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    Showing Threads and dimensioning them

    Insideman, Please tell me more about dimensioning them. I understand the conventional representations. How do I go about dimensioning using a leader so my machinists can get the specifications from my printout?
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    Showing Threads and dimensioning them

    I'm using the Blind Hole command in Content 3D to create a M5 threaded blind hole. Problem is, when I view it in flat shaded, gourand shaded, etc I cannot actually see the threads. Why not? Even more of a problem when I create a layout of this part, it will need show the dimensions of the...
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    3-D to 2-D conversion

    Danno, Thanks. I would love to have the lisp programs. Email me at: dev_ginther@hotmail.com
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    3-D to 2-D conversion

    I always draw in 3-D but need to convert my 3-D file into a 2-D file. The face or main feature in my design needs to be in 2-D so I can import in into CimCad for a g-code conversion. Anyone know how do to this? Seems like it should be very possible. Steps? Thanks
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    converting 3-D desktop into a 2-D Cad file

    Is it possible to convert a 3-D Desktop image into a 2-D AutoCad file? I never work in 2-D and have completed a 3-D design. Problem is, I need the face of the design in 2-D. It has a complexe face which I simply extruded through a thickness. I just want the face in a 2-D file so I can then...
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    converting a 3-D desktop file into 2-D for g-code

    Can anyone tell me how I can take a 3-D image finished in Mechanical Desktop 2000 into a 2-D file. I never work in 2-D and would like a simple conversion process from 3-D. I need to import the 2-D file into CimCad for conversion into G-code. Can I do the 3-D to 2-D conversion in AutoCad 2000...

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