Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
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I have a problem with the default views in Solidworks: front view, top view, and right view. I would like to see the top view (plan view) as I would be looking down at a part on the table of a CNC machine. Looking down on X and Y,Z up.
Ok, I rename the views, and switch (update) the views in the view box (the one with the "stick" pin on it).
All is well at this point. However, if I add a relationship, IE. hor. or vert. they are wrong. Therefore, I have 2 out of 3 pieces of the puzzle ok, but now how do I fix the relationship problem?
I figure there are a lot of parts being CNC'ed, and it would be more easy to do this when we are designing rather than in Surfcam/Mastercam. Would anyone help walk me through this?
Ok, I rename the views, and switch (update) the views in the view box (the one with the "stick" pin on it).
All is well at this point. However, if I add a relationship, IE. hor. or vert. they are wrong. Therefore, I have 2 out of 3 pieces of the puzzle ok, but now how do I fix the relationship problem?
I figure there are a lot of parts being CNC'ed, and it would be more easy to do this when we are designing rather than in Surfcam/Mastercam. Would anyone help walk me through this?






RE: Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
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RE: Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
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RE: Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
Now when you build your parts you'll have a default view orientation built-in. That's all there is to it.
Happy designing!
Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com
RE: Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
If you want to maintain all of the relationships and things then consider this. Design all you want without regard to the Coordinate system. As the very last feature you can then use the "move/copy" feature (INSERT/FEATURES/MOVE/COPY)
then rotate the model to the correct orientation for the CNC machine.
You may also want to look into using a customer Coordinate system then when exporting the data out to the cam software, you can specify that coordinate system.
Either way will allow you the freedom to do whatever you want then at the end spec out how you want the part to be oriented.
Hope that helps
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: Making SolidWorks views like I see a part on my CNC machine
Tom Stanley