Some tips/suggestions/intrusions: Another way to lock in the circle distance dimension @4:21: if you click the center point of the pin and the center point of the plate, and then click again in between them it will give you an angle distance to define, and then you don't need a line (just a tip, do it however you like! ;-) ). Dimensioning from the circumference of the pin won't work because there are (theoretically) infinite points on the circle. SW of course defaults to center distance, but I believe can also be shortest or farthest distance. You can select your faces to pattern in the Timeline at the bottom too, much like patterning in the Feature Tree in SW (in mine they are Extrude1 and Chamfer1). With the construction line you can dimension an angle if you add another construction line, but if you want to set the pin at the horizontal (or vertical) position, move it close and then Ctrl+Select the two points and use the Horizontal/Vertical constraint to lock them. Not trying to be a jerk, just offering up some insight.
John! Maintenance time on that x axis! Cant have conduit falling off... Wires exposed. 15:10 ;-) Tons of chips with that cutter... Beautiful finish, and cant wait to see the test.
@nycnc @12:30 when you could have changed the pattern to "Order by tool" instead of order by operation. That said, you got it done, and you got it done quickly.
Another great video John. Cheeky tip on the PCD dimensioning at the beginning of the video. You don't need that construction line, activate the dimension command, select the sketch origin, then the center point of the circle. Bring your cursor back in between the selected points and you will see a dimension icon appear next to your cursor. Left click again between those two points when you see that cursor icon, it will then activate an aligned dimension, then just click again to place it. I wanted to point out this method, since it's born from Inventor, and it will help you in the future when you need to dimension the length of a line rotated away from the XY axis of the sketch. Does that make sense?
+NYC CNC Select the two points to dimension, then right click and select aligned. Whenever two items aren't directly vertical or horizontal to each other, you'll need to right click and select aligned after choosing your dimensioning points .
+Phil B That's one way, if you click between them when a dimension definition isn't visible it will default to straight line distance (or true position, or whatever you want to call it).
+NYC CNC John I think if you select Sketch Dimension and then the two points, then right click (at least on the Mac version) and select "aligned" you can sketch the dimension. There's also the option to force a vertical and horizontal dimension under this menu too.
From what I've seen, Tom would be a great tutor/mentor. Doing layout on the computer can spoil us, and we're amazed to watch someone like Tom use some Prussian Blue, calipers, trammel points and a scratch pad with a No. 2 Ticonderoga... :>))
John, is it the CAM or the post processor that gets you that spindle spin down/spin up on moves? Either way, it shouldn't be too hard to write a script to delete the G-code for the spindown/up...right? Heck, If there are no tool changes or other reasons for them you could do it with grep...just pull all lines that don't match those G-codes into a new file and go. Append one more shutdown at the end to stop it when done. On a real OS like Linux or Unix, it's one line at the command prompt to do all that, but even on Windows you could do it with a few lines of Perl. If you've got tool changes to consider it gets a bit more complicated, but still not all that hard...just keep the ones that precede a tool change code, right? Seems worth doing to speed things up and reduce wear on the machine. Thanks for showing how it's done with the CAD/CAM! -- Mike
I figured.;-) If you run into any software issues that stump you, I'll try to help out. You have some software capabilities from what I've seen, so that may not be necessary, but if I can help out, I'm happy to. --- Mike
with fusion the best practices is how ever you wont to do it at the moment, every big update it changes. other than starting with a component what only matters if the part is a all ways used (it keep`s the drawing with the model), if its a one off it does not matter at all that much how you do it. for nobs you are doing it correct, you should see if you can use screen cast and have a cam looking at you in the corner then they can see all key and mouse commands and see you. also just a note to anyone who gets fusion from seeing john`s vid`s put in when you sign up that you got onto fusion from NYCNC. john will get more support from AD if you do.
Some tips/suggestions/intrusions:
Another way to lock in the circle distance dimension @4:21: if you click the center point of the pin and the center point of the plate, and then click again in between them it will give you an angle distance to define, and then you don't need a line (just a tip, do it however you like! ;-) ). Dimensioning from the circumference of the pin won't work because there are (theoretically) infinite points on the circle. SW of course defaults to center distance, but I believe can also be shortest or farthest distance.
You can select your faces to pattern in the Timeline at the bottom too, much like patterning in the Feature Tree in SW (in mine they are Extrude1 and Chamfer1).
With the construction line you can dimension an angle if you add another construction line, but if you want to set the pin at the horizontal (or vertical) position, move it close and then Ctrl+Select the two points and use the Horizontal/Vertical constraint to lock them.
Not trying to be a jerk, just offering up some insight.
John! Maintenance time on that x axis! Cant have conduit falling off... Wires exposed. 15:10 ;-)
Tons of chips with that cutter... Beautiful finish, and cant wait to see the test.
@nycnc @12:30 when you could have changed the pattern to "Order by tool" instead of order by operation.
That said, you got it done, and you got it done quickly.
You can run the chamfer tool at max spindle. That will let you feed faster and still have a nice finish.
Great video, do you ever check the finished part to see if the dimensions are correct ? Just wondered if cutter wear ever becomes an issue.
For those patterns, you can set the "Operation Order" to "Order by Tool" and it won't do that tool change for every one.
Hi John. In the browser three under Origin, you can find all the origin point, axis' and planes. Cheers, Brian.
Another great video John. Cheeky tip on the PCD dimensioning at the beginning of the video. You don't need that construction line, activate the dimension command, select the sketch origin, then the center point of the circle. Bring your cursor back in between the selected points and you will see a dimension icon appear next to your cursor. Left click again between those two points when you see that cursor icon, it will then activate an aligned dimension, then just click again to place it. I wanted to point out this method, since it's born from Inventor, and it will help you in the future when you need to dimension the length of a line rotated away from the XY axis of the sketch. Does that make sense?
@4:39 Select the center of the circle and your point and then you can sketch the dimension.
+NYC CNC Check it: autode.sk/1KaZedq :)
+NYC CNC Select the two points to dimension, then right click and select aligned. Whenever two items aren't directly vertical or horizontal to each other, you'll need to right click and select aligned after choosing your dimensioning points .
+Phil B That's one way, if you click between them when a dimension definition isn't visible it will default to straight line distance (or true position, or whatever you want to call it).
+NYC CNC John I think if you select Sketch Dimension and then the two points, then right click (at least on the Mac version) and select "aligned" you can sketch the dimension. There's also the option to force a vertical and horizontal dimension under this menu too.
From what I've seen, Tom would be a great tutor/mentor. Doing layout on the computer can spoil us, and we're amazed to watch someone like Tom use some Prussian Blue, calipers, trammel points and a scratch pad with a No. 2 Ticonderoga... :>))
Nice video John. Thanks, CJ
John, is it the CAM or the post processor that gets you that spindle spin down/spin up on moves? Either way, it shouldn't be too hard to write a script to delete the G-code for the spindown/up...right? Heck, If there are no tool changes or other reasons for them you could do it with grep...just pull all lines that don't match those G-codes into a new file and go. Append one more shutdown at the end to stop it when done. On a real OS like Linux or Unix, it's one line at the command prompt to do all that, but even on Windows you could do it with a few lines of Perl.
If you've got tool changes to consider it gets a bit more complicated, but still not all that hard...just keep the ones that precede a tool change code, right?
Seems worth doing to speed things up and reduce wear on the machine.
Thanks for showing how it's done with the CAD/CAM!
-- Mike
I figured.;-) If you run into any software issues that stump you, I'll try to help out. You have some software capabilities from what I've seen, so that may not be necessary, but if I can help out, I'm happy to.
--- Mike
with fusion the best practices is how ever you wont to do it at the moment, every big update it changes. other than starting with a component what only matters if the part is a all ways used (it keep`s the drawing with the model), if its a one off it does not matter at all that much how you do it.
for nobs you are doing it correct, you should see if you can use screen cast and have a cam looking at you in the corner then they can see all key and mouse commands and see you.
also just a note to anyone who gets fusion from seeing john`s vid`s put in when you sign up that you got onto fusion from NYCNC.
john will get more support from AD if you do.