Is there a way, or trick to change to border created by a jpeg to an oval or circle. I would like the outside border to create a frame of sorts when setting...
Unfortunately not in the current version. Several of the changes made for the waterline machining can be repurposed for that, but I haven't made the changes...
I have a couple of suggestions to improve MeshCAM; * I would like it to not unnecessarily cut away excess stock. I am trying to cut propeller shapes....
... If you tell MeshCAM that your stock is the size of your part plus the cutter diameter, and then use bigger stock, it will only cut what you asked for in...
... the ... you ... will ... Imagine a two bladed propeller with a large hub and thin blades. Using a rectangular piece of stock, there will be a large area of...
Hey Pete, I had the same delema working on a prop I was doing last summer. You can check out the photo's under "Neil" in the photo section. I drew up my prop...
Pete, this sounds like a job for SheetCam. It would require you to make a 2d drawing of the outline of the prop. Maybe two or three layers, with tabs on a...
How may I reload Meshcam, for some reason I started locking up way to often so I think a reload may help, I have my license info in a seperate folder so that's...
There's a link on the download page for people who already have a license. You can click there to go directly to the download page. If you want to go direct...
Hey Robert, I was wondering if you had a time frame in mind for adding the waterline roughing algorithm. You mentioned that those changes were on a punch list...
The first new roughing algorithm will be one where there is less recutting of the stock than now. I've also been looking into algorithms to do a roughing...
Hi Robert Would it be possible or is it on the list to add the use of round stock? The part I'm making is round and would like to just machine the inside...
I just uploaded Version 1.14 which enables the full toolpath dialog, roughing, finishing, and waterline , for bitmaps. This has been request by many people so...
I was wondering if someone out there can give me some pointers on setting up the ACAD2002 drawing for using with MeshCam. I made a 3d drawing and saved it as...
To export an .stl, the model musst be created in AutoCAD using Solids only, and must be actually just ONE solid. Are you sure it exported correctly? Check the...
Acad is pretty strange for me in that respect also. I try to use Rhino3D for all my solids. Do you have the solids Library addition for CAD. Unfortunately...
... You just need to have a good fundamental knowledge of how AutoCAD works and what MeshCAM is expecting. AutoCAD can create many types of entities (about 20,...
I have been able to export ".stl" from acad successfully. Here is what I discovered: 1] there is a difference between using the "File..." "Export..." (i.e....
I always use the File>Export dialog and it works fine. I think that way it is binary by default, but I believe MeshCAM reads both binary and asci .stl's....
Thanks. I stand (sit) corrected. However, I do knot that when I attempted to use the "File... "Export... " method, the ".stl" file was created and resides on...
You'll get the same error messages with the File>Export method, if those situations occur. Like I said, I think the only difference is that stlout gives you...
Also, in MeshCAM, when you load the .stl, MeshCAM will tell you if it is a binary or asci .stl. Check the last line when you load the model. Gerry ... than ......
Hello Robert, I just recently lost my files on hard drive and had to reload from your web site I have my serial # at hand, but now instead of automatically...
Be sure that you're correctly shutting the program down after entering the information. It's only saved at shutdown so if you use the task manager to shut it...
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