Thread mill...WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE!?!

[Newbeeee™]

In my experience, i'll always draw the size that I want because I haven't been able to reliably trust cad jockeys to model it correctly...

[htm01]

11 hours ago, gcode said:

the whole point of this is to thread mill a hole at a user defined diameter without

drawing any additional geometry.

It worked on the sample I tried.

I even posted it and did the math to be sure it was milling the correct major ID

don't see the problem here, works fine and can type in any dia. i want

[Jasond0530]

14 hours ago, Mark VIII said:

 

no. It is locked.

That looks like the circle mill parameter page!!!!!

[Mark VIII]

5 hours ago, Newbeeee™ said:

In my experience, i'll always draw the size that I want because I haven't been able to reliably trust cad jockeys to model it correctly...

LOL. I am my cad jockey. 

[neurosis]

1 hour ago, Jasond0530 said:

That looks like the circle mill parameter page!!!!!

LOL. Good catch!  It looks like it to me too!

I was able to get what gcode suggested to work with circle mill as well.

 

circlemill

 

Threadmill

 

[Mark VIII]

Go back and try it with both. Same results. It is irrelevant which one you choose. It does not work.

[jeff]

19 minutes ago, Mark VIII said:

Go back and try it with both. Same results. It is irrelevant which one you choose. It does not work.

But it does work......

[neurosis]

24 minutes ago, Mark VIII said:

Go back and try it with both. Same results. It is irrelevant which one you choose. It does not work.

I just went back and did it 'again'. It worked fine. 

That or I still don't understand what you are trying to do.

[htm01]

34 minutes ago, Mark VIII said:

Go back and try it with both. Same results. It is irrelevant which one you choose. It does not work.

ok, this is weird,i pull in one file choose circle center and i can put any dia i want, i pulled in another file and circle center  and dia is grayed out, if i then re-select point origin i can type in any dia

[gcode]

I have tried this on 4 different solid models and it worked in every case

I wonder if this has anything to do with model quality ??

I sometimes get models that yield splines with the edge curve command

even on very simple geometry

If we are telling the system to snap to an arc center, it's going to fail if it's seeing a spline

[Leon82]

Maybe the model is glitchy

[Thad]

5 minutes ago, Leon82 said:

Maybe the model is glitchy

Nope, can't be. He's the CAD jockey. 

[Newbeeee™]

3 hours ago, Mark VIII said:

LOL. I am my cad jockey. 

You've only got yourself to blame then...

[htm01]

when i select arc center and just select the circle it is grayed out, but if i select the same circle with arc center but a little "e" shows on curser i can type in dia

[Mark VIII]

I don't see the "e".

[Mark VIII]

32 minutes ago, gcode said:

I have tried this on 4 different solid models and it worked in every case

I wonder if this has anything to do with model quality ??

I sometimes get models that yield splines with the edge curve command

even on very simple geometry

If we are telling the system to snap to an arc center, it's going to fail if it's seeing a spline

 

I do not have any problem snapping to the center. The problem is whenever I do snap to the center the diameter is locked.

[htm01]

16 minutes ago, Mark VIII said:

I don't see the "e".

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[jeff]

2 hours ago, Mark VIII said:

 

I do not have any problem snapping to the center. The problem is whenever I do snap to the center the diameter is locked.

Are you using Arc Center in your autocursor to select the hole you want to thread mill?

 

[Mark VIII]

THAT works! Thanks Jeff.

[Fred @ Slate Industries]

You could accidently be picking the holes champher "Center"