FLIPPING PART AFTER VERIFY!

[haroldm]

Hey Guys, I have searched the forum and have read many posts on this subject. But i apologize because i cannot understand how to do this. I have been using mastercam for over 8 years, and i feel stupid for asking, but could someone dumb it down for me? I have a part, that has toolpaths on side A. I want to run verify on this part then flip it over and run side B. How can i use the STL file to verify the other side? Thanks again for your help, and i deserve the flaming that i am sure will come. Thank you all.

[Bruce Caulley]

Have a look at using the WCS for different ops. That way the model/part stays in the same location, your ops just use different "datums" around it. Verify then works on all ops.

 

HTH

 

Bruce

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

Go to the FTP site, in the Unspecified_Uploads folder there is a WCS Tutorial. Grab this and go through it. It will be time well spent.

[JohnA]

Hi Harold,

The way I've always done it, is to open a new file then use the Converter - STL and select your .stl file. After you select it, you will have the option of XForming it. Go ahead and Xform and flip it however you want it then save it as another .stl (i.e., op2.stl). When you go to verify your second operation, use the "from file" option and select the op2.stl file. That should do what you want it to do. This is how I did it in v9.1. If you're using X it may be different.

 

John

[beej]

Harold,

the way I do it is to move the geometry to where I want it, ie..centered on XY axis, then I set my tool/cplane to bottom or front or topside or rightside, when a procedure is created it will be created on that plane. You can then verify one or all of the different procedures for the different sides at the same time.

 

You can also manually change the planes of a procedure in the planes dialog of the "toolpath parameters" page

[tooljockey]

James,

I cannot access ftp site, but isn't this WCS tutorial based on V9?

Has anyone made a WCS tutorial for X that is as

well written as this one?

[haroldm]

thanks for all of the help guys, this has helped alot. I am off to try them now. Thanks again.

[haroldm]

Hey JohnA, I have tried that before, but i cannot saved the modified STL, it says that there are not surfaces on screen or none have been selected. Any workaround for this?

[haroldm]

Hey James, Is there something special i have to do to access the FTP site? It keeps saying something about permission? Thanks again.

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

In Internet Explorer,

 

Tools,Internet Options, Advanced tab, Scroll down to "Use passive FTP(for firewall and DSL modem compatibility)"

 

Uncheck that box it may help you. That's what I did.

[haroldm]

Hey Matt, thanks! That worked like a charm.

[summit fever]

When I want to program a part complete for verification on all sides, I click on the Gview and choose Number. For programming the bottom of a part you will have to input 4. Make sure Tplane, Cplane and Gview all match ( click 'number' then enter the number 4 ). Now when your Tp, Cp, and Gv say 4, your part will automatically flip over to the bottom. This works for all the sides, example: 3 is the opposite of front, 4 is the opposite of top, and 6 is the opposite of side. Mind you, you may have to program z from the bottom up for the verify to turn out right. By using it this way, your WCS can stay on 'top' unless you have a reason to change it to someplace different.

[robk]

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Hey JohnA, I have tried that before, but i cannot saved the modified STL, it says that there are not surfaces on screen or none have been selected. Any workaround for this?

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If using V9 do NOT read the stl file when going into the converter, but xform it then save it.

Same goes for X... Don't open the file, but use the XForm option.

Hope that makes sense.

[haroldm]

Hey robk, that did make sense. And suprise! it actually worked! haha..8 years and clueless! I am now the hero of the shop, thanks to you guys. Thanks for all of your help.