thanks