loraxian
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Version 9.1 Thread/cut happens at the ends of lines. I have numerous squares/rectangles with short lines going from the midpoint of one of the feature lines and terminating where we plan to drill threading holes. Several of the features are holes. I'm using the hole geomtry with a thread distance equal to the radius of the hole. The machine is a Charmilles Robofil 240. I don't know much about the post other than it's using ISO (G/M) programming as opposed to Charmilles command codes. Thanks
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Every few lines in the code I'm posting it says, "Error Line/Line Start Req." What's the deal? Thanks
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Importing IGES files to use on the lathe
loraxian replied to wallyworldinnewsmyrna's topic in Industrial Forum
quote: All you have to do is translate between planes or use WCS Thanks robk that worked. I have a classroom of students finding new ways to cause me grief. I've got them working on chess pieces. A couple of them developed models that when squashed were missing geometry. It was as if the part needed to be squashed in one plane and then rotated 90 and squashed again. Thanks again for all your help. This is far and away the best resource I've found. I can't ever seem to communicate with the local vendor about problems I'm having. -
Importing IGES files to use on the lathe
loraxian replied to wallyworldinnewsmyrna's topic in Industrial Forum
An old thread, I know, but I did a search and this was exactly what I was looking for. Problem is: I tried robk's approach. The tool path profile when squashed, came in at 90 degrees to the XZ plane. I triedPeter Eigler's approach. It works OK except the centerline of the file I imported is not coplaner with the XZ plane. So the resulting slice is taken a little off center. Like instead of slicing down the center of the orange your slicing .250 to one side of center - resulting in two pieces of orange one larger than the other. Any thoughts? -
Thanks for all the help. I think I have a better handle on what's going on now.
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Thanks for the offer Rob. The file is on the way.
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Yes Thad, I changed the WCS to Bottom view. I also did some translating to get the origin pointing the way I wanted it. Truth is I've screwed around with this thing so long I can't remember everything I did. I'm going to go try Robs suggestion above and recreate the operation. thanks Was changing the WCS the right thing to do?
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Thanks for the response Rob. The part looks fine backploting in isometric except for the origin arrows in the lower left of the screen. The Z axis is pointing down.
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I'm trying to bring in a .SAT file from a solids package (Inventor) The part wasn't created with the proper orientation. I've been able to translate the part so that the WCS is correct but no matter what I do the part is upside down when I attempt to verify the tool path. Sorry for the dumb question but I'm new to this. I couldn't find anything with a forum search either. Thanks
