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Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM

Posted by mszollar
on 2001-12-15 09:41:12 UTC
I was unable to locate a "scale" menuitem. Does anyone know to
scale in Dolphin CAD?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "follicely_challenged"
<dave_pearson@b...> wrote:
> Definitely use Dolphin, you can either scale the drawing (or parts
> of) in the CAD side, and the CAM will machine to these sizes, or,
you
> can use the 'step and repeat' sequence (with a repeat of '0')in
the
> CAM module to apply a scale factor to the machining.
> I personally would use the second option because a CAD drawing
should
> never be scaled!
>
> HTH
>
> Dave Pearson
> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., "mszollar" <mszollar@g...> wrote:
> > If I want to mill a part that is 5x5, but I want to create a 1/2
> > size can I scale it using Dolphin CAD/CAM or should I stich with
> > scaling using NC?

Discussion Thread

mszollar 2001-12-15 00:24:59 UTC can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM follicely_challenged 2001-12-15 01:31:53 UTC Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM stevenson_engineers 2001-12-15 01:43:26 UTC Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM Marcus & Eva 2001-12-15 08:56:27 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM Smoke 2001-12-15 09:18:14 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM mszollar 2001-12-15 09:41:12 UTC Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM Michael Milligan 2001-12-15 12:53:51 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM follicely_challenged 2001-12-15 21:33:16 UTC Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM Smoke 2001-12-15 23:18:09 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM stevenson_engineers 2001-12-16 01:51:54 UTC Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM Smoke 2001-12-16 08:04:55 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM stevenson_engineers 2001-12-16 09:47:56 UTC Re: can you scale a part using Dolphin CAD/CAM