| Re: [simpits-tech] From idea to CNC - what software is used [message #2036] |
Sat, 29 January 2011 09:27  |
 Alex Wiebe
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> I've never heard of CutList before - does it best-fit your parts into
> pre-defined sheet sizes in order to give you your material requirements?
Yes and spit out a bill of materials. The problems are a) it appears
to only use square bounding boxes for the parts and b) outputs a jpeg
or gif - not a drawing in Sketchup.
> The process I use involves creating the flat parts in AutoCAD, then
> bringing them into Inventor in order to verify fit, then from there I
> "panelize" the parts to fit on a 4x8 sheet of material. That step is done
> in AutoCAD as well. From there I use VCarve Pro to create the tool paths
> for the ShopBot.
Do you have a link for Inventor? Is it an AutoCAD plugin? or stand
alone product?
> You can use the free version of TurboCAD to draw your flat patterns & for
> the panelize process.
Will look into that - thanks.
I'm also going to try zomadiCAM mentioned from the ShopBot page. It
might be able to get me close enough so that the Phlatboyz script can
take over. (http://code.google.com/p/zomadicam/ - now abandoned? last
update in 2007?)
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| Re: [simpits-tech] From idea to CNC - what software is used [message #2037 is a reply to message #2036 ] |
Sat, 29 January 2011 09:53  |
Gene Buckle
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2011, Alex Wiebe wrote:
>> I've never heard of CutList before - does it best-fit your parts into
>> pre-defined sheet sizes in order to give you your material requirements?
>
> Yes and spit out a bill of materials. The problems are a) it appears
> to only use square bounding boxes for the parts and b) outputs a jpeg
> or gif - not a drawing in Sketchup.
>
Ahh, ok. Useless then. :)
>> The process I use involves creating the flat parts in AutoCAD, then
>> bringing them into Inventor in order to verify fit, then from there I
>> "panelize" the parts to fit on a 4x8 sheet of material. That step is done
>> in AutoCAD as well. From there I use VCarve Pro to create the tool paths
>> for the ShopBot.
>
> Do you have a link for Inventor? Is it an AutoCAD plugin? or stand
> alone product?
>
It's a stand-alone product. Not cheap either.
>> You can use the free version of TurboCAD to draw your flat patterns & for
>> the panelize process.
>
> Will look into that - thanks.
>
You might be best served by using TurboCAD to create your flat part
drawings and then use Cut2D by Vectric to create the tool paths. You can
download a trial edition of Cut2D to see how it works - they've also got
training videos that show how it's used.
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