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Project vs. Model?
Since the “Getting Started” section of help is not yet populated, can you provide some guidance on the intent and differences between a “Project” and a “Model”. I come from the ArtCAM Standard environment, and do not understand the “Project” workflow. Help talks about the panel, but not about why you use it.
It appears it may be related to doing jewelry designs, but are there other applications?
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We'll get to work on creating a new article, Richard. As soon as it's been published to the Help Centre, we'll be sure to let you know here. In the meantime, we recommend that you review the information within the The Project panel > Working with projects section of the Reference Help by selecting Help > Reference Help in your Carveco software.
We encourage other members of the community to share information about how they make use of projects in their work in this discussion.
Hi Richard - By selecting a new project, you will have the ability to do things not possible by simply first creating a new model. Let's say you want to create a 2-sided model and have a 3D mesh that you want to import so you can machine it on the front and the back with perfect alignment.
In the 'Modelling' environment, it is only possible to import one side at a time. That means you have to import the front. Then import the back - and invert it in Z and flip it while hoping you get it aligned perfectly. This is certainly not all that bad to do...but creating a new Project automates a lot of these things.
When you create a new Project you can import an STL mesh and transform it as required so that it is 'normal' to the machine's Z axis. Once you have centered the STL and rotated to your satisfaction, you can then create a 2-sided relief with the front & back perfectly aligned.
I was unable to find any videos online that show you what someone would really want to know in regards to this...so I just made a quick video demonstration for you. I recently scanned a newel post for a customer and set it up so he could machine it on a 3-axis (no rotary) machine. I added some additional geometry to it to keep the part between centers as it were, and to allow this 6" thick model to be machined on a CNC with an 8" max Z stroke.
Anyway - you can have a look here, it's only about 5 min long: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlIsi3C26Zk
Hopefully that nudges you in the right direction...give it a whirl & let us know how you make out.
(I just discovered isometric views 1 & 2...which explains some things...)
Thank you Brady!. That helps me understand. I will play with it some.
Thanks Brady for your video, that is out of my league for now but very insightful information about this software.
Bill
Did support ever create a new article for this?
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