Need Help!- Part File

[1QWK96GT]

Whenever I try to import a part that was originally a STEP file that I converted to an IGES into gibbs it comes up with weird geometry inside the part Like the holes have hexagons. I wanna drill them but there is no point in it and when I try to create a point it is giving me a headache. Did i import this wrong or something? Thanks

[glovebox20]

You might want to try deleting the two "connector points" on the circle, then you should be able to create a center point using your geometry tools.

You might also want to try increasing the tolerance to a large value when you are extracting your Geometry. This will this will round off small line segments and blend them together. The larger the tolerance, more likely it will extract a circle with only two "Connector points".

If you only want the holes only, you may want to use the Hole extraction function found next to the Geometry Extraction function on the geometry Pallet, again, you may want to increase the tolerance for this tool to.

Hope this helps

glovebox20

[chippslinger]

What it looks like is the geometry is showing up as a b-spline. If you will hit ctrl-l for labels you will see a b and a number around the geometry denoting it as a b-spline. What you can do is highlight one of the arcs and click on I think edit or modify menu and select convert spline and set tolerance to .010 and the geometry will now convert to a circle.

[1QWK96GT]

That was a big help. Thank you guys very much.

[1QWK96GT]

why is it when I am using the geometry feature and I try to draw a line between two points it takes the line to the material I have specified instead of stopping at the point I have clicked? Thanks

[double a-ron]

I'm with you on that. Been using gibbs forever and have always hated that. It's because there is a process they want you to follow when starting a part. This process begins with selecting the machine, then the material type, then defining your stock. The idea being that the geometry being drawn is only going to be used for cutting material inside your defined work space. Funny thing is, for roughing ops, you always create a constraint box outside of the stock. Unless you turn on "use stock", then I guess you don't have to.