Problem!! Mcam9 when rotating a part

[knsmilk88]

Big Problem!!
In Mcam9, when rotating a part around a point.

I have a very simple part that I want to rotate around a point +90 deg.
When I do this, all the colors turn to the magenta color when it rotates and
stays that way, then when I try to change the colors it won't let me, but
all new geometry can be what ever color I want.

Anyone know how to fix this or what to do?

Please let me know,
TIA
knsmilk88

[metlshpr]

MAIN MENU>SCREEN>CLEAR COLURS. the colurs are still there the magenta is to show that you moved the part

[knsmilk88]

Hey, cool thanks, now I found 1 other problem.

I created letters - create>next menu>letters
and it works great.
But, after I create the letters; if I rotate them I can't create a tool path.
Any idea why rotating the letters has an effect?

Please let me know,
TIA,
knsmilk88

[metlshpr]

Never had that problem before. Is it that mc doent see the geo, walk me thru exactly what you did.

[knsmilk88]

ahh, I got it..Who knows what it was, but it's working fine now.

Thanks though.

Hey,
What do you know about surfaces?

I want to be able to have a closed 2-D shape and extrude it in Z from any given point within that shape; with a certain - lets say - surface tension to create a 3-D shape.
For example: draw a circle on a piece of paper - put your finger right in the center of it and bring your finger up off the paper 3" - with no surface tension you would have a cone but with a certain amount of tension you might have something that looks like a bowl turned upside down.

Do you understand what I'm looking to do?
How I explained that ok.


Please let me know if you have any ideas.
Thanks,
Brian

[metlshpr]

Mabey I understand mabey not. V9 is not the best modeler. My segestion is to imagine the shape an create wire frame geo, the then lay serfaces within. To create a "bowl" go to the frount veiw create an arc and trim as needed. Then do a revolved surface using arc as a profile and rotate about a z axis line you need to create. I did a simple one for you to look at. I'm running x4 so this is a iges file. To open = MAIN MENU>FILE>NEXT MENU>CONVERTERS>IGES>READ FILE. I think thats right its been a while since I used v9.

[knsmilk88]

yea, that's what I do in Cadkey.

I need to learn how to do this kind of thing in solid works or something like it.

Thanks

[metlshpr]

Mastercam will do it , it just takes a bit more steps

[knsmilk88]

yea, that's always been the problem.
It takes more steps and it's always backwards compared to Cadkey.

Learning more each day though.

[blind_vision]

You must make the comand, "Screen" and after "Clear Colors"

[cnc-king]

Originally Posted by knsmilk88 yea, that's always been the problem. It takes more steps and it's always backwards compared to Cadkey. Learning more each day though.

Master Cam is a cam software whereas Cadkey is a cad software. The cam side of MC is stronger than the Cad side, but you can still create any solid or surface in it, may take a few more steps than necessary but everything is done in MC and you don't have to worry about something getting lost in the translation from the Cad to the Cam.

[txcncman]

Were you meaning to take a curved shape, such as a parabola, and rotate it into a bowl shape or a spike shape? Draw a quarter cross-section of your shape. Place a line at the axis of rotation. Use Create - Surface - Revolved to complete.