We are using an upper cabinet from eCabinets to make drawer boxes. We take the back of the box (top of the cabinet) into the Part Editor and cut two notches in it to accomodate undermount drawer slides. Here is the problem.
During nesting we got the following error message, \"Diameter of tool didn't work for a rout operation. The diameter tried was 0.5\" We dado the drawer box bottom into the sides and front and back. The parts that we notched did not get a dado cut into it, all the other parts did.
We used this approach once before without a problem. In between we upgraded to a later version of rolling next (v.4.71).
Any suggestions?
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Bill,
I think Nick's comment about the size of the dado is probably on point.
The dado for the cabinet back (drawer bottom) is a \"smart\" dado. i.e. it will change size with material thickness changes, and it has both depth and fit clearance added to it when the TWD file is created.
When you take a part to the part editor and cut out your notches if the notches touch the dado, it becomes a \"dumb\" dado. It will no longer be adjusted for material thickness changes and the \"fit\" clearance is not added to the dado width. The dado becomes a \"Rout\" operation. You can check if this is happening by noting the color of the dado in rolling nest. If it's red, it's a rout operation and without the \"fit\" clearance added to it's width, may be too small for the available tools.
I would try drawing the notches with just a .002\" clearance between them and the dado.
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Dave
I think Nick's comment about the size of the dado is probably on point.
The dado for the cabinet back (drawer bottom) is a \"smart\" dado. i.e. it will change size with material thickness changes, and it has both depth and fit clearance added to it when the TWD file is created.
When you take a part to the part editor and cut out your notches if the notches touch the dado, it becomes a \"dumb\" dado. It will no longer be adjusted for material thickness changes and the \"fit\" clearance is not added to the dado width. The dado becomes a \"Rout\" operation. You can check if this is happening by noting the color of the dado in rolling nest. If it's red, it's a rout operation and without the \"fit\" clearance added to it's width, may be too small for the available tools.
I would try drawing the notches with just a .002\" clearance between them and the dado.
Regards,
Dave
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I could've sworn I did this before on an earlier version of rolling nest, but I tried to go back to an earlier version but ran into some issues.
I took Dave's advise and moved my drawer bottom up 0.002\" and it nested just fine.
Thanks to all for your help and suggestions.
Regards,
Bill
I took Dave's advise and moved my drawer bottom up 0.002\" and it nested just fine.
Thanks to all for your help and suggestions.
Regards,
Bill
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