I've been working on it for a couple of days, but still can't find a great tooling combination with MeshCAM that will put out good looking results according to...
I would suggest that you also take a look at the Vcarve software from www.vectric.com, if you havent already. Their software is much better suited to...
Yep, that looks like a great set of software they have there. I bet it will do a very good job for the task at hand. I'll wait until I get my machine in the...
Hi Listers I am getting memory allocation errors. I know these are cause by having the stepover set to too small a value, and thereby causing memory issues. ...
Name??? What size is the model? When I open it in Rhino the long dimension is 47mm. For a job of that size I'd rough with a small ball mill (1.6mm?) then do a ...
I am investigating the feasibility of going from Sketchup drawings, to Meshcam, and then creating Gcode from that to cut out in Mach3. So far, I have some...
Eric, A couple of ideas from some one who seldom uses waterline paths. If you don't want to manually juggle the cutting order set it up as 2 sided with ...
Robert, I was playing with adding 2 sided supports and found a feature which would be sometimes useful. Inspired by your new-finishing-21.png in the news. ...
The X and Y pass would work, its just that it would be totally unessescary to use that method to cut a part out of wood. The waterline is, I think, the best...
Eric, I did a quick model like yours and don't see the top gouging. Rough, Y finish, waterline (min angle 1°), and don't cut top of stock. All rapids over the...
It seems to have something to do with circles or curves. Did the model you tested have either? Also, did you do it from Sketchup as well? ... -- -Eric ...
Eric, My test model was done in rhino4, mainly boolean solid operations and a cut plane. Boolean solids can get really weird and confuse rhino but not in this...
I totally hear you on the good modeling program. I have Autocad 2007, and I can use that to make the toolpaths that I need, its just tedious. I am trying to...
Is it possible to change the square material shape to a round cylinder when defining the stock to be machined? We cut most of our parts from round rods and it...
I'll ditto that thought. I recently cut radial ribs on a small wheel and it spent a lot of time cutting air. It was a looong process and I have hesitated...
... For most parts like this 3D and mashcam is overkill. Make a simple drawing, export a .dxf and either use Lazycam or sheetcam to do the gcode. The sample...
It may be overkill for the part I posted the picture of, but I also make terrain models out of foam, and Meshcam does a brilliant job of milling those up....
Eric, What build are you using (shown at start up,) and what is your Retract Height set at. Jeff - Demand Designs Analog/Digital Modelling & Goldsmithing ...
... That's the kind of thing it was designed for, which is why it works so well. ... of them ... laerning the ... Imo, trying to use MeshCAM for that part is...
Build 6715 When I say it cuts into the top of the part, its not just a few thousands of an inch, its about .125 into the part. All the other depths are ok...
Eric, When playing with beta releases the last is often the best < http://www.grzsoftware.com/files/MeshCAM2-6738.exe > older beta versions are often and...
Thanks, I didn't realize that there was newer version if Meshcam out. I tried it out, and it still gives me the same results :( ... -- -Eric [Non-text...
try < http://www.grzsoftware.com/files/MeshCAM2-6738.exe > latest version and pretty good Jeff *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** ... though. ... right ...
Yeah, I typoed in the last email, but I downloaded it, and I am trying it now and still getting the same results. ... -- -Eric [Non-text portions of this...
So I went back and analyzed the Gcode line by line, and it looks like that pass that cuts into my part is a Z command that tells Z to go to 0, which is not the...
What type of tool are you using. I was just made aware of a bug with the endmill code in some circumstances. I haven't worked through it yet but it seems to...
No good way to do this right now. I think the problems will go away when I finish the update I'm working on now. It will let you rough and finish only the...
Usually 1GB is enough. Not many people have a need for precision beyond what would be allowed by that. What tolerance are you using? That will be the main...
That does sound familiar. I am using a .125 diameter end mill, that has a half inch cutting depth. Here are the stats I have it set to: Overall Length: .5 ...
Eric, I don't think that 6715 was released. Try the latest < http://www.grzsoftware.com/files/MeshCAM2-6738.exe > Jeff *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********...
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