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mpix00  
#1 Posted : Saturday, February 28, 2015 7:10:14 PM(UTC)
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I want to use a 4"x3"x.313 thick plate and take my 1/8" flat end mill bit and make circular cuts with 1/4" spacing between each circle and 1/4" depth of cut. The circles go in a "TARGET" pattern like attached file pictarget pattern . Now I made the design on Viacad, but when I save it , than export it to meshcam, when I go to have meshcam run the tool path, it does not recognize the circle cuts. Its just shows the flat 4"x3"x.313 surface. Is there a reason why the circular cuts are not showing?
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#2 Posted : Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:02:14 PM(UTC)
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What file format did you export with? Is the circles just curves or did you cut them out of the solid plate in ViaCAD before you exported ?

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mpix00  
#3 Posted : Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:54:25 PM(UTC)
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What file format did you export with? Is the circles just curves or did you cut them out of the solid plate in ViaCAD before you exported ?

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Jason


I exported by stl. file format...I cut the circles out of the solid plate in VIACAD before I exported
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mpix00  
#4 Posted : Monday, March 2, 2015 5:18:35 AM(UTC)
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Any help or suggestions?
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L. Banasky  
#5 Posted : Monday, March 2, 2015 2:20:34 PM(UTC)
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Try exporting as a .dxf, which Meshcam also accepts, and see if that will work.
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#6 Posted : Saturday, March 28, 2015 11:11:27 PM(UTC)
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stl files do not have paths, just a dumb surface. if you are exporting with intended tool path no surface/solid should be in the export, just the paths. also check direction with the verify option and you can direct cam into climb or standard cuts (also used in hd plasma).
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#7 Posted : Tuesday, April 7, 2015 8:02:49 AM(UTC)
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Can you please eilapxn why the New Year starts on the 4th Day after Equinox? and why there are 30,30,31 etc would this not make the Calendar have more days than the 364?
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#8 Posted : Tuesday, April 7, 2015 12:54:53 PM(UTC)
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It's simple, anything divided by zero, is zero.
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