On Mon, 2004-04-26 at 08:44, Tony Alfrey wrote:
On Monday 26 April 2004 03:28 am, Mike McMullin wrote:
On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 23:36, Tony Alfrey wrote: <snip>
VariCAD is a) about 400 bucks US b) a true solid modeler, sorta like Autodesk Inventor c) will generate dxf 2-D files, and 3-D iges and dwg files that are readable by autocad but not "importable" into autocad. So autocad cannot edit the files. <snip>
Is the .IGES translator good enough for the like of WorkNC *horribly fussy)?
Mike
Ummm, I don't know what you mean. I usually provide the 2-D dxf file and the solid iges file to my machine shop. Then, if I forget a dimension on the dxf, they pull up the iges solid to measure the part. The translator works 99% of the time and VariCAD is working on a new kernel that is supposed to fix a variety of small annoyances..
We use WorkNC at work, and it's not the greatest in terms of importing IGES files put out by Unigraphics. We get a lot of mangled surfaces, and holes where there shold be any. Needless to say, holes make for damaged cutters. :( Mike