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by Mark Hesketh
Tue, Mar 27 2007, 2:59PM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: Line bore patterns for 32mm / Zargen slides
Replies: 5
Views: 4693

another option to solve this... and this is what we do since i still can't convince them to change the set-up on the point-to-point to match the thermwood... is to create your holes the hard way in part editor. take your gable in and create a bunch of 5 mm holes, then take it to constraints manager ...
by Mark Hesketh
Fri, Mar 23 2007, 9:25AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: Deleting all parts except door
Replies: 9
Views: 6529

Is there an echo in here?



hahaha... couldn't resist :lol:
by Mark Hesketh
Thu, Mar 22 2007, 10:36AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: geometry creation after profile cuts?
Replies: 3
Views: 3304

geometry creation after profile cuts?

k, trying to make a shaker style mdf door... recessed panel, but with a profile around the inside of the frame. i created my profile tool, applied it to a rectangle, but now when i try to go and create the recessed panel with a pocket, i get an error message saying that i cannot create geometry on a...
by Mark Hesketh
Thu, Mar 22 2007, 9:03AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Control Nesting: Odd Drilling Order
Replies: 5
Views: 4821

here is a job i am running right now. if you go to sheet 24 and 25 which are full of upper gables, it will drill all the 5mm holes fine, but will then drill 1 8mm hole at the top and bottom of each gable before returning to drill the rest of the holes around them. it certainly is not drilling them i...
by Mark Hesketh
Thu, Mar 22 2007, 7:10AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: crashes when changing material
Replies: 8
Views: 5415

i think that the last thing i did before saving it was adding the constraints to the top and to the lower shelf... and it saved fine. didn't try to change materials or anything at that time though. it was when i re-opened it, and ever since then, that the crashes have happened. as it is now, i have ...
by Mark Hesketh
Thu, Mar 22 2007, 6:15AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: crashes when changing material
Replies: 8
Views: 5415

so... it crashes on me when i go into construction settings and then hit ok in the cabinet editor. it also crashes if i try to enter the edge-banding area. it also crashes if i try to change sheet stock in the batch editor. it also crashes if i enter the construction settings from within the shelf/p...
by Mark Hesketh
Wed, Mar 21 2007, 2:54PM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: crashes when changing material
Replies: 8
Views: 5415

crashes when changing material

just finished putting together a cabinet when i was informed that the material of some parts had to change. but when i go in to change the material, ecabs crashes right out as soon as i hit the OK button. can anybody figure out why or tell me how to get around this problem? her is the cabinet i am t...
by Mark Hesketh
Wed, Mar 21 2007, 8:58AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: trying to figure out doors
Replies: 1
Views: 1844

trying to figure out doors

k, be patient with me... so far, all we have done with ecabs is create cabinets and run batch jobs, and it works well and we have been pumping out up to around 20 kitchens a week at times this way. i don't have to worry about desing, just converting what the designers give me into real cabinets. we ...
by Mark Hesketh
Tue, Mar 20 2007, 6:02AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: ATC issues
Replies: 10
Views: 8719

another thing to check would be your air pressures at each guage at the back of the gantry. i know that in our shop, we have had guys in for the past couple of weeks upgrading our compressed air lines and all sorts of other stuff, and i have had to tweak my pressure settings a couple of times to put...
by Mark Hesketh
Mon, Mar 19 2007, 6:23AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: Control Nesting: Odd Drilling Order
Replies: 5
Views: 4821

what if you DO have a drill bank but still get the wonky drill order? our holes, whether drilled by the drill bank or the single drill, are almost always in some extremely time consuming and incomprehensible order.
by Mark Hesketh
Mon, Mar 19 2007, 6:21AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: ATC issues
Replies: 10
Views: 8719

hey, i run into a similar problem fairly often. you can use the \"teach\" function to raise the head in the z direection enough to clear the typewriter arm and release it. just make sure you have someone holding the arm so it doesn't fling back and damage the tool in the head or throw the ...
by Mark Hesketh
Wed, Mar 07 2007, 7:19AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: New feature idea for the next version. \"Does it fit?\&
Replies: 11
Views: 8512

i knew i should have been working on getting that holodeck up and running! 8)
by Mark Hesketh
Wed, Mar 07 2007, 7:17AM
Forum: Thermwood 3-Axis Machinery
Topic: DXF
Replies: 12
Views: 9511

as for the letters, we recently made a large sign for ourselves by creating the text in autocad and then just tracing around the outside. once you finish the trace, you can delete the text and you have your cut path.
by Mark Hesketh
Tue, Mar 06 2007, 1:23PM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: New feature idea for the next version. \"Does it fit?\&
Replies: 11
Views: 8512

i would appreciate this kind of software... since i have built cabinets that won't fit up a flight of stairs and had to be broken apart and re-assembled/repaired at the top... sigh... :oops: the only problem i could foresee would be that you would end up spending more time plugging in building dimen...
by Mark Hesketh
Sat, Mar 03 2007, 7:09AM
Forum: eCabinet Systems Software
Topic: 100 questions so many more to go.....
Replies: 11
Views: 7496

i was just as excited when i did as well :)

ya... i need to get out of the shop a bit more...