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dwood1027 replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 14 hours ago@Richard the reverse direction does not work with contours after you play with contours a while , draw a rectangle then do a profile, by default it will be to the left of the line, and will climb mill, but […] -
burr replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 16 hours agoBe sure you are re-selecting the geometry for the feature after you reverse the contour. -
burr replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 16 hours agoRemember that when you select a contour as geometry, then reverse it, you will go to the feature and right clcik, reselect geometry and choose ok, then re-compute the toolpath…. -
Richard started the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 16 hours agoI think I finally answered my own question. I went in and Reversed Direction of the Start Point, then changed my tool offset to Left. As near as I can tell reversing the direction of a contour may or may not […] -
dwood1027 replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 16 hours ago@Richard here is 2 files one is climb and other is conv. mill you can look at what is different just look at each file and see the direction of contour arrow and which side is used right or left, both […] -
Richard replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 17 hours agoI’m using V24 and I’m using Reverse Contour under Utilities. I started a new file, deleted the feature, created a new contour and tool path. Nothing changes or is changeable. -
cheezewiz replied to the forum topic Laptop for BobCAD and related 3D software in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 17 hours agoThanks all for the replies. dwood, you’ve got a beast by any measure. Trying to find an equivalent in a laptop and burr’s post becomes clear – to match those specs costs 2-3 times as much in the Mobile […] -
dwood1027 replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 19 hours ago@Richard are you using version 24 or v 23 try reversing the contour , under utilities if this is v24 i would get rid of contours -
Richard replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 3 days, 20 hours agoReselecting Geometry and recomputing doesn’t work. Setting tool comp to left would only scrap the part since it is an inside pocket. -
dwood1027 replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 4 days, 7 hours ago@Richard go to your feature and set system comp to left , reselect geometry, recompute tool path, that should do it -
jrmach replied to the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 4 days, 7 hours agoI have only V23 so I could not open your file but,did you re-select your geometry and then re-compute your tool path? -
Richard started the forum topic Reversing Tool Path in the group
General Discussion 4 days, 8 hours agoIn the attached file I want to reverse the direction of the tool path for the feature called HEX to climb cut. For that matter any of the other any of the other contour profiles if I want. Reversing the contour […] -
burr replied to the forum topic Laptop for BobCAD and related 3D software in the group
General Discussion 5 days, 11 hours agoHey Cheeze. “”"Dell M6600″”"”"”" The “M” in all the hardware defs are refering to “Mobile”. The architechture of the chipsets ARE different. Dont expect that overkill stuff will be […] -
dwood1027 replied to the forum topic Laptop for BobCAD and related 3D software in the group
General Discussion 5 days, 18 hours agohey whiz have all dell this is what i use for art and 3d work work someting up for a test piece we can see the difference in times on toolpathing T3500 precision 4 core xeon w5550@ 3.07gh Clock max […] -
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rlockwood replied to the forum topic Laptop for BobCAD and related 3D software in the group
General Discussion 5 days, 19 hours agoOverkill now just means it delays requiring replacement for a few days longer.. Our few-year-old desktops have the quadro fx 3700 in them, which works great in solidworks etc. Bobcad doesnt play entirely nice […] -
cheezewiz started the forum topic Laptop for BobCAD and related 3D software in the group
General Discussion 5 days, 20 hours agoAny recommendations? I’m a recent Dell convert, so far all the shop desktops have been replaced with Dells and they are solid as a rock. My beloved Gateway FX series laptop has given me the BIOS death cry. […] -
burr replied to the forum topic Problems Extracting Edges From a Solid in the group
General Discussion 1 week, 6 days agoActually made a mistake in video number 2.. For work offsets, you wouldnt move the geometry, you would just set a work offset in the feature, then the machine work coords for offset “G56″ would be off to the […] -
burr replied to the forum topic Problems Extracting Edges From a Solid in the group
General Discussion 1 week, 6 days agoHi Richard, 1= A fillet is a special entity type which doesnt have a profile to extract.. It’s basically a radiused arc. You can offset the curve associated with it’s edge to acheive it’s outer value, since […] -
Srikanth replied to the forum topic Problems Extracting Edges From a Solid in the group
General Discussion 1 week, 6 days agoHi Richard here is the BBCD file, which extracted from your file. Hope it helps. I had created to layers one for stl and one for curves. - Load More
