kyle
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Sorry...meant thanks James!!!!
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Thanks Jim, Worked good, was able to create spline automatically with the points, saved alot of time. Only question I have is some of the splines don't look great meaning smooth transisions, is there a way to clean them up before creating the surface. And again thanks for the quick response.
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what is the easiest way to get surfaces from a point cloud?
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The parasolid convertor works great, just keep track of what version you are ouputing depending on your cadkey relase.
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FYI, did exact toolpath in v8.1.1 and did not get an error.
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I am constantly getting unable to determine a valid machining zone when useing this toolpath in v9. I have tried playing with boundries and such with no luck. Seem to have most problems when using small cutters and small stepovers, example 1/64 ball with .0003 to .0005 stepovers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Could also use a single lip carbide blank, works great on those odd size holes and is fairly strong. Just grind to needed diameter on your single lip grinder.
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We use this alot for small thin blades in the mold industrym keeps material from warping during wire edm.
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When I import an nci file and the nci files has tools of the same size it does not bring them both in. How can I get them all to come in.
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Hello all, I have a question concerning an hourly rate. My father has a small mold shop and just purchased a Bostomatic 12G graphite mill for electrodes and we are wondering a fair hourly rate for this machine. He just did some contract work for a company that supplied all the graphite and programs and most of the tooling. He is located in northern Wisconsin and is just wondering what the going rate is for this type of machine. Most time was unattended but there was some attended time. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Have the proe guy export the iges but when he exports have him export the wireframe and surfaces at same time. Creating wireframe from surfaces in mastercam always creates double entities because of the tolerance issue.
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I downloaded the sp1 file from the mastercam website, but about a week ago I downloaded the latest app...zip file in my last reply and loaded that which put new files in the apps folder. Is this wrong?
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Jay, That is exactly what I got on older service pack. Seems to have done it since I loaded the latest Appmch9-070102.zip. Has anyone else had this problem, maybe I should go back to original sp1 Kyle
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Is this something cnc software is aware of? I am running the latest update as of july 1, our other seats appm.dll are as of june 1 and there is not the same problem.
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I have a problem with v9 sp1, when pocketing with islands it always gouges, I have tried all types of pocketing such as zigzag,etc. and all end up gouging. What I have is say a 3 by 2 inch box with three .750 bosses in center and gouges on the bosses everytime. I am sure it is not something I am doing, I saved the identical file as an mc8 and did same way in v8.1.1 and did exactly what I wanted with no gouges. I would appreciate any help.
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I have done what you are asking scott with proengineer but when you do the verify in mastercam you have no control over the tolerance as you do with a standard file. The solid of the stl is very rough and nasty...I wondered if there was a way to set a tolerance in the verify mode, I asked this a couple weeks ago but got no reply.
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modify the toolpath again and add a point for your clearance.
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I tried the vda also and comes in with a great amount of healing needed...I did change the accuracy and that seemed to help. Thanks for the help.
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I have an iges file from mastercam I want to bring into Proenginner 2001 and when importing the surfaces in proe the quilt is a mess and would require alot of healing, unfortunately we do not have the step or proe convertor. Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
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Thanks for the help, the note works great, only wish it would create arcs also but it did what I needed. Thanks again for the help..
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Thanks Jim, That is how I did end up doing it but hoped there was an easier way. Thanks for the quick reply.
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is there a way when writing mastercam text so that is in on more than one line. I have a couple lines of text we are going to engrave in a mold but when typing cannot get on more than one line..it all is on one like only, I am sure there is an easy explination and thanks in advance.
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is there a way to set the triangulation tolerance on an stl file created from the verify? Thanks in advance.
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I would really like to see the STEP translator be part of mastercam not an add-on with additional costs. Most software offers this, Cadkey, Solidworks..etc.
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you will have option to bring in solids, surfaces and wireframe entities.