exporting as an iges file

[Jim Helberg]

In X2 is there a way to export only the levels you have shown and not the ones that are turned off?

[jctjct]

I think you would have to Save some, and then open it and save as.

[Cuda84]

I have been told you must do a save some first. Save some the levels you wish to IGS, then open that file and save as IGS.

[A.P.]

Does the new patch fix it?

[Cuda84]

No

[Thad]

When you save some, is the file type dropdown available to select .igs?

 

Thad

[Colin Gilchrist]

I have been working with Pete Rimkus on this very issue. We have been testing a Chook that Pete wrote to do this very process. There are still some problems with the Chook, so it is not quite ready yet. Pete mentioned that this feature will be incorporated into Mastercam some time in the future. Please don't bug Pete about this, he is working hard on it already (Thanks Pete!).

 

HTH,

[Colin Gilchrist]

Thad,

 

Nope, Save Some only saves to .MCX or .EMCX file format.

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

hi

can somebody try this?

http://ai-sols.sytes.net/download/SaveVisible.zip

 

code:

---

 extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int m_main (int not_used)

{

AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());

 

MC_BOOL succf;

 

save_temp_db (&succf);

 

ent e;

DB_LIST_ENT_PTR dPtr, foundPtr;

 

MC_BOOL tp_ref_warn=false;

 

dPtr=db_start;

do

{

 

get_raw_ent(false,&dPtr, &foundPtr, &e , ALIVE_BIT , ALL_ENTITIES_MASK, &succf );

if(succf&&e.eptr)

{

if(!is_level_visible (e.level))

{

delete_ent(e.eptr,true,false,true,&tp_ref_warn,false);

}

 

}

}

while(succf);

 

 

// ::MessageBox (NULL, "This is the SaveVisible chook", "SaveVisible", MB_OK);

//char filename[MAX_PATH]="";

//strcpy(filename,geo_filename);

CString filen=geo_filename;

SaveFile(filen, FALSE);

 

 

restore_temp_db ();// strcpy(geo_filename,filename);

 

return MC_NOERROR|MC_UNLOADAPP;

}

---

[tpreb6]

Takashi,

 

I could not get it to work for IGES.

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

Tom

 

Did you set the File type to IGES?

 

I just made that chook in 10 minutes, so it may be missing something.

I'll check it later.

[tpreb6]

Yes, I did save it as an IGES file. An IGES file is created, however, when I pull it up there isn't any geometry.

 

???

[tpreb6]

Nope wait, I tried a different file and it worked!

 

I am going to work with this some more.

[tpreb6]

Ok, it seems that it does not work all of the time with different files. I can create a small MCX file with some simple geometry on a few levels and it works but, when I pull up a large MCX file with several levels and alot of geometry it does not work.

 

???

 

Let me work on this some more and see if I can find a pattern as to what is working and what is not.

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

Thank you Tom,

 

I did not tested it with large file,

I'm going to investigate it.

 

thanks

[tpreb6]

What does work is if you create geomtry and then use SaveVisable (as IGES). When I convert it back in the visable level and geometry is there.

 

What does not work is if you create geomerty, save it and then use SaveVisable (as IGES). When you convert it back in the level and discription is there but not the geometry.

 

I don't understand how saving the file would keep this from working.

[tpreb6]

Oh, also if I bring in an exsiting file it does not work either.

 

If it would matter we are using Win 2000 Pro.

 

 

I hope you get this because it would be very useful to us!

 

Thanks!

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

OK Tom,

I uploaded the new one again.

http://ai-sols.sytes.net/download/SaveVisible.zip

*changed

it also ignore blank entities.

 

hope this one works.

 

 

*off topic*

I also made a texture background chook.

http://ai-sols.sytes.net/download/Texture.zip

you need a 512 * 512 pixel jpeg file, and save it as Texture.jpg.

 

[tpreb6]

Takashi,

 

If I open a MCX file and run the SaveVisable is still will not work. But if I add some geometry and then run SaveVisable it will.

 

???

[Nils N]

Takashi,

 

Just tried your SaveVisable c-hook, it did what I wanted on the test, so my initial test worked great. I take small bits of geometry into Rhino from MCX2 to trim and this will eliminated the extra step of opening another MCX2 file and converting to an IGES. I keep playing with it and let you know how it progresses. Thanks again

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

Hi,

 

Tom,

I have not figured out why it sometimes does not work for you yet.

 

Nils,

Is it working without any problem for you?

if so, it's ok.

 

I will update the chook if I find the way to fix Tom's problem.

and thank you for testing it.

 

 

what the curret SaveVisible chook does is as follows..

1. save the current database temporarily.

2. delete all teh invisible and blanked entities.

3. call normal save-as dialog function.

4. restore the database back.

 

code:

---

  extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int m_main (int not_used)

{

AFX_MANAGE_STATE(AfxGetStaticModuleState());

MC_BOOL succf;

save_temp_db (&succf);

ent e;

DB_LIST_ENT_PTR dPtr, foundPtr;

 

MC_BOOL tp_ref_warn=false;

// toolpath_init (true,true,true,true,&succf);

dPtr=db_start;

do

{

get_raw_ent(false,&dPtr, &foundPtr, &e , 0 , ALL_ENTITIES_MASK, &succf );

if(succf&&e.eptr)

{

if(!is_level_visible (e.level))

{

delete_ent(e.eptr,true,false,true,&tp_ref_warn,false);

}

else if(e.sel&BLANK_BIT)

{

delete_ent(e.eptr,true,false,true,&tp_ref_warn,false);

}

}

}

while(succf);

rebuild_graphics();

 

CString filen=geo_filename;

SaveFile(filen, FALSE);

restore_temp_db ();

 

return MC_NOERROR|MC_UNLOADAPP;

}

---

[Colin Gilchrist]

Hi Takashi,

 

I tried your texture chook and it put the .jpg file on the mastercam screen. The problem is that it covered my geometry unless I pan the geometry out of the way of the picture. I guess I'm not exactly sure what it is supposed to do.

 

 

Thanks,

[Henk]

Colin,

quote:

---

Nope, Save Some only saves to .MCX or .EMCX file format.

---

for MC9 this works:

Save Some, select what you want, confirm, then change the extension from MCX to MC9.

 

i haven't tryed this for iges.

[Takashi Sato from Ai Solutions.]

Colin,

 

it is not supposed to cover the geometry.

it is so colled a BUG..

 

http://ai-sols.sytes.net/download/Texture.zip

I've changed it a little.

can you try this?

Thanks

 

Texture.ini will be created in the chooks folder.

 

Mode=1 is a default value, Mode=0 is turning off the texture.

 

[Texture]

//Mode:0-4

Mode=1

Debug=0

[Colin Gilchrist]

Hi Takashi,

 

Still no luck on the texture Chook. I start Mastercam ok, then when I try and rotate dynamically, the graphic of the .jpg is displayed with the lower left hand corner of the picture at the screen center. When I pan/rotate/zoom my geometry, the picture stays fixed on the screen. I even tried using the Mastercam Default configuration settings without success.

 

Thanks,