StlWork

I am a registered owner of StlWork 2, but found a rather big bug. It won't
cut toolpaths that make perfectly vertical cuts. The toolpath generating
software is the problem. Not the DXF CAD model or the program (Master5)
that sends the CNC file to the machine.

For instance, the toolpaths of a 3d architectural model (in the regular
orientation) would come out with the sides of the building tapered. Any
building model comes out sort of pyramid-shaped or ziggurat shaped, with the
side walls about 5 degrees from vertical. The company must be on Labor Day
vacation and doesn't respond. StlWork would be fine for making molds (eg.
dinosaur teeth), but that is not my intentioin.

I'm going to try an isometric orientation of the model, but there must be a
better way. Anyone else out there trying to do architectural models on a
shoestring? Anyone have a work-around for this program?


Gary M. Wheeler, AIA, ICBO
Modesto, CA home page: http://g.wheeler.home.att.net