Can't create a tool from geo on a layer in 2017

[So not a Guru]

I get an error when I try to create a custom tool from a layer on this. I've analyzed the chain and it is fine. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

SEAT TRAK TOOL.mcam

[Guest]

Trim the main outer arc to the back angle...there is a slight gap

 

Edited May 3, 2017 by Guest

[Guest]

I think the #1 error I see with custom geometry is untrimmed objects....

#2 would be geometry on the level that is blanked

[mkd]

RE #2:

 wonder what people think of the blanking function in MC. Nice tool or useless complexity?

I haven't found a use for it myself.

 feel free to delete my post / hijack.

[jeff]

47 minutes ago, mkd said:

RE #2:

 wonder what people think of the blanking function in MC. Nice tool or useless complexity?

I haven't found a use for it myself.

 feel free to delete my post / hijack.

I use ALT+E many many times a day. It's extremely handy.

[gcode]

49 minutes ago, mkd said:

RE #2:

 wonder what people think of the blanking function in MC. Nice tool or useless complexity?

I haven't found a use for it myself.

 feel free to delete my post / hijack.

I blank geometry that is used in solid definitions

and construction geometry used to create drive curves and surfaces

That way it's harder to screw it up and it's still available if you need it

[JoshC]

2 minutes ago, gcode said:

I blank geometry that is used in solid definitions

and construction geometry used to create drive curves and surfaces

That way it's harder to screw it up and it's still available if you need it

I do this too, I use the Hide a bunch for most things but for all my solid construction geometry I like to use blank because it protects my geometry and I can not mess it up unless I try really hard.

[gcode]

4 minutes ago, JoshC said:

I do this too, I use the Hide a bunch for most things but for all my solid construction geometry I like to use blank because it protects my geometry and I can not mess it up unless I try really hard.

As far as I know, the only way to delete blanked geometry is to Right Click/Delete the level it's on in the Level Manager

[Jayson Kramer]

44 minutes ago, gcode said:

As far as I know, the only way to delete blanked geometry is to Right Click/Delete the level it's on in the Level Manager

Or unbalnk it and select and delete. as I have found at times that deleting a level will not always work. as it makes a difference if you made the entity's blanked or they came in from a iges file. As if they are associative to the file geo it can remove for example those surfaces.

JM2C

[mkd]

1 hour ago, gcode said:

I blank geometry that is used in solid definitions

and construction geometry used to create drive curves and surfaces

That way it's harder to screw it up and it's still available if you need it

Oh, yes. 5axis drill where the op wont regen if the hole-axis lines are on an invisible layer.... I just have to renumber to turn THAT layer on. I can see where blanking could save one from anal/cranial inversion.

[So not a Guru]

2 hours ago, JParis said:

 

Trim the main outer arc to the back angle...there is a slight gap

 

Thanks John, that did the trick. But now I've got another related problem, my stock model fails.

I even tried breaking the link to the geometry, but no joy. It backplots & verifys just fine.

[Guest]

Unsupported tool type...ain't fixin' that

[gcode]

42 minutes ago, So not a Guru said:

Thanks John, that did the trick. But now I've got another related problem, my stock model fails.

I even tried breaking the link to the geometry, but no joy. It backplots & verifys just fine.

Run Verify Save As STL and use that to define the next stock model

[So not a Guru]

47 minutes ago, gcode said:

Run Verify Save As STL and use that to define the next stock model

Thanks Gcode, worked perfectly