Ive downloaded or attempted to download a few files to drag into sheetcam and work on printing them. When I get into sheetcam and try and find the file its no where to be found. Is this an issue within sheetcam not recognizing a downloaded file off of fireshare or is this a problem is hows it saving?
This is definitely not a SheetCam problem. Can you find the files using FileExplorer?
If so, are they .dxf or .svg files?
Does your SheetCam file search setting select the correct extension?
If the file is corrupted in some way, SheetCam import will still âseeâ and list the file if youâve selected the correct file type.
In addition to Tomâs ideas, have you checked the machine table display size & your job options material size? They may be super huge & your file is there but off screen somewhere. You can use the zoom controls to go way out to see if something is there.
I know itâs basic, but is the âshow machine and workâ view enabled? (Under the view menu, 4th option from the bottom.)
So 2 issuesâŚ
first is I was trying to download files off of the file share and cant get them into sheet cam as I cant find them. I donât know how else to save them or file search them through the import file option on sheet cam.
Also I just made a part on ViaCad2d and saved it. It only gives me 1 option to save the file type as so I did it. I can see where it saved and I can find it on sheet cam under g code files but when I attempt to import it nothing shows on the screen. The name appears in the upper left corner of sheet cam but no file loaded in the drawing area. Ive zoomed in and out and donât see anything. Not sure what I am doing incorrectly here.
Ok I figured out I was exporting incorrectly. I have the drawing in sheetcam now and it has a fair amount of lettering. Issue is now its saying⌠advice?
Zip up the source file (the file you imported into SheetCam) and upload it to this thread. Iâm sure someone will look at it and try to help you.
not sure how to do that but I will look and see how. I had a few broken lines that are now fixed, but the error code is still the same
You have some âorphanâ lines:
in between the segments on â0â in 11034,
and in between all of the '9âs (3 total)
ok ill take a look but I donât know what orphan lines mean⌠sorry really new to this
I guess I donât know what im looking at for errors in those
I set it to no offset and no lead in and the path had no errors now? not sure thatâs the right way though
You need to delete those elements. Iâve attached a reworked version and it should be ok with SheetCamâŚ
ALBRIGHT SIGNrw.dxf (130.5 KB)
Thank you⌠not sure what you did. I loaded it and ran the operation and you can see it still requires me to be no offset but I believe thatâs because some of the lines are tight. so I set it to no offset and it seems to like that and now gives no errors.
now when I load a g code into mach it only loads half the part. Is this a layer issue? I grouped everything together before saving it. not sure why its only grabbing a portion of the design.![pic1|666x500(upload://lOHrjV02TyDk2gHCQUi2KcatmJK.jpeg)
Do you have a demo version of Mach 3 or SheetCam?
I loaded that DXF into SheetCam and it properly highlighted inside and outside cuts so I donât know why you would get errors. What lead-ins were you using?
I did note that you had a warning that some of the openings were too small to support leadins, but thatâs only a warning and can probably be safely ignored at this point in the process.
If you post your â.JOBâ file, Iâll take a look at it, but for that file you will need to ZIP it up, this forum wonât accept a plain JOB file.
sheetcam is not a demo but I believe my mach is I wasnât aware you had to purchase mach originally. I was using the radius lead in at .125 since it was tight in some spaces.
let me research how to post a job file not sure how to do that or zip but ill google it and see what I can do. What program does the job file come from sheet cam, viacad or mach?
SheetCam, but if you have a demo version of Mach 3 it wonât do more than a certain number of lines and that may be your problem. If you have CrossFire, you need to have a paid up license for Mach 3 if you want to get the full value of your table.
Purchasing today⌠Thank you I will update shortly