Issues with STl file from Inventor into Quick CaM Pro
Posted: Mon 29 Jun , 2015 23:23 pm
Hi, I drew up a bottle in Inventor (set it to Metric mm and BSI standard first) exported as a binary STL as attached.
When I opened it in Quickcam pro it says it was drawn in imperial and not metric asking me if this was correct. I click no and it imports it 1/10 of its original size (40mm = 4mm) I tried this several times.
If I agree it was drawn in imperial 40mm becomes something like 60mm, can't remember exactly the ratio.
So with a bit of messing about I was able to get the item machined out although I had to increase the size to 1000% in quickcam pro.
I have never worked with Autodesk Inventor before (always Pro desktop) for 3D work and we are trying to move over to Inventor as a replacement.
I then decided to have a go at using the inverted option in Quickcam Pro so I could machine a hollow in a block as a demo to the kids about how it would be possible to Produce a mock bottle and a packaging insert for it.
I clicked the inverted option adjusted the scale and used the rest of the settings I had used to produce the bottle half. All the machine did was pass back and forth over the surface of the block then cut a single slot in the middle of the block.
The cutter is a 6mm ball nose, 45mm flutes and 50mm length.
Could some one have a look at the files and tell me what is going wrong?
I have just realised I didn't pull the FNC files for the bottle positive and negative, I will load them up tomorrow. FILES NOW ADDED
When I opened it in Quickcam pro it says it was drawn in imperial and not metric asking me if this was correct. I click no and it imports it 1/10 of its original size (40mm = 4mm) I tried this several times.
If I agree it was drawn in imperial 40mm becomes something like 60mm, can't remember exactly the ratio.
So with a bit of messing about I was able to get the item machined out although I had to increase the size to 1000% in quickcam pro.
I have never worked with Autodesk Inventor before (always Pro desktop) for 3D work and we are trying to move over to Inventor as a replacement.
I then decided to have a go at using the inverted option in Quickcam Pro so I could machine a hollow in a block as a demo to the kids about how it would be possible to Produce a mock bottle and a packaging insert for it.
I clicked the inverted option adjusted the scale and used the rest of the settings I had used to produce the bottle half. All the machine did was pass back and forth over the surface of the block then cut a single slot in the middle of the block.
The cutter is a 6mm ball nose, 45mm flutes and 50mm length.
Could some one have a look at the files and tell me what is going wrong?
I have just realised I didn't pull the FNC files for the bottle positive and negative, I will load them up tomorrow. FILES NOW ADDED