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I must have missed something. Aspire is not a solid 3D program it is a skin dim manipulator functioning
in differital data as it has no solid geometry cloud points for any object.

SolidWorks is...

Just an overall image of where I am headed. This is a mill path example.

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=18672&stc=1&d=1377273557
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Thanks Tom & Brady!

Later I will reslice with 'Minimize Slice Areas' selected and the 2 sided milling instead of the 4 side. This file has some
errors along the "seam" between left and right half...

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Below are the sliced segments as a result of Cut3d (demo) I have not attempted to derive the mill path since the demo does not permit this to occur.

This is the reason I am here asking for...

I have been told the 2 sides selection provides greater than 180 degrees in the available to be milled area vs. the 4 sides selection on the set up screen.

Since the source of this information...

I appreciate everyone's contributions and feedback. This project is literally weeks from completion given we can mill a few parts to
eliminate having to do it the old fashion way. One would imagine...

Here are the three configs of our B-47's.

Because the original files were generated in Ashlar-Vellum as surfaces instead of solids, I am going to see if the surface thickening
to a solid editing...

Somehow in my attempt to keep my Q & A simple without baggage outside the scope of our current milling issue, I have lost creditability in that you guys don't seem to understand this is not our first...

Brady,

As stateed, these drawings were done as surfaces, not solids. I need to revert them to solids with AV software using the
solids/surfaces tools to extend the surface to a solid per the AV...

Thomas and Brady,

Called Sean in Austin and told him regardless of how Cut3d showed image for the file you said it is really going to cut as a solid. He
had appointment this afternoon which might...

wmclayman@comcast.net
Try her again... :)

Tom,

Tried to telephone you at your listed address...but no luck with a foundation answering machine greeting me...left no message. 713-291-1923
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Hello Tom,

Thank you for your feedback and I believe there is a way to overcome my issue.

In the Ashlar-Vellum .ar solid drawing/surfaces editing tools, under surfaces to solids... It would...

Thanks for the link to comparison. I was mistaken, its Aspire that is its kissing cousin...

I'm only interested in the importation and slicing functionality. I was told Cut3D was a derivitive of...

What is the difference between Vcarve and Cut3D? I wasa told it is nothing more than a marketing distribution
pathway difference...are there differences? wmclayman@comcast.net

We are trying to...

Here are the image formats I can export to from the Ashlar-Vellum .ar native software format.

Not being familiar with what can be sliced with the software accompanying the ShopBot mills I have to...

Our Boeing B-47 projects have come to that fork in the road to success as do many projects.

http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=18614&stc=1&d=1376845451

I have image...

I wanted to provide the proper sectional breakdown of the nacelle when it is milled. Red lines show parting points of individual milled
sections to enable the undercut/slope to be properly milled. I...

One of the individuals in this group doing mutual research resource management is a retired engineer from the Newport News Shipbuiding.
His experience delt with old school engineering with a wee bit...

I revised the size of our project as it went through the analog to CAD process and a power management system change.
We were fortunate to have had counterparts in several areas of the States who...

Brady,

Thanks for taking the time to define the Vectric Aspire constrained pathway. It is obvious when I was told PartWorks
had a DXF export pathway that was incorrect...

In an earlier post a...

Brady,

I understand and appreciate your feedback because you are one of, if not "the" power user of PartWorks.

A conversation a few minutes ago led me to return to ask you to check something...

Hi Brady,

My project is a team effort relative to translating it into portions as a result of milling. We have
a team member who's skill set in 3D SolidWorks is good after years as a design...

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Well I just caught Frank at Bot who said there are choices...the .dxf was as
far as I let him get... :) As for other formats someone who...

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I have a question about the output from the digitizer attachment. What format is the output file?

Ed