Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Turbo cad 8 -> VisualMill via .WRL files HELP !!!!

Wow! that 39.4736... looks suspiciously close to how many inches in a meter
(39.37 & some decimals) Could it be the TCv8 is set up for metric input?
Try it: 3 / 39.37007874 does equal exactly 0.0762. I don't know that much
about TurboCAD, as I'm a DesignCAD fan, myself. (typical disclaimer goes
here)

RayHex

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> From: Andrew Mawson <andrew@...>
>
> 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.