turbo cad/cam

[dxxx]

1) I am having trouble picking exact location of hole for drilling cam op. what am doing wrong?

2) Is there any info on turbo cam plug-in, besides the tutorials on the disk?

[philbur]

Not sure if it's the right fix but try zooming in before you spot the hole center. Thats what I do.

Regards
Phil

Originally Posted by dxxx 1) I am having trouble picking exact location of hole for drilling cam op. what am doing wrong? 2) Is there any info on turbo cam plug-in, besides the tutorials on the disk?

[Gandalf]

If your part is a solid it may not always pick up the right center. The same goes if the hole was made using splines and such. To work around this you use the "draw circle by three points" tool and pick 3 vertice points on the hole. It will draw a circle that you can pick the center of.

[kschihl]

We are trying to set the hole within.0001 - I just went into the g codes and modifed the coordinates...there has got to be a better way...

[ksanalytical]

I've had similar issues. The snap control seemed to be the key. There is an option for snapping to the center of a circle which never seemed to work for me, until I realized that they want you to click on the circle, not the "Estimated center". That made all the difference. Good luck.

Ken

[ynnek]

Originally Posted by ksanalytical I've had similar issues. The snap control seemed to be the key. There is an option for snapping to the center of a circle which never seemed to work for me, until I realized that they want you to click on the circle, not the "Estimated center". That made all the difference. Good luck. Ken

That is the ideal way to do this. Just make sure the "Snap To Cemter" is activated.