Using a parasolid to program ?

[Ronan]

I'm trying to program (in wire)a cavity as a parasolid that has a slot through it. It's a basic cavity that in the sections with the slot is on 2 different levels.As a solid I can't get mc to connect two lines that aren't on the same level.

[P_Scott]

Ronan,

 

Welcome to the forum. Wirepaths in Mastercam require chained geometry. That means you won't be able to use the solid edge for a contour toolpath. Generate edge curves when converting the file, or create them on the existing solid using the Create-Curve menu. After creating the edge curves you can flatten them out using the Squash function from the XForm menu in V9. Previous versions of Mcam contained Squash as a C-Hook. Once the entities are flat, you can chain them at will. You may also try to use the Chain option "Ignore Depths", but I don't know if that will include geometry that is at a depth difference greater than the Chain tolerance. HTH

[Ron Roderick]

Ronan,

Sometimes when I can not chain entities to each other from a parasolid file, I go to Screen Next Menu Combine Views.

 

Ron Roderick