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Post by steambuff2 on Oct 29, 2014 11:26:26 GMT
I emailed Cubify Tech support.... Yes it can save/export in DXF but you have to produce the 2D Drawing first.
Looking at their website under features and/or FAQ it does say that it can export DXF.
Looks as if I will dump my TurboCAD and go for Cubify. (I still have difficulties using TurbCAD)
Dave
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 11:29:31 GMT
Ben, As I said above, yes, you can export a Cubify drawing made from a part in DXF or DWG format. I must admit, I tend to import the drawing into Autocad before producing the finished cutting file. It's easier to produce the different layers required for a cutting file that way. I think this is right but you normally have the cutting layer, scoring or marking for holes layer, and then description and dimension layer. It's best to add one dimension to the cutting file so the cutting people can check that everything is the right size. Anyway, that's how I've done it for other people who have asked me to produce cutting files for them and no ones complained yet! Baldric - I was under the impression that you couldn't produce a cross section drawing with the basic Cubify Design but I then found out that you could! What I've noticed is that the package seems to be the same for whatever level of Cubify you buy but which buttons work probably depends on the licence key that you buy with it. My Cubify Design has all the tools for the most expensive version but some, such as the sheet metal work tools, are greyed out and don't work. I've found the latest version (2014) to be much better than the older version I used before with a lot of the features greatly improved. My one gripe is that you can't read files from a later version than your own. I found this out recently when Martyn (Masahiraoka) sent me some part files to look at. In other words, the software is not forward compatable. You can read files from older versions though thank goodness. This non forward compatability seems to be the norm nowadays for most types of software. Probably a marketing thing to try and make you upgrade all the time For anyone contemplating trying Cubify, there's enough of us on here using it on a regular basis to be able to help if you get stuck! John
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 11:33:55 GMT
Sounds like a plan! I'll probably try the trial out (do we know if the trial is fully functional?) and go from there, I'm going to try and draw the vac ejector from Don Youngs Doncaster on it (a nice simple thing to start with!!) as I can't work out the internal porting from Dons drawings! (My ineptitude not Dons!)
Cheers Ben
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 11:36:18 GMT
Sorry Baggo, my reply was being written when yours appeared! Understood!!
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Post by steambuff2 on Oct 29, 2014 11:36:54 GMT
Yes the trial appears to be fully functional
Dave
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Post by jasonb on Oct 29, 2014 11:43:55 GMT
Ben, look back at my post and one just following it, both show that Cubify will produce DXF and DWG files. Here is a section of an assembly, you can shoose the section plane and which parts you want to section and which to leave solid. And a drwaing of the assembly, no dimensions on this one. It will also do exploaded views As far as I can remember when I trialed Alibre PE is you can do all the drawing the same and save files in their own .ADP format but the export is disabled. Baggo you can still look at DXF files created in a later version of Cubify but as you say can't open teh actual files.
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Post by andyhigham on Oct 29, 2014 11:48:39 GMT
I have had a play with the trial version. You cannot export directly as a dwg or dxf file. You have to create your model and save it. Then create a drawing and open your model in the drawing. It can then be saved as any CAD type file
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Post by Roger on Oct 29, 2014 12:00:17 GMT
It's simply a matter of being made to do it, which is what the EU is usually good at. Tyre makers won't unilaterally want to change to rounded Metric sizes because of compatibility issues. All the EU needs to do is to say that any new sizes after a certain date must be metric. None of these things are difficult to do. The global oil and gas industry is still imperial - valves, bolting, joints, much of the flow measurement, rotating equipment specs etc. Changing to metric manufacture only in Europe would be a step backwards as the world market would be lost. Even in Brazil I place hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of orders for imperial stuff every year. With offshore units being built increasingly for a 25 year Field Life the imperial spares will be needed for a long time to come. During that time more installations will be built using imperial kit and so it goes on. Imperial stuff won't go away any time soon. Reg I'm sure you're right, but it's one industry out of thousands. Agreed it's hardly a niche industry but it's a special case. There are going to be some products with such long life cycles such as power generation that you might also expect to take decades to change, but take a walk into any car or consumer goods plant and you won't find much left of the Imperial system.
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Post by Roger on Oct 29, 2014 12:01:54 GMT
I have had a play with the trial version. You cannot export directly as a dwg or dxf file. You have to create your model and save it. Then create a drawing and open your model in the drawing. It can then be saved as any CAD type file That makes sense because as far as I'm aware, dwg or dxf files are 2D formats. Unless you tell the 3D package what views you want drawn, how can it know what to export?
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Post by baldric on Oct 29, 2014 12:02:47 GMT
Jason, Thanks for that, it looks as though it is a good option, thanks. Baldric
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 12:07:45 GMT
Be aware that the trial package is the next one up from the basic Cubify Design and is equivalent to the old Alibre Professional. It has the sheet metal function and some other bits that won't work in the basic version.
One function I found very useful on the more expensive versions is the ability to export parts and assemblies directly as a jpeg, tiff, etc. With the basic version you can only export a drawing as a jpeg etc, not a part. The way around this is to install a virtual printer on the PC which can 'print' to jpegs etc. and then use the print fumction in Cubify rather than export. I can't seem to get quite as good quality though doing it that way.
John
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Post by joanlluch on Oct 29, 2014 12:14:17 GMT
I am from a country where imperial units had never had a tradition, but for some reason they are used in some fields. Possibly due to English influence. For example inches are used for valves and pipes made of cooper or carbon steel, but not generally with stainless steel made stuff. I do not get why the actual material decides what units to use, but funnily that's the case. Also there is a unit "Lliura" (I suppose this is Pound) that is used sometimes in countryside Catalonia to designate weight, although I am not sure how much it is. For Beers we use a "Quinto" that I guess is like a Pint, but again I have no idea. For field areas I've heard some old folks to use the "Jornal", this is supposed to be the amount of field that can be ploughed on a single day, as unspecific as it may be. So I guess bizarre measuring units have existed everywhere in the past. Only in the UK they have somehow prevailed up to today.
Joan
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Post by jasonb on Oct 29, 2014 12:27:04 GMT
I mentioned the interactive PDFs earlier but as this forums attachments have reached their limit could not add one. If you go to the attatchment at the end of my first post here you can open the pdf, click to activate and then by holding the mouse down on teh image move it about, mouse wheel for zoom. May not work on all Macs I like to set things like crankcases as semi transparent as it makes it easier to see what you are doing when assembling the parts and looking for clashes
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Post by baldric on Oct 29, 2014 12:49:43 GMT
I mentioned the interactive PDFs earlier but as this forums attachments have reached their limit could not add one. If you go to the attatchment at the end of my first post here you can open the pdf, click to activate and then by holding the mouse down on teh image move it about, mouse wheel for zoom. May not work on all Macs I like to set things like crankcases as semi transparent as it makes it easier to see what you are doing when assembling the parts and looking for clashes Jason, I can't see any attachment, is the forum one that you need to register to see attachments? Baldric
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Post by jasonb on Oct 29, 2014 13:02:58 GMT
Sorry, I thought it would come up on that one for non members, looks like it won't
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 13:20:37 GMT
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Post by joanlluch on Oct 29, 2014 13:25:20 GMT
John, your pdf link just opens a white page for me. (?)
Joan
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Post by Rob on Oct 29, 2014 13:34:59 GMT
Looking good there Rob. I am thinking of changing my old version of TurboCad to a parametric 3D modelling package, can Cubify Design do a cross-section drawing? If you get a chance can you put an example of 2D drawings generated from your model and let us know how easy it was to achieve please. Baldric Baldric, I have a feeling it won't do cross-sectional drawings, which I was very disappointed about. The option is there, plain to see, but it's greyed out. I think it may only be available in the more expensive Geomagic Design package. Still, it does allow basic 2D drawings, and I'll try to knock up an example to show you tonight. Edit: Ben, Baldric - I was under the impression that you couldn't produce a cross section drawing with the basic Cubify Design but I then found out that you could! What I've noticed is that the package seems to be the same for whatever level of Cubify you buy but which buttons work probably depends on the licence key that you buy with it. My Cubify Design has all the tools for the most expensive version but some, such as the sheet metal work tools, are greyed out and don't work. I've found the latest version (2014) to be much better than the older version I used before with a lot of the features greatly improved. John, I only have the trial version of Cubify Design at the moment, so if I pay for the full version, will I get the ability to produce cross sectional drawings? Do I need a special licence for cross sectional drawings?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 13:35:06 GMT
Joan,
It begins as a blank white page but as it downloads the image should appear. You then have to click on the download button at the top right of the page and open with Adobe Reader. Just realised you have a MAC so it may not work for you?
John
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2014 13:39:08 GMT
Baldric, I have a feeling it won't do cross-sectional drawings, which I was very disappointed about. The option is there, plain to see, but it's greyed out. I think it may only be available in the more expensive Geomagic Design package. Still, it does allow basic 2D drawings, and I'll try to knock up an example to show you tonight. Oh yes it does Here's one I've just done: Here's the tool button if you can make out the cursor:
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