bcondon
03-08-2009, 06:59 PM
Have some issues with 3D components and placing them at the correct z value. The issue is that I think I am doing it correctly but there is not a tool which says Loon is 18x36 at layer .1234 and is .3456 thickness.
The question I sent to support at Vectric was is below but thought I might get a good response from someone that has been playing with it a bit more...
I get the feeling that my loon and mountain are not at the z plane = 1 but have no way to verufy that!
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This is the first project that I will be using Aspire for 3 D cutting.
I have used Partworks (Shopbot) for 6 months but I am challenged with the component
and the working model. I ave watched the tutorials and though they are good, they leave
out challenging cases.
Mine is simple.
I have an oval plate 36 x 18 that is 1 inch thick
There is an outer ring also 36 x 18 that is .5 inches thick but is only 1" wide so the inner
oval 34 x 16 is not there...
I am trying to have a loon and cattails lie on the inner oval plate at z=1" and mountain
in he background behind the loon's head.
The order is: back plate, cattails (ADD) , mountain scene (ADD) , LOON (ADD) and Ring (ADD), then the loon's head is added to the mountain which wrong.
If I use MERGE for the LOON, then the body is not shown. I have not found any tool to REALLY tell me where the components are.
DO you have suggestions? Is there a tool which says that the loon is on plane 1" and is .2386 inches high because I can only see what I can see in the 3D window but nothing mathematical is available.
I also so not understand why I can not set base Z in the component list for the components. I set a value and it snaps back to zero especially if I try to set the max height.
Thanks for your help,
Bob Condon
The question I sent to support at Vectric was is below but thought I might get a good response from someone that has been playing with it a bit more...
I get the feeling that my loon and mountain are not at the z plane = 1 but have no way to verufy that!
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This is the first project that I will be using Aspire for 3 D cutting.
I have used Partworks (Shopbot) for 6 months but I am challenged with the component
and the working model. I ave watched the tutorials and though they are good, they leave
out challenging cases.
Mine is simple.
I have an oval plate 36 x 18 that is 1 inch thick
There is an outer ring also 36 x 18 that is .5 inches thick but is only 1" wide so the inner
oval 34 x 16 is not there...
I am trying to have a loon and cattails lie on the inner oval plate at z=1" and mountain
in he background behind the loon's head.
The order is: back plate, cattails (ADD) , mountain scene (ADD) , LOON (ADD) and Ring (ADD), then the loon's head is added to the mountain which wrong.
If I use MERGE for the LOON, then the body is not shown. I have not found any tool to REALLY tell me where the components are.
DO you have suggestions? Is there a tool which says that the loon is on plane 1" and is .2386 inches high because I can only see what I can see in the 3D window but nothing mathematical is available.
I also so not understand why I can not set base Z in the component list for the components. I set a value and it snaps back to zero especially if I try to set the max height.
Thanks for your help,
Bob Condon