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What CAM?
AdeV:
DWG isn't on the list of "save as" options.
Interesting, I notice on the STL file, CamBam doesn't recognise the central hole...
Rob.Wilson:
Hi Ade
If your going to machine the part as a 2d part , you will need to do make a drawing of the part in SW , un check the display sheet format box , insert the correct view ,set drawing scale to 1:1 , then you can save as DFX ,DWG.
Rob
PS remove/delete other SW auto generated features from the drawing , like centre marks.
John Stevenson:
You have paid 5 grand for Solid Works but only prepared to pay £100 for a 3D CAM program ?
philf:
Hi Ade,
Your wheel could easily be done on a 2d system using a radius tool to put on the fillets. I use Vectric Cut2d for all my 2 1/2d stuff.
Some time ago I cut a steam loco wheel in mdf to see whether it would be viable to cut the wheels in steel rather than buy castings. The result was very pleasing but extrapolating the depth of cut and feed speed for steel I decided that life was too short to stand over the machine applying coolant with a brush and vacuuming up swarf for something like 12 hours per wheel.
I did a few posts at the time http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,6995.0.html
I tried code from a few 3d cam packages. I got superb results from MeshCam and wish I'd bought a copy at the time because it was then around £100 - it's $250 now! The results from Vectric Cut3d looked promising (John S supplied me with the G Code). I've more recently downloaded several 3d Cam trials and have uninstalled most within a few minutes (inc. CamBam). The one which looks to have the greatest number of cutting strategies was DeskProto. You can get a 30? day trial with no limitations - unfortunately my laptop backlight died and I couldn't get a replacement quickly so for most of my trial period I couldn't do anything with it. It's priced at 248Euro.
Phil.
AdeV:
--- Quote from: John Stevenson on January 08, 2013, 02:20:31 PM ---You have paid 5 grand for Solid Works but only prepared to pay £100 for a 3D CAM program ?
--- End quote ---
Monopoly money is great, isn't it?
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