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modeling for CAM About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. modeling for CAM // New Users 1  |   Order by default Post by kali // Aug 4, 2006, 6:28pm kali Total Posts: 4 Hello everyone, Can someone tell me how you can tell if a modeling will be good for CAM(computer aided manufacture). Thanks. Post by splinters // Aug 4, 2006, 9:19pm splinters Total Posts: 4148 Try this; http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/attachment.php?attachmentid=180&stc=1&d=1139329633 Post by kali // Aug 5, 2006, 6:10pm kali Total Posts: 4 Try this; http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/attachment.php?attachmentid=180&stc=1&d=1139329633 Thanks Splinters,... for your reply,but I could not figure out from the link images where truespace comes in.It looked to me like step one and step two are truespace.If they are,then, in step one do you do the working drawing in wire mode using the dimensioning tool, and then switch to solid mode as in step two to get the 3D image? kali. Post by splinters // Aug 5, 2006, 10:37pm splinters Total Posts: 4148 Kali, as far as I am aware, tS cannot output directly to CAM. Most machines use some specialist software that converts the 3D model into data for the machine. As you correctly pointed out, I used tS for the 3D model then imported it into MiniCam that came with my Suregrave 3D milling machine. Step 1 is a working drawing and only step 2 is TS. I produced this poster to show my students how to use various CAD packages to use CAM in their projects...so far it has worked out very well. Post by Bobbins // Aug 6, 2006, 2:42am Bobbins Total Posts: 506 The conversion pack gives you IGES, SAT and STL formats. Post by splinters // Aug 6, 2006, 4:01am splinters Total Posts: 4148 The conversion pack gives you IGES, SAT and STL formats. Cheers Bobbins, but I did not make myself clear. You would need the conversion pack to get the required format. I just took for granted that Kali would know that; you cannot connect a PC running tS to a CAM machine and machine straight from tS. For that you would need the software supplied with the CAM machine. I find .stl files work well for me...:) Post by kali // Aug 8, 2006, 1:47pm kali Total Posts: 4 Cheers Bobbins, but I did not make myself clear. You would need the conversion pack to get the required format. I just took for granted that Kali would know that; you cannot connect a PC running tS to a CAM machine and machine straight from tS. For that you would need the software supplied with the CAM machine. I find .stl files work well for me...:) Thanks All,for the reply. kali.

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