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Find smallest inside radius in Mastercam, or Solidworks


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Is there a function in Mastercam or Solidworks to find the smallest inside arc, or show the size of the smallest arc?  I'm pocketing some weird shapes, and would like to determine what size endmill to use.

If this is something that either Mastercam, or Solidworks doesn't have, THEY SHOULD!   (Maybe future versions!).

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There is a Chook within Mastercam called SortCircles.dll.  This will put only work with full circles which may not help you in your case but it will put the circles on a different level, name the level based on the circle diameter and change the colour of the arc.  If you are ever drilling a bunch of holes in a plate this chook can be very useful.  

If the pockets are wireframe you could use Analyze Contour this will tell you the length of each entity in the pocket and if its an arc it will tell you the radius of the arc.   

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11 minutes ago, Chris Lang In-House Solutions said:

If the pockets are wireframe you could use Analyze Contour this will tell you the length of each entity in the pocket and if its an arc it will tell you the radius of the arc.   

I was unaware of this.  But it shows too much information for this part.

 

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