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...
Hi Guys, now that i'm running V10 sw, everything is working just great, all of my V9 problems have gone. So much so that i'm about to power up my cnc lathe,...
Is there a "Known Issues" list for V10 (I'm using 10.0.1006)? I have been running into some problems with my current project. I'm making a list of issues that...
Hello Nigel, I'm afraid you can't imort/export layers in Dcad. However you can acheive pretty much what you want by doing the following. From the main menu...
... Nigel, Perhaps you could write a VB macro that copies the layer information from one open window to another within dcad. It could prompt for the ...
Please take me off your mailing list.  Thank you. ... From: Chuck Hackett <egroupscdh@...> Subject: RE: [dolphincadcam] Re: import/export layer gallery...
Not that I know of.... I take a screen shot & e-mail to the good folks at Dolphin if I find a 'feature' I have been even been credited with finding a 'bug' :o)...
(PM 10.0.1006) I have a drawing with the scale property set to “1:2”. When I go to DCAM the milling contours are drawn in the correct X/Y locations but...
I have done some more testing on my problem of depths not being transferred from CAD -> CAM correctly. I have discovered that it is happening on my drawing...
Hi all, Does anyone else have a problem where by a tickbox in cad/cam toggles or works backwards, rather than selecting the option? I have also found thad PM...
Hi all, No matter what I do, I cannot get my mill to retract the Z axis to tool change height when a tool change is called for in the G-code. Mach stops, the...
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