Thread: 3d cam software

Never used Cut3D but there is a list of files it will import on the website,

Cut 3D - Feature Overview

Greg

What did you draw the files in? Are you able to convert them from dxf into something else?

Cut 3d seems prefer the stl or parasolid files

If you can't, happy to give it a shot for you if you like (currently running solidworks)

yer tried DXF and STL , just locks up ( program header " not responding")

drew my violin on TurboCAD16 , and mate's were from AutoCAD

some images of what im trying to 3D cut , shouldn't be that hard , it might be file size ?

the last thing i did was create a solid block , then take away from that solid the negative i drew , the drawings are clean ??/ will try windows XP

got it to work in WINDOWS XP ?

lol 15 hours , rough and finish , lol , not tonight then , and they expect Darwins power to stay on for 15 hours straight ??? 4hours if your lucky

Great glad you got it to work! seems strange that you had to revert to XP!

Look forward to seeing some pics of the finished product!
Cheers
Glenn

so before i purchase vectric 3d cut ,are there any "better"ones on the market ,i notice 3d cut doesn't do turnings ,
for $300, they better send the disks/book , i hate down load only software

Originally Posted by SawDustSniffer

yer tried DXF and STL , just locks up ( program header " not responding")

drew my violin on TurboCAD16 , and mate's were from AutoCAD

It sounds like you don't really understand what types of files these programs are looking for. Althouth any .stl file should work in all of them, .dxf files can be tricky, as they can contain many diferent types of entiites, and not all may be supported.

I use MeshCAM with AutoCAD, and it works perfectly fine. If you want to use .dxf files with MeshCAM, though, you need to know what you're doing, as it will only read 3D face entities in the dxf file.
.stl files from AutoCAD will load into MeshCAm with no problems.

Originally Posted by Ger21

It sounds like you don't really understand what types of files these programs are looking for. Althouth any .stl file should work in all of them, .dxf files can be tricky, as they can contain many diferent types of entiites, and not all may be supported.

I use MeshCAM with AutoCAD, and it works perfectly fine. If you want to use .dxf files with MeshCAM, though, you need to know what you're doing, as it will only read 3D face entities in the dxf file.
.stl files from AutoCAD will load into MeshCAm with no problems.

How do you save a drawing as .stl in AutoCad ??
Steve

If it's a solid, you use the STLOUT command.

Originally Posted by Ger21

If it's a solid, you use the STLOUT command.

thank you Sir !! ! off hand do you know which CNC outfits will not shake hands with AutoCad?
Steve