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DXF files again
Hi all,
I am trying to create my first ever DXF file! So far so good thanks to all the advise everyone has given me. I am trying to do a 12mm centerline cut on a panel but im only using a 6mm cutter so the upshear doesnt chip the board out. Is there such a code that allows us to put in the width of the cut rather than the diameter of the cutter or do I have to put it in 2 passes in the cad program?
Thanks for any help.
Paul.
I am trying to create my first ever DXF file! So far so good thanks to all the advise everyone has given me. I am trying to do a 12mm centerline cut on a panel but im only using a 6mm cutter so the upshear doesnt chip the board out. Is there such a code that allows us to put in the width of the cut rather than the diameter of the cutter or do I have to put it in 2 passes in the cad program?
Thanks for any help.
Paul.
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Hiya Paul
Here are a few pointers: The Polyline you have forming the center rectangle will have to be broken up into seperate line segments. You have the Centerline layer parameters the wrong way around should be Centerline d12p0 z5p0. You are going to have to specify exactly the cutter size you require to do the job in a centerline operation it will only do multiple passes if you use something like \"pocket\" or run two parallel lines as you suggested
Here are a few pointers: The Polyline you have forming the center rectangle will have to be broken up into seperate line segments. You have the Centerline layer parameters the wrong way around should be Centerline d12p0 z5p0. You are going to have to specify exactly the cutter size you require to do the job in a centerline operation it will only do multiple passes if you use something like \"pocket\" or run two parallel lines as you suggested
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Hi Nick,
Thanks very much for that, I will have another play tomorrow and see what happens. I was kinda hoping there might be a way you could specify the width of the cut by putting in the dado width but that would obviously make it far to easy for me.
Cant be too hard to do 2 lines so ill give that a try.
Something that would be really easy for me would be to get the guys on the floor to do it with a hand router HAHA. But that would definatly come back and bite me in the bum! Probably be a little unproductive too!
Thanks Nick,
Paul.
Thanks very much for that, I will have another play tomorrow and see what happens. I was kinda hoping there might be a way you could specify the width of the cut by putting in the dado width but that would obviously make it far to easy for me.
Cant be too hard to do 2 lines so ill give that a try.
Something that would be really easy for me would be to get the guys on the floor to do it with a hand router HAHA. But that would definatly come back and bite me in the bum! Probably be a little unproductive too!
Thanks Nick,
Paul.
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Hi Ya Paul
This is a very staggered conversation What with me being in the middle (geographically) of you and Thermwood! how many hours are there between us? You are not seeing your dados becase once again you have drawn a polyline. Unfortunately Rolling Nest wants each geometry made up of simple segments so you have to make up the rectangles out ouf seperate lines.
This is a very staggered conversation What with me being in the middle (geographically) of you and Thermwood! how many hours are there between us? You are not seeing your dados becase once again you have drawn a polyline. Unfortunately Rolling Nest wants each geometry made up of simple segments so you have to make up the rectangles out ouf seperate lines.
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Nick is right. After looking at your drawing, it's just not \"clean\" enough for RN to recognize the separate rectangles on the dado layer. Several of the rectangles are made up of 6 line segments. Some of them are chained together creating L shapes. If it's on a dado layer and it's not a rectangle, RN ignores it.
When a drawing has rectangles that overlap, I find it useful to \"hide\" or \"blank\" the one I'm not working on to insure I get 4 and only 4 intersecting lines in the rectangle I'm creating. Where the design permits, I will make the dados extend past each other, or end in the middle of another dado, so I (and RN) can clearly see which lines belong to which dados.
You're close, very close.
Regards,
Dave
When a drawing has rectangles that overlap, I find it useful to \"hide\" or \"blank\" the one I'm not working on to insure I get 4 and only 4 intersecting lines in the rectangle I'm creating. Where the design permits, I will make the dados extend past each other, or end in the middle of another dado, so I (and RN) can clearly see which lines belong to which dados.
You're close, very close.
Regards,
Dave
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Hi Paul. Give this file a try. I moved your lines a bit for radius purposes and used pocket in the layer name. This should get you going as well as help you understand how the pocket functionality can be used.
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