Please help an idiot (Surface Toolpaths)

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

Yes it matters but only if you're looking for the toolpaths too. We can save out of X2 "save-as" an "X" version but toolpaths don't go with it.

[Ocean Lacky™]

draw a 2" dia. circle w/ centerpoint on Origin.

Set Z depth to .25.

Change to 2D.

Create point at Origin.

Change back to 3D.

Create 3point Arc using Quadrant, Origin point, Quadrant.

Break arc at midpoint. (Contour for Revolved Surface)

Create line from 2D Origin point to 2" dia arc center. (Rotation Axis for Revolved Surface)

Creat/Point/Segment #=7 on the 2" circle.(always one more than you need because you'll get a duplicate at the beginning and end of the closed arc)

Draw lines to create triangle using the points.

Offset lines .1 towards the center and trim.

Create Offset Surf from Original Surf. distance=.05

Trim Surfaces to curve using the triangle.

Create/Curve/All Edges on top surf.

Create/Draft Surface using edgecurves, distance=.05.

[Ocean Lacky™]

ok, saveed it as MR2 and put it in the appropriate folder

[Weyland]

Then I should be able to simply re-do the toolpaths, right?

 

That would normally be fine, but I really

want to learn how to do this, because the

triangle was only just an example used for simplicity.

There are many more shapes, much

more complicated, that I would like to do.

 

Best,

 

Weyland

[Ocean Lacky™]

geez.....it took longer to type all that than it did to create it......

[Flycut]

On this note...

Has anyone here ever tried a webcam + messenger one on one help session?

Seems to me like that might make things a little more practical.

Is there something I'm missing that would make this impossible? I don't use messenger but from what I gather I don't see why that wouldn't work.

Then people could copy the steps as you go along.

That is how I learned...

Back when I started on night shift the programmer would work from home from a network and I could see what he was doing from the shop monitor. If it wasn't for that I might never have had a chance to pick any of this up.

Just a thought...

[Ocean Lacky™]

i didn't do any toolpaths, but i can....

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

I have personally used Windows Remote Assistance and the telephone to help somebody out. Works great.

 

Jay (cadcam) showed me something recently (from across the country) on one of those meeting softwares too. I don't remember which one but it was pretty easy.

[Guest]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/h...sist/intro.mspx

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

Man you're getting slow John

[Guest]

Listening to WEEI and this offer sheet to Wes Welker and reading how the Dolphins fans are going out fo their tree

 

The important things you know

 

[Weyland]

accidental double post

[Weyland]

Ocean Lacky -

Thanks, I'm struggling through it right now.

I'll see what I can come up with and report back.

 

Ocean Lacky, Matt, flycut, and John -

I appreciate the offers, but the school's computers

are not on the 'net, and neither is my friend's.

 

I'm doing this by using my laptop and cell phone

to get internet access, while sitting here using

my friend's installation to learn when I'm not in school.

 

... and I use Linux... so no windows remote assistance for me.

To be frank, if it weren't for MasterCAM,

I would never touch a windows computer.

I've come to loathe windows.

 

But I digress. This isn't an OS discussion.

 

Best,

 

Weyland

[cadcam]

Guys I can do a Webmeeting and all of you can join the meeting at one time. I should be able to take up to 10 people.

 

I am up for it in the next 20 min if you guys want?

[Weyland]

What's a web meeting entail?

[cadcam]

internet connection, it is how I handle some of the tech support for are customers at are office.

 

I use www.gotomeeting.com

[cadcam]

I guess no one wants to so. all have a great sunday.

If there is some cahnge in minds here send me an email and I will see if I have time then.

 

Jay

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

Sorry Jay, I think he may be getting help overload...

 

I just sent him an .avi and .mcx files.

[Weyland]

Ocean Lacky -

I'm having trouble with the segment points.

When it prompts me for the number and I try to

enter it, the box turns red and reverts back to 0.0.

Anyone know what I'm not doing correctly?

[Weyland]

Okay, just got the avi. Gonna lok at it now. Thanks~!

[Ocean Lacky™]

Click the # icon and type your numer in the box

[Weyland]

Ocean Lacky - yes, that's what I do,

but it seems that MasterCAM doesn't like me.

It just turns red and puts 0.0 back in there.

 

Matt - Wow. This is waaaaaayyyy beyond me.

I'm doing my best to keep up, though.

Thanks for the effort. I'm still wrestling it.

 

Best,

 

Weyland

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

Try full screen and slow down the playback if you can...

[cadcam]

What Matt you are not sharing the AVI on the FTP with the rest.

I was wondering about it and wanted to peek at it.

What did you use to make it?

[Matt Berube at Ferron Mold]

I tried to upload it to the ftp but no luck. Time-out error.

 

I used a free download of Cam Studio to create it.

 

It is 122MB and zips down to 15.6MB

 

You've got mail. Hopefully you can receive large files.