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Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!!

on 2003-02-14 15:17:35 UTC
Hi,

I have an oddity in Turbocad8 (Standard) I'd much appreciate help
with.

I want to generate 3D forms to input into VisualMill Free!
(http://www.mecsoft.com/) in order to generate G code. The only
common file format between them seems to be .WRL. Objects saved
as .WRL (there are two types of .WRL and it happens with both) seem
to have their size reduced by a factor of just under 40, so a 3" edge
becomes 0.0762.

If I look at the .WRL file, the dimensions are wrong in it (I saved a
simple 3" cube and its edges are 0.0762" long) BUT if I re-import it
into TurboCad 8 it is the correct size.

For all the world it looks as though Turbocad divides by 39.4736...
on the way out, and multiplies on the way back in.

What the heck can I do - The Turbocad people don't seem to offer any
support.

Regards,

Andrew Mawson
Bromley, Kent, Uk

Discussion Thread

Andrew Mawson <andrew@m... 2003-02-14 15:17:35 UTC Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!! stevenson_engineers <machines@n... 2003-02-14 16:29:32 UTC Re: Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!! Raymond Heckert 2003-02-14 19:09:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!! Matt Shaver 2003-02-14 20:43:18 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!! stevenson_engineers <machines@n... 2003-02-15 01:41:10 UTC Re: Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!! Andrew Mawson <andrew@m... 2003-02-15 05:08:51 UTC Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files THANKS !!!