project to a surface

[mig]

I had this issues tooooo.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Have we been sent some files?

 

Are you all clear on the difference between 'normal' and 'view' projection? And 'normal' projection's 'Maximum distance parameter'?

 

Is X3 doing this any better?

[Thee Rickster ™]

Pete,

 

can you enlighten us?

 

Thanks

Rick

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Pete,

 

re: X2 MR2 SP1

 

This issue just happened to me yesterday. It is very common and not file specific. The quick work around is to just exit the file and re-open. It will then work perfectly. If we send you a file, you will not be able to re-create as it will be a "fresh file".

 

I do not have X3 yet so I can not comment on it.

 

Thanks for help,

 

Mike

[Müřlıń®]

Workaround = creating drafted surface <=0, length through project surfs. Or, copy geometry and create ruled/lofted surfs through the target surfs...

 

Create/curves/@intersection

 

If you are short on time and don't want to wait to restart...

 

(Some files on some computers take a while to open up...)

[3R!< W3NG3R]

I have had many problems with this, and sent files to JP who had no problem projecting it for me. Seemed useless to send it in.

If you would like, I could send some in still.

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Good one Murlin,

 

Thanks

[Müřlıń®]

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

"...can you enlighten us?..."

 

"View" - project in a direction defined by the Z-axis of the construction plane. This method does, behind the scenes, create an 'infinite' draft surface from the curve in the CPlane direction and then performs an intersection of that surface with the selected surface(s).

"Normal" - project onto a surface so that the normal vector of the surface at the projected location passes through the curve being projected.

The "Maximum distance" setting prevents it from finding unexpected solutions on, say, the far side of a surface or on other surfaces.

 

...and as I stated earlier...

 

Make sure the projection method is set to 'View' if you want to project in a certain direction.

 

'Normal' is really only for the case where your curve(s) is/are close to your surface(s) and you want to snap them onto it - and there's a 'maximum distance' control in that method only.

 

 

But, having said all that, it seems like there's definitely a problem lurking in there. I would like to verify that the problem still exists in X3 before diving into it. And if it is reproducible, is there a set of steps which makes it suddenly stop working?

[Mike Whitten CAD/CAM Contractors]

Hello Pete,

 

quote:

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is there a set of steps which makes it suddenly stop working?

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I have not found any. Hopefully someone else has.

 

Thanks,

 

Mike

[machinehead]

I'm bumping this for the sake of finding out if others are still getting it or if they think the problem went away.

 

Sent an email to support at mastercam, but the tech say's he can't get it to happen, end of email.

 

 

As for me, I'm still having the same issues.