How to Use CAD to Create Parts for a CNC Table - Kevin Caron
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From www.kevincaron.com - Artist Kevin Caron shows how to make a part in CAD - or other programs - to cut in metal on a CNC table ....
Kevin Caron is sitting at his desk with a computer in front of him, ready to show you how to make a part in CAD for cutting out in metal on a CNC plasma cutting table.
He shows the screen of Geomagic Design, the mechanical CAD program he uses to create his parts and his sculptures. Kevin Caron is making a base plate for a sculpture he's working on.
On the screen, Kevin Caron clicks on the circle icon. He comes to the center of his screen and then drags his cursor out to about the right size. The actual dimension pops up in a small box, and he adjusts it to make the circle exactly 24", the diameter he wants.
Kevin Caron also wants to put bolt holes in the base so he can bolt down the sculpture on site. He clicks on the reference section, which helps him orient the bolt holes.
He goes back to his circle figure, then uses his 1" square grid to come in 2" from the edge, and puts his bolt hole circle. When the dimension dialog box pops up, he enters .685" to get a 5/8" hole, perfect for his 1/2" anchors. He creates three more holes.
Now Kevin Caron goes to the upper lefthand corner of the software screen, deactivates the sketch and extrudes it. Next he tells the program he wants the metal plate to be 1/2" thick.
Next he saves the file as a .DXF file, which is what Sheetcam, the software that prepares the drawing for the CNC table, wants.
Kevin Caron likes to draw things three dimensionally so he can see what they will look like, but Sheetcam only needs a flat drawing. So whether you're in the drawing part of a CAD program or, for example, using Adobe Illustrator, as long as you can save or export the file in .DXF format, Sheetcam will accept it.
Kevin Caron is ready to save and export the file, so you have time to "Like" this or any other of his videos, which makes TH-cam like him a little better. Then you can head out to www.kevincaron.com to see his wild sculptures and more how-to videos.
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nice and simple , great vid...
Your explanation was spot on, followed you all the way, never done cad before, something to think about for next year, really like your videos, cheers.
Thanks, was a little worried that it might be hard to follow.
Excellent explanation Kevin.
Thanks Mel. Was worried it would be too dry. Thanks for watching.
nice
Hi Kevin I just wanted to say you do great work Keep it up. I am always learning something new every day I watch TH-cam I have a lot of toys in my shop and add more from time to time.
John Dunn
Thank you John! And I will trust me, have a lot of fun with my job.
At 1:52 you state that 5/8" is .685. It is actually about 11/16". 5/8" is equal to .625, I suspect you know this but it is good to point out for those that don't know.
Opps.. sometimes my mouth runs faster than my brain!
Blender is a good 3D free program for all platforms. It has an addon that allows export into dxf. A bit of a learning curve, but I love it.
Thanks, will give it a look!
You should really give Fusion 360 a go, much easy to draw everything.
Interesting. Wish I was better at CAD and using a program like this.
I still find myself sitting here with a glass of something and just playing with the buttons. Amazing some of the things I can create by accident!
Hi kevin, i would really check out some of the new cad programs, for bolt patterns you do circular pattern, they make doing complex parts so easy. Fusion 360 is supposed to be great for free, i use my company's solidworks, but that is quite expensive.
Just downloaded it. will give it a try!
Hey Kevin! What make/brand plasma cutting table do you use? This video was VERY HELPFUL! THANKS!
The table is from the good folk at Dyanatorch. Sadly Covid killed the company.
@@KevincaronSculpture Thanks for getting back. Sorry to hear bout the other.
Would have been nice to see it cut the steel up, and more of the sculpture you are making
That's in the next video!
Hello Kevin, I am wanting to make patterns for a camshaft grinder. They would be just 2d and done with a cnc wood router. these patterns are reasonably large ( 3> 400 mm )
So basically you have a base circle with a lump on it. I want to be able to mark a distance from the center every degree ( 360 in a circle ) and then join the dots so to speak
Sorry, I have no idea how to do that.
What type of cad do u work with thanks for the help
Rhino is what I use the most.
i know autocad 3d plz tell me how i convert my 3d file in to g code
You need a slicing program like "Kisslicer" to convert the file. Make sure you have an "stl" file to convert.
I use fusion 360
i called the support to ask ? no answer so i would have to say bad support
Yeah, covid took them out. Closed up and sold off everything. I did hear an employee bought most of the stuff and is starting a new version of the company but I have no proof.