I am beginning to attempt to program off a cad model. I have a sample part, every time I press cad=part my alignment moves off my cad model. I am actually trying to program off of cad on a part I have a sample for before I make a program off a part that I have no sample for.
I have never translated a model, every model I've worked with (and we are 99.999995% CAD here) I've used AS IS.
Using the 3-D rotate view, you rotate the model until it matches how it sits on the table. Then SAVE THE VIEW. Then F5 and set the machine axis to match the cad axis. All done.
If someone needs to know how to put the part on the tabel, recall the SETUP view. All done. Something like this would have to be done no matter HOW you processed the entire thing since I seriously doubt that the screen view will never, ever, EVER get rotated to see something, and as soon as that happens, you no longer have your 'setup view', so they would either have to know how to open the 3D rotate view thing and know which axis needs to be "up" on the cube, OR, how to click on a drop-down list and click on SETUP (or whatever name you use for the saved view).
I have never translated a model, every model I've worked with (and we are 99.999995% CAD here) I've used AS IS.
Using the 3-D rotate view, you rotate the model until it matches how it sits on the table. Then SAVE THE VIEW. Then F5 and set the machine axis to match the cad axis. All done.
If someone needs to know how to put the part on the tabel, recall the SETUP view. All done. Something like this would have to be done no matter HOW you processed the entire thing since I seriously doubt that the screen view will never, ever, EVER get rotated to see something, and as soon as that happens, you no longer have your 'setup view', so they would either have to know how to open the 3D rotate view thing and know which axis needs to be "up" on the cube, OR, how to click on a drop-down list and click on SETUP (or whatever name you use for the saved view).
