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Thanks Kenneth, looking for some basic 3d cutting as well and artcam express will handle it. Appreciate the input and will take a look at it.

j

lcolburn and ken_rychlik, thanks for your posts. I did start editing some of the files in the shopbot editor. there were quite a bit of difference in a shopbot file that works and the post process by...

Dana, Kenneth and Mike, thanks for looking at our file. I sent the file to MecSoft support and they post processed the file in VisualMill 6 and didnt have any problems running the program. I tried...

Having trouble with a project. We normally use artcam insignia for the majority of our projects because it is so easy to use on most of the basics shapes, cuts and parts that we have been making....

and here is the rhino file with a surface, courtesy of Donn.

thanks, john

Hey Ron,

Thanks for your post. A fellow shopbotter named Donn, thanks Donn, took our rhino file and put a surface on it. We now just need to get that file back over to shopbot for our cut. Here is...

this is a copy of the probe files.

thanks, john

Thanks for your help John. I will try this and let you know how it works out. Appreciate your help and have a great day.

John

i have the file if anyone needs to see view it for further recommendations. thanks for your help, john

hey ron, thanks for your post. unfortunately, we dont have partswork 3D but we do have visual mill. we have successfully flipped the toolpath and saved it in rhino but are trying to get the rhino...

thanks for your help, much appreciated. unfortunately there are 4500 plus plunge lines and would be near impossible to connect all the lines. we have mirrored the image and imported to visual mill...

thanks for your response. yes we have the same problem and are trying to figure it out in rhino. any help is appreciated.

Thanks for your help, I will give this a try and let you know if it works. Take care, John

I am also using a radioshack usb to serial port connector. working fine, just make sure you install drivers before attaching usb to serial connector.

I had a similar problem when updating my control software. I was connecting via usb to serial port which i purchased at RadioShack. I was entering the wrong com port even though it told me the comm...

Have been working with our shopbot for a couple of months and finally had a project that needed to be digitized. Fabricating a boat part. The end user needs the exact opposite of the part he...

Have been working with our shopbot for a couple of months and finally had a project that needed to be digitized. Fabricating a boat part. The end user needs the exact opposite of the part he...

Have been working with our shopbot for a couple of months and finally had a project that needed to be digitized. Fabricating a boat part. The end user needs the exact opposite of the part he...

We have been trying to use our digital probe to copy a boat part. Both attempts were stopped 40% and 65% complete when the shopbot stops. The error message we receive is "hit switch limit" (switch...

Have recently purchased a shopbot 48x96. Have completed a couple different projects from some of the free projects available through shopbot. Have been asked to help a local furniture manufacturer...