No projections found

[Chris Rizzo]

Really weird issue. Can't project any geo onto some surfaces. To test I even created a dummy flat boundry and it won't project a simple line onto it. Tried combine views, no dice. ?

[Thee Rickster ™]

Chris, is this an X4 file?

Can you share it?

 

Check yer Cplane....

[Rob Dusenbury CAD/CAM CONSULTING]

Are projecting normal to the surface or normal to the view?

 

If normal to surface you need to give a max distance from the surface to the geometry.

[3R!< W3NG3R]

I hate this problem. I get it more often then should be acceptable. No one has found a reason for it, and others have been successful on the same file.

[Chris Rizzo]

Yes x4. ok this is really weird, exact same file it works on my laptop. Move back to my desktop it doesn't work. sounds like one for qc.

[Pete Rimkus from CNC Software Inc.]

Projecting using a 'view' or 'normal to the surface'?

In the 'normal' method, there's a max distance parameter so that unexpected solutions arent found when projecting lots of entities onto lots of surfaces.

[Thee Rickster ™]

I have never had a problem projecting to any

surface to date, I just finished projecting these lines earlier.

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so i could create this runner

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I do this all the time and -0- probleemo's

 

Rick

[Thee Rickster ™]

Chris do you want to try my config file, just for

fun, ya never know??

 

Use a new level to project, close the level with the

surfs and then do a screen statistics.

[Chris Rizzo]

Using view. What I really don't get is even if creating just a simple flat boundry surface and a line .010 above it, it still won't find any. I'll clean the file up and ftp it.

 

yeah rick sure i'll try your config. right now I'm away from the problem pc, so I'll have to try it again tonite. Works just fine on the road on el laptopo.

[Thee Rickster ™]

u got mail

[left coast lefty]

This has happened to me too. A couple of times it worked only after closing and re-opening MC.

[mig]

Rickster,

Just wondering , how did you create runner from projection ?

I am using surface project method to cut runners usualy.

 

[ 10-09-2009, 09:08 AM: Message edited by: mig ]

[Fred from Université de Sherbrooke]

Same for me. Close mc, the re-open it and it works.

[Thee Rickster ™]

mig, i am too.

 

I projected the 1" wide -U- shape on to the surfaces by picking the lines then every other surface. use the same lines and pick every the opposite(every other surface) Then I did the same thing with the rads.

 

If you project them all at once the projected lines will be joined and not give you many paces for the 1/2 radius (green geo) to create the grey runner

 

I do it this way because I need to draw all the 1/2" radius arc(in green on the first pic)at certain locations to make a bunch of net surfaces for a smooth flow. I used the 1" u-shaped geometry to cut the trim out the zone using Moldplus.

 

Clear as mud??...lol

 

If you want, I can share my desk top 1 day next week and talk ya through it on the phone.

When ya got 20 minutes to spare.

 

it doesn't take that long.

 

It would be a nice enhancement if I could select the u-shape(lines and arcs) and project them to

all the surfaces at once and each projected line created on each surface WOULD NOT JOIN...lol

 

That would save me 1/2 my runner building time

[mig]

Rockster, interesting technique.

Definitely, what i have to try

But i don't have Moldplus so far.

[Redfire427]

This "no projections found" issue has been around for a while. The only fix I have come up with is to close Mastercam and re-open. This usually fixes the problem.

[BDH]

hhhhhh

[gcode]

I've found that hitting "regenerate display list", the orange paintbrush icon can frequently restore misbehaving selection and translation functions without shutting down and restarting Mastercam.

Maybe it would help with projection as well??

 

[ 10-12-2009, 08:56 AM: Message edited by: gcode ]

[Bruce C.]

Has there ever been a solution to why you can't project onto surfaces sometimes? I encounter it quite often and the only solution is to shut down Mastercam and restart. After that it works for at least a little while. (usually long enough to get done what I needed) But this has been going on since at least X2. Seems like CNC Software could look into this and get it fixed.

[Leehound]

This thread was started in 2009.

 

Guess what, the "No Projections Found" issue still exists in X5.

 

This happened to me recently. My reseller took control of my computer and could not get a simple chain to project onto a single surface. Eventually I got it by recreating the surface. I just can't believe that this problem has not been addressed ?

[Tiffany's-1]

I had the same problem of no projection of lines and arc's onto a surface....Beat myself up on it Friday, I read the posts this morning about closing MasterCam and re-opening. I tried that method and it worked....On for the books that was never taught in Master Cam class....You Listening John Paris??

[MrFish]

this is a right P in the A bug , I hope it has been fixed for X5 ?

[MotorCityMinion]

Somebody pickin a fight?

[Tiffany's-1]

Somebody pickin a fight?

 

 

Nawwww...I know John pretty good seeing as my shop was located in the back of S4A for 5 years...I'm just busting his cookies...

[Guest]

I had the same problem of no projection of lines and arc's onto a surface....Beat myself up on it Friday, I read the posts this morning about closing MasterCam and re-opening. I tried that method and it worked....On for the books that was never taught in Master Cam class....You Listening John Paris??

 

Hi Charlie, I see your latest move is complete.