surfcam 2004

[fastolds]

Does anyone have and use surfcam 2004? I was wondering if they changed the way you select geometery.

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Originally Posted by fastolds Does anyone have and use surfcam 2004? I was wondering if they changed the way you select geometery.

I use Surfcam 2004. I'm not sure what you mean about how you select geometry......different from say, version 2003? Could you elaborate?

Bill

[fastolds]

As it is right now, surfcam 2003 requires you basically to pick wire frame geometry. When in shadded mode and you pick a surface, the wire frame geometry gets highlighted.Other software like gibbs cam, unigraphics let you highlight the surface you want to machine when in shaded mode. No wire frame geometry shows up. Click on the top of a part, it gets highlighted and a wat you go. No trying to hit the right lines when a part is really busy. I hope this helps. I'm not sure how else to explain it. If you look at my other posts,people have suggested I use the mask feature to shut off other geometry. I was just wondering if surfcam 2004 was the same way.

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Originally Posted by fastolds As it is right now, surfcam 2003 requires you basically to pick wire frame geometry. When in shadded mode and you pick a surface, the wire frame geometry gets highlighted.>> Other software like gibbs cam, unigraphics let you highlight the surface you want to machine when in shaded mode. No wire frame geometry shows up. Click on the top of a part, it gets highlighted and a wat you go. No trying to hit the right lines when a part is really busy. >> <

I normally don't have the surfaces shaded when I cut them because I want to see which way the surface arrows(normals) are pointing, and which side of the surface they're on. I'm not sure why you're selecting wire frame when you want to cut a surface. When you want to cut a surface, you go to NC>3D>Cut (or Planar for example), and Surfcam will want you to pick a surface, and wire frame won't be selectable. To do wireframe, you use NC>2D>Contour( or pocket).

It would really help if you had the wireframe on a layer by itself, so you could turn it off when you don't need it.

2004 works the same as 2003

Is it possible to post a file or a screen shot so I can see what you're cutting? Or maybe if I knew basically what the type of cut is, I could make a sample file, cut it and attach it or send it to you. Gotta be some easy way to clear the confoosion!

Bill

[fastolds]

What is your email address and I will send the file I am working on.

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Originally Posted by fastolds What is your email address and I will send the file I am working on.

d_birdman44@hotmail.com