Beginner help please.

[john389]

Hello everyone, sorry for this beginner question.

i am trying to draw a simple component as part of a tutorial. the problem is i have two vertical parallel lines and i am drawing a line through them ay -20 deg which goeas just past the second lone. i then want to draw a line at this intersection to the origin point as the tutorials request but my cursor will not snap on the first intersection. i have followed the tutorial video to the letter. i am using mcx4 lathe l1. Any help would be much appreciated.

[Todd Tracey from Fastech]

Right click in the drawing area and make sure 'Auto-Cursor' is enabled for snapping at intersections, origin, etc.

[john389]

thanks for the reply Todd, yes i have done this and it is all enabled. This is very strange the cursor changes and snaps on other intersections but not on this one where my angled line intersects a vertical line.http://blog.inhousesolutions.com/2009/04/free-video-training-lathe-tutorial.html. this is a link to the vid i am using. what i am trying to do is very simple. maybe i have changed asetting some where in the software.

[Dan@home]

On your task bar make shure the tangent icon is unselected.

[john389]

Thanks Dan, tangent and perpendicular are unselected. where ever i have created parallel lines both horizontal and vertical the cursor does not change or snap on at the intersections. It does where these lines intersect with the rectangle.

[Dan@home]

Select intersections, in the snap override drop down.

[Hardmill]

Are you sure they are all on the same plane ??

X-form project the geo to make sure they are.

 

 

PEACE

[john389]

Yes, tried this aswell. Still the same.

[john389]

Hi hardmill, Not sure what that actually means. all i have done is follow the tutorial video. it works on the video but not for me. Maybe i have turned something on/off by accident. The cursor settings seem ok. it changes and snaps on everything else. Thanks for your help.

[Jayson Kramer]

John is tutorial from one of the books sold here?

If so which one I might already have the book and can answer it easier.

[john389]

Jay, no it is on Mastercam training solutions web site. The link is on a post above. They are traning videos.

[Hardmill]

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Hi hardmill, Not sure what that actually means.

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Just out of curiousity, window select all entities,

top of screen "xform - project - enter"

 

If thats not it you may have a graphic issue, again

top of screen look for the screen regen button.

 

 

 

PEACE

[Verndog]

Something to try.

 

Go into the autocurser menue and click on the exclamation point icon (config). Turn on power keys. This is a hot key override that speeds up selection. Also make sure intersection is checked. Now when selecting lines rather then wait for the SLOW autocurser to find a midpoint, endpoint, intersect, arc center, ect use the first letter of what your trying to find. Type I (for interesection and it only finds intersetions..nothing else.) It's a good idea to get used to this, it's both faster and more accurate. You can hit M and select a line anywhere and it quickly finds midpoint only.

[john389]

Thanks Verndog and Hardmill. Tried your suggestions. The bad news is it still did not work. The good news is after a re-install it is working fine. Thanks very much for your time and help.

[Colin Gilchrist]

Are you set to 2D drawing mode? If your lines are at different Z heights, you need to be in 2D mode in order to snap to a theoretical 2D intersection...

[john389]

Thanks Colin, i have managed to fix the problem with a re-install.