Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAD experiment entry

The PDF and model looked good in Solidworks 2010. The STL was pretty
faceted. Maybe normal for STL, I don't know as I don't use it.

I opened the DWG in Autocad 2010 and the title block was somewhat off:


I think this is typical of trying to get different software to talk to
each other. Everything has to be set just so. I think this looks like a
font difference.

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On 12/13/2010 8:04 PM, Michael Fagan wrote:
> Here's mine created in Autodesk Inventor 2009 Academic. Models posted in
> native Inventor IPT as well as STEP, IGES, and STL. Drawings posted in
> native Inventor IDW as well as AutoCAD DWG and PDF. Solid modelling took 3
> minutes 35 seconds and preparing the print took 7 minutes 30 seconds. The
> only premade tools used were my standard Titleblock template.
> http://users.wpi.edu/~mfagan/CADExercise/index.html
> <http://users.wpi.edu/~mfagan/CADExercise/index.html>Michael
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> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 13:45, Ron Thompson<barebooger@...> wrote:
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>>
>> OK, here is mine done in Solidworks and saved in various formats. I'm
>> embarrassed to say I neglected to keep good time records. Maybe 30 to 40
>> minutes all told, including uploading.
>>
>> I opened the DXF in Autocad, and the scale is screwed up.
>>
>> http://www.plansandprojects.com/CADCAMDRO/
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>> Ron Thompson
>> On the Beautiful Florida Space Coast, right beside the Kennedy Space
>> Center, USA
>>
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>>
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>>
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>> On 12/13/2010 10:54 AM, R.L. Wurdack wrote:
>>> Learning curve is another issue (facility with the tool), as is
>>> compatibility with other CAD products (can files be exchanged), but I
>>> think some useful data can come of an experiment like this. Maybe a
>>> standard drawing should be the starting point to be duplicated by
>>> other CAD products.
>>>
>>> Dick
>>>
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>>> Subject: RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CAD experiment idea
>>>
>>> Hmmm...
>>> How long it takes to draw depends on how much you want to go into
>>> details such as filleting and especially the exact shape of the
>>> threads. It also depends on how much of the pre-cad work you count in
>>> the time--just as you have to plan machining steps, you also have to
>>> plan drawing steps in the CAD program.
>>> -Kevin Martin
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