Creating Circles and Points

[Andy]

I seem to remember a way to window an array of points and having a circle of a given diameter drawn at those points. Conversely a way to window an array of circles or arcs and have the center points created. But I dont remember how to do either. Anyone?

Thanks,

Andy

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Gordon Engineering

Eureka, Ca.

V8 Lathe and Mill

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

I have a C-Hook that will create points at the centers of closed arcs at the depth that the chosen centerdrill will produce.

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James Meyette

[lou]

Hi Andy, If you go Create,Point,NextMenu,Small Arcs,window...

That will give you the points at the center of a bunch of arcs.

I am still looking into the other way. If I find out. I will message you. Hope this helps.

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Lou Wilson

Cnc Programmer

http://www.opinc.com

[Andy]

Lou, When I go to create,point,----there is no "next menu"?????

Im using V8 Mill??

Andy

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Gordon Engineering

Eureka, Ca.

V8 Lathe and Mill

[Andy]

James,

Is that a standard Chook or??

Thanks, Andy

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Gordon Engineering

Eureka, Ca.

V8 Lathe and Mill

[Allan Brown]

Drillpt.dll - V8

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Creates points at the center of all full circles (arcs with a sweep of +/-360 degrees) that match the main color. Each point is created at the same depth as the corresponding circle.

pts2arcs.dll - V7

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Given a radius and a set of point entities (selected via general selection), create circles centered at each point.

Copied pts2arcs.dll from V7 to V8 and it happened to work. This C-Hook is available on "The [Almost] Definitive C-Hooks List" for V7:

http://www.emastercam.com/tools/chooks/list_v7.html

[This message has been edited by Dave Thomson (edited 04-20-2001).]

[ProductDevelopmentGuy]

Create/Point/Next/SmallArcs is only available in V8.1

[lou]

Andy, Sorry about the slow response. You are right. I is not on 8.0 I have 8.1 standard install. I am not sure what you are trying to do. If you are trying to do a drill cycle. You can use the window when you are making the program and tell it to mask on arcs. You will be able to use a tolerance to pick what size arcs you would like to window. If you need more info. Let me know. Hope this helps......

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Lou Wilson

Cnc Programmer

http://www.opinc.com

[Andy]

 

Thank you all,

I am now using chook: Drillpt and Pts2arc to accomplish both issues. Works great!!

Hell of a forum.

Andy

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Gordon Engineering

Eureka, Ca.

V8 Lathe and Mill