Have you checked your CAD drawing? The file you posted will not draw the second contour as the vertical line forming the smaller rectangle is not connected to...
Hmmm! I find it odd that they would not be connected !! When I made the drawing, I used 90 degree, and 0 degree lines then clipped the excess. I will try again...
This is absolutely insane !!! What the hell am I doing wrong ??? Is Michael still surfing this forum. He helped before with a small video he made for me .I...
Dan If we can arrange a convenient time I can give you some online help. (you need a broadband connection with a working set of speakers) michael _____ From:...
I would greatly appreciate that Michael. You're about 5-6 hours ahead of me, and I get home about 3 PM est on weekdays. Let me know a convenient time that we...
Michael; I think I figured out why I was having so much trouble. I tried using the "split items" function, and it let me do what I wanted. Thanks for the help...
Dan Ok just let me know. By the way were you aware that the Goround command had the option for machining part of a element within a contour. (Options tab in...
Hi Michael, I finally had a chance to go thru the video. Thanks. It does help a lot, but it still doesn't explain what the parameters in the 4th axis popup...
Wade I'll give it a try :- 1) The standard Cartesian coordinate system defines that The 'A' axis rotates around the X axis. The 'B' axis rotates around...
In the TURN manual 'Tooling - Define Turning Tool' there is a dead link to a document >>>>> Click here for further details about preparing a drawing which...
Hi all; I purchased Dolphin Cad last year for a CNC mill project, and I now want to build a CNC plasma cutter. Drawing the part in Cad is no problem, but then...
I have Dolphincadcam as well but I don't know if they have a post for plasma cutting but SheetCAM does just save the DXF file And bring it in to sheetcam. Jim ...
I thought about going that route, but I didn't think that I could save a file in Dolphin Cad as a DXF file. I thought that I could only save files as DRA files...
I just tried to save a file as a DXF, and that option is not available. I can only save as a DRA file. ... From: dan boudreau <dantechfab@...> Subject:...
What version ? I have just tried it wth V9.0 and it's available under File > save as > Drawing and open the drop down box, DXF is under DRA It's also available...
Thanks !! I got it to work !! Someday I will find out all of Dolphin's capabilities. Whether I remember it all, that's another story. ;-) Dan ... From:...
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Could someone please take a look at the CNC file I just uploaded (axle bearing holder), and let me know why I am getting an error when I get to the four slots...
Weird. You are going to have to send the DRA and CNC file to dolphin on this one. I crossed out all the operations with the first tool and ran just the slots...
Thanks guys!! I re-did the CAM part, and now it seems to be OK !! I was able to cut my part last night. I appreciate your help. Dan ... From: keith20mm...
I just had one last question for the group. I will be upgrading my old computer to a complete new system, and I'm not quite sure how to move the Dolphin...
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good day "server busy error" I have run into this error while using contour in the cad side of the program. after a search on this group messages #1533 thru...
Hello Geoff, We have had this problem on some Pc's but not all, it's proving to be a bit tricky. In the mentime you can create the contours in CAD then...
thank you for the info. I encountered this error while going through the web tutorial. this was the third time using this software. thanks Geoff From:...