Yet Another Program to Review !!
For those interested, there is a new program for either 2D or 3D tool path creation. And by the looks of it and the prices, it might be worth looking into. Plus they have a limited time working demo.
See it at: http://WWW.rams-software.com/
Paul
Can relief carving on wood be done using Rhino1.1 models and MillWizard. If yes, please let me know details.
Mark yes you can do this, there are many 3d stl files on the net you can use but I have now seen any I would want to cut.
What you do is open the stl file in Milwizard and setup you bits for cutting, you will need to make setting to get the best results.
If you know how to draw 3d? you will not have any problem designing your own
Ron
How or where do i download the 3d driver to cut a 3d object for shopbot?
Presume your are talking about the driver that must be loaded into Vector? The one that is labelled "shobot2d" is the only one - it gives the 3d results.
I Have been trying and trying to get vector and/or the dxf translator to convert some 3d dxf files I have into sbp files, but it just won't cut it (pun intended). The dxf file is to big (i gues) to load completely into vector (it's 2.5mb) so all i get is half a model, or with the dxf converter i just get an error log reading, ok,ok...and a sbp file with just a JZ command. Any Ideas?
Joa,
Yes, the ShopBot G-code (I assume you are using
G-code here) does not support arcs in the XZ or
YZ axis. Also, the ShopBot controller does not
support 3D arcs (not many controllers do).
If you are using Bobcad or Vector, you need to
convert these arcs to short line segments. In
Bobcad, you "interpolate" (under the 3D menu)
them. In Vector, you Break-Interpolate (under the
Change menu).
Hope this helps. If not, email me and I will send
you more specific directions for either Bobcad or
Vector. If you are using another CAD package,
some manual reading will be in order.
Good luck,
Bruce Clark
bwclark@centurytel.net
Joa,
I think it has something to due with how you are drawing and converting the arcs. I will send you 3 files. One is a 3" radius arc in the XZ plane, one is YZ plane and one is at 45' to the XY axis. They work for me.
Joa,
I made another program tonight like the one I sent you. 3" radius at 45' to x-y plane. I cut a piece of cardboard to this shape and held it up to see if the cutter followed it correctly since it is hard to tell by watching an air cut in this plane. It worked perfectly. One thing I did notice is that the machine will only move as fast as the slowest axis. You need to have the move speed of xy and z set the same or it will move very slowly at the beginning and end of the arc and fast at the bottom of the arc,where not much z movement is needed. Do you have the Acc axis?
If you do, try switching the z and the acc axis. You can do this in the software. this would rule out something wrong with your z axis. I'll think on it some more. Are you able to use the typesetter program? It makes a lot of arcs in this direction.
But why in the heck won't mine even do XZ cuts that *aren't* arcs but just connected lines? It doesn't even write the file correctly, just does 2D only (even when using the 3D function of the DXF converter.) Anybody else having this problem.
I know it will cut 3D because I've done it with other files from other programs so it must be in my converter. Any additional advice?
(oh, I'm using the latest converter plus have tried the old ones and they all seem to react the same way, plus I've viewed my DXF in a couple different CAD programs and the polyline is definitely in the XZ plane and looks just fine.)
Thanks again!
Joa
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