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

Check post 57065 posted a lot earlier.

John S.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Matt Shaver <mshaver@e...>
wrote:

> On Saturday 15 February 2003 00:05, Raymond Heckert wrote:
> > 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)
> > > From: Andrew Mawson <andrew@m...>
> > > 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.
>
> Yep, .wrl files are VRML, and the dimensions are in meters. three

inches is

> 76.2mm (3 x 25.4) or 0.0762 METERS.
>
> Good on rayhex for spotting this numerical clue!
>
> Here's a short tutorial:
> http://philliphansel.com/cybertown/vrmlbasics.htm
>
> Your CAM program should import this fine if it's VRML input filter

works

> right.
>
> Matt