Hi all, Is it possible to output from DCAD drawing to a HPGL file. I have tried several diferent plotter/printer drivers, but so far have been unable to get...
Hello Ted, We don't have any drivers for HPGL from CAD I'm afraid, is it for an old HP pen plotter ? Have you tried the HP website ? ATB Andre ... tried...
Hi Andre, Thanks for the quick reply. It's not for a plotter, I have an engraving program (WinPC-NC) that accepts HPGL and it occurred to me that if I could...
Hello Ted, I see, about 15 years ago we created a post-processor for an engraving machine that used HPGL, I think it was called a Precix or something like...
We have created a new website at http://www.dolphin-online.net It contains a host of new video tutotials, we will add more as and when we can. Also there is a...
Hey guys, I am new to this software and I have some questions about how PM imports dxf's. I like to work in layers for my other cam software. It is easy to do ...
Hello Lee, When you have imported your DXF file, PartMaster will have created a number of contours for each shape it finds, in this case letters. Each contour...
Thanks Andre. That did do some clearing up of things. I can stop trying to get it to import original layer names. ;) That won't be needed in turn anyway, but I...
Hi All If anyone is going to the Model Engineer Exhibition at Ascot next weekend, 19th, 20th and 21st of September, they are welcome to come and say hello. I...
Hello I have just wiped my C drive to recover from a Win XP problem. I copied the Program Files folders to another machine first. Now I cannot get V8 to...
Hi I had the same problem several times. Crashes,etc You have to get Dolphin to reset it for you. I found the best way was to buy the "doggle" You can take the...
When I go from Cad to Cam and I make an error in selecting the tool, for example tool 1 is set at end mill but then I need to change it to drill. The problem...
Hi all, I would like to have a go at engraving and would like to get the toolpath to follow the text just once, rather than going round the outside and inside...
Wibbley There are a number of approaches to Engraving within the Partmaster suite :- 1) Simple Engraving within DCAM module. This works with both Simple...
Many thanks for the quick response. In D-cam if I un-tick 'use simple fonts' I see the millions of fonts installed on my pc. If I tick this box, I see only a...
Wibbley Depends what version of Partmaster you are using. Version 10, as part of an LED Sign project, saw the introduction of .pfnt fonts. These fonts are...
Level 3 version 9 :o( Mind, the bloomin thing will only run in demo mode now. Not a clue why, the PC sees the dongle ok. I was hoping to mass produce...
Hi Guys, Does anyone else have problems getting the grid to display properly in dcad? I get little blue '+' all over the screen but not a proper grid. I have ...
Hello, You might like to try the following :- From the main menu choose View > Preferences > Options and untick the box "Draw grid intersections only" this...
Perfect :o) Many thanks. May I suggest you consider moving this tick box to the Grid-setup box in future releases. It seems more intuitve to place it there, ...
I have Dolphin 3d Cam. I created a plate with some holes in it and I ran the Tool paths and ran the Simulater. It looks good but when I push the postprocessor...
Hi I been using mach3 turn since early July of this year and only now got around to trying it via Dolphin. Couple of quick questions: Will Dolphin turn do...
... Hi Eddie, why do you want to use G76? It's only a load of G32's anyway ;) The post works fine as is, and will do tapered threads. BTW - You will find in...
Thanks Steve! It's 8:30 here NST Do u UK guys ever sleep! -- In dolphincadcam@yahoogroups.com, Steve Blackmore <steve@...> ... now got ... anyway ... Brian...
Steve Would it be too much to ask for the same post that you wrote, but with G76. I find programs with G76, such as found when you use the wizzards in Mach3...
... The parameters for G76 are in there already, you just need to add SCRCUT CANNED to the canned cycles section in the ppr file and recompile. NB - I've...
Where can I find documentation for the Programming API for DCAM/DCAD? Specifically a listing of the DCAD/DCAM functions that can be invoked from VB, VB in...
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