rmulley Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 I'm working on a cabinet design with everything CNC'd out of sheet plywood. I've tried exporting the model as flat outlines but my CNC guy is having to re-draw the panels because me files contain a lot of lines so he's had to clean it all up. What's the best way to get a nice clean file to him to out into his CNC software ? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vva Posted April 28, 2019 Share Posted April 28, 2019 hi you can use the orthographic projection with the "Derive tool" (the last one in the Derive palette) -if your panels are flat. Or "Derive Segments" - with Shift select one after the other segment and copy to a new file. good luck vva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmulley Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 (edited) Thanks for this... Using the orthographic projection created some funky old geometry... So I ended up using the derive segment tool. Do you know any way of getting rid of those iso lines when do an orthographic projection ? Edited May 1, 2019 by rmulley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vva Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 yes, holes are a bit problematic. in the last years I use the .stp export (3D) and most newer machines can work with that files. have a try vva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I would always unfold the patterns I need. If you separate the faces you want first, you don't have to post cleanup. I have a couple of old tutorials that show the process in the old 6.x but it is essentially the same. To be specific, the tutorials are designed for compound curves, but that won't stop you from doing the above. ftp://ftp.formz.com/pub/formz/PDF_files/tutorials/compound_surface.pdf ftp://ftp.formz.com/pub/formz/PDF_files/tutorials/boat_hull.pdf Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 you could also separate the faces you want and then ortho project those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmulley Posted May 3, 2019 Author Share Posted May 3, 2019 Thanks Chris.... I just heard back from my CNC guy and it seems I need to tie all the segments together too so I'll just have to play around with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¢hris £und Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 If you do as I did, you won't need to tie the segments together, as both the unfold and the projection of a single face should keep all intact. ¢£ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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