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If you have an outline that looks closed but in fact is open because some lines don't meet the warning will let you know SheetCam thinks it is open. It is a common mistake to have lines that nearly meet but don't quite. Lines that don't form a closed shape cannot be offset because there is no way for SheetCam to figure out which side of the line to cut. Edited the text file, simply removing the path and leaving just the file names it worked. The warning you got about open objects is perfectly OK for a spiral. vbproj file this file was located one directory further down with all of the other project files (Mine had the same name as my project). Once you have selected them, right click and select move to layer. Now hold down the key and click on the entities you want to edit. To move entities between layers, switch to contour properties mode (the button with an arrow and a C). Before you can generate G-code SheetCam needs to know certain facts about. You can correct this in Rhino or SheetCam. SheetCam will show cutter paths, rapid moves, layers etc. // Further, its actually critical that we not wait for the lock here, because // the other thread thats in the middle of Unregister may be suspended for shutdown. You will probably find that some of the drawing is on a different layer to the one you expected it to be on. We make only a single attempt // if we cant get the lock, it means some other thread is in the middle of a call // to Unregister, which will do the work of the finalizer anyway. This will show you exactly what lines are on each layer. Now click on the tick marks next to the layer names. Does the drawing look right when you load it into SheetCam? If it looks OK then the problem is probably due to a layer mixup. These are Probe inputs: Probe (G31 or G31.0). No Wait: TODO Path Selection (Head): TODO. So, for the Rhino users out there who have been through this and aren't currently living in a round, rubber room, how'd you do it?Īsk me if there's something else I should've told you about my setup.Īs Gerry mentioned, try DXF V12. Inhibit Motion: When active, Mach4 will not generate motion.
I started with a fairly elaborate object, then started cutting it down for testing purposes. But when I do the same type of object in Rhino and open in SheetCam, no-go.Īnyway, I'm accepting the Rhino export defaults, AutoCAD 2000 format. Okay, SheetCam didn't really call me a loser, but that's how I feelĪnyway, I've made a simple spiral-shaped doo-dad in QCad and SheetCam is mostly okay with that (although I get messages about open objects - I'm basically snapping a few arcs end-to-end). Something must be wrong with the drawing, you loser."
I suspect that there's a setting that I'm missing somewhere when I export from Rhino, but nothing that I export from Rhino will allow SheetCam to generate a toolpath - "No paths were generated.