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just found this site: http://www.sycode.com/products/mesh_to_solid/index.htm

try selecting all the edges and then try a fillet. sometimes all edges work, instead of one at a time. Just came across this site: http://www.sycode.com/products/mesh_to_solid/index.htm try it out and let us know [ 04-12-2006, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Bruce Gibson ]

ok, just to answer my own question, I have uploaded an mc9 file to the Mc9 files dir called RH_isometric_view.mc9. If you open Mastercam, you can import the named view (from this file) from the job setup, or the wsc manager. All courtesy of the help file!

Just to clarify John's reply, From the Top view: Gview, Rotate, About Z, +45 then: Y+up, -54.73561 Is there a way to save this to the defaults?

newbee, pay attention to the owl! in his hilarity, is wisdom. keep going.

analyze, select the spline and the total "3d" length is displayed at the bottom right of the screen. If you cannot see it, alt+p Bruce

+1 for Karl and beej. I think Karl's plan covers just about everything. It would be good to have any of Karls processes as options that you can turn on or off when you set it up. This way you can have "none" as beej has indicated, or some or all as Karl has indicated. Bruce.

Are you using the wcs?

billh, when you initially pick the surface, do you get the arrow, or does the arrow "jump away" as you slide the arrow to the edge that you want to pick? If this is happening, it is because there is something wrong with the edge of the surface that you are trying to pick. Sometimes you have to fix the surface before you can get the edge geo. Bruce

Randyn, In v9 i have also run into the problem of partial curves when selecting create, curve, one edge. I always get a complete curve if I select all edges, and only pick the 1 or 2 surfaces that are not giving me the full edge curve. Then I delete the other "extra" edge geo that I do not need (like what billh said). Not sure if that works in X because I have not had time to install and check it out. Bruce

sometimes using truesolids instead of turbo verify will display the stl correctly. however, it then takes a long time to verify the part before you can save the stl for the next op.

Murlin, your post was good before the edit! Yes, a parasolid will give you the clean wireframe. You will get an arc only if it lies in a standard plane xy,xz,yz. There are a few different solutions to this depending on what you are starting with.

Jim, the method that I told you to try, will unblank all the lines,arc,splines that came with the iges file. The long lines are usually centerlines of the arcs. You may need to delete them, and any other extra unblanked geo. The other option (if you only need to unblank a few items) is to graphicly only pick the geo that you want to unblank. The "combine views" is useful as sometimes arcs that are created in other software are "flipped" from what mastercam likes. You might notice this if you are chaining geo, and having strange results. John, I have seen what you have indicated with other files, but not if the file is from solidworks. Sometimes you will only get a whole lot of tiny slpines and you may have to create your own geo to reduce the complexity or tedious chaining. Delete duplicate may also help.

One thing you could try, save the file as an iges file from soildworks. Convert the file in mastercam, then try screen bank, unblank, all lines, arcs and splines. You will probably get some lines, arcs, and splins instead of all splines in mastercam. You could then delete the surfaces. After you move or rotate the part, make sure you use screen next menu, combine veiws. Bruce.

Here is how I fixed it. chamfer_bg in the solids dir. El Scotthead had the right idea to the problem. The radius on the corners limits what you can do. If you remove the .015 rads from the extrusion, then put on the chamfers, and then the .015 fillets. I have found as a general rule, not to include the rads(in this case the .015 rads) in the extrusion. They are a feature that can be put on at the end after the chamfers. Glad you were able to get it to work. Bruce.

Check the parameter settings for your control. A machine I programmed for a customer had this problem and we were able to change the rapid option to "simultaneous".

Leehound and other forum members; The "error" that you were getting in this file is not a problem of the chamfer in solids. Trying to create a chamfer AND a .015 wide flat at the same time on a feature of the part that the angle continuously changes will not work. You need to separate the features you are trying to create. So you need to create the .015 flat first, then create the angle, then "cut" the top. Bruce.

Here is my go at it using the tools in MC solids. I think this is what you are looking for. mc9 file dir; "chamfer_error_bg.mc9 Bruce.

Excellent utility! Definitly better than oo 1.1.4 Thanks Matt.

Lathe-Mill, I have uploaded a file 0000123_bg in the mc9 dir. I did a small program just to show you how to finish the area between the "rectangle boss". I don't know if this is a casting, or what the stock is like, but this might help you figure out rest of the finishing. The "rectangle boss" I would just index to and use a combination of 2d wireframe and 3d surface toolpaths. Same deal between the bosses on the flange. Try to look at the part and break it down into the simplest toolpaths to machine it. There are a few different ways to do this part which depend on alot of factors that I do not know. I hope this helps some. Bruce.

Would anyone know what parameter to change on an Okuma&Howa MillAC 852V with a fanuc 16i-m control?I would like the absolute a axis value to "roll over" to 0 when it goes past 359.99 degrees. The relative value does this already. Bruce.

The programmer is back and fixed the file. Thanks.

I was wondering if anyone would be able to program a 4 axis file that i uploaded into the mc9 dir. The file is called 717_old_wire_shape_temp.mc9 I would like to start at the green point and then go to the left. The wire programmer has left for the day, and it is wrong.The entities need to be synced. The control is a Fanuc 18i-w. Thanks for any help. Bruce.

Micro, I have uploaded dilator_el_bg.mc9 Have a look. In alot of cases I use 2d swept to finish a "pin" like this. It gives very small code, and if you post it out, you will not see any tiny linear moves as the filter will try to do as it "fits" arcs within your tolerance settings. There are a couple of other ways to finish this shape, with possibly better lead-in/lead-outs. jm2c Bruce