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G-Code, CAD, and CAM => LazyCam (Beta) => Topic started by: dfurlano on January 14, 2008, 10:09:26 AM

Title: Curves come in as lines
Post by: dfurlano on January 14, 2008, 10:09:26 AM

I updated to the latest version of lazycam (yeah, I know) and it seems I may have something set incorrectly.

This was from an older version, nice curve.

(http://www.dfurlano.com/curve.jpg)

And this is from the lastest 3.00.02 version, not a nice curve but lines!

(http://www.dfurlano.com/curve1.jpg)

Any help would be great!

Dan

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: Overloaded on January 14, 2008, 12:04:14 PM

Dan,
That's exactly what I get when trying to clean/convert a spline.
LCam doesn't know what to do with them.
How did you get it to work in the older version ?
I'd like to find a way to convert a spline into something that LC can use. In AutoCad maybe ?
Good luck,
RC

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: ergoman on January 14, 2008, 04:32:22 PM

Greetings, I've had some level of success converting these lines into polylines. When that doesn't work, I have to trace over the curves with a series of short straight lines... and that usually solves it. By the way, I've reverted back to LazyCAM 2.02. I can't get 3 to pocket and offset correctly all the time (as in when I really need it to). Hope this helps.

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: Brian Barker on January 14, 2008, 07:13:25 PM

This is a loading error and we are working with the company that we license the file importing from .... We have new code that seems to be working better now... Hope to have an update soon!

Thanks
Brian

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: dfurlano on January 14, 2008, 07:27:18 PM

Thanks Brian!

Appreciate all the effort to make these programs work!

Dan

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: docltf on March 26, 2008, 06:36:26 PM

RC
   post one of those spline drawings, i want to try something for a filter.

bill

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: Overloaded on March 26, 2008, 07:48:41 PM

Heres one Bill,
RC

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: Chip on March 27, 2008, 12:37:46 AM

Hi, RC

Hear it is arc's and line's Exploded in bobcad.

Chip

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: docltf on March 27, 2008, 08:46:48 AM

THANKS RC
           
             well i did the same filter move with the polyline as i did a couple of corel dxfs. and i 'll be danged -- converted to a dxf that l-cam can use. this looks like a pretty good workaround
             while we wait on the next release of l-cam. all i did was a simple open then export with cambam.

bill

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: budman68 on March 27, 2008, 02:50:05 PM

Thanks for the info, bill.

RC, what is the ruler function you're using in the screenshot?

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: Overloaded on March 27, 2008, 04:30:34 PM

Budman,
That is in LazyTurn.
RC

Title: Re: Curves come in as lines
Post by: budman68 on March 27, 2008, 06:46:31 PM

Ah, I see, thank you sir -  :)