thanks for your help, but even along with this info we have been discussing in IRC that there is no measureing functions as well as a snapping functinon, so i think its time for me to go onto another CAD program with these features that are needed to get the low level precision that i need.
Thanks for your help, i will be sure to come back once this software as evolved more. Christopher Sean Morrison wrote: > That's saying that you don't have a sketch object named "channel.x". > The name of the sketch object is going to be an existing object in > the geometry database. If you type "l channel.x", it should say it's > a sketch (that command is "ell" not "one" meaning 'list object'). > > If you type "tops", it should report your top-level objects. If you > 'l' each object, it'll tell you what that object is and in the case > of "combination" objects, it'll tell you what objects they combine so > you can recursively walk down the hierarchy running 'l' on each > object until you reach primitives. This is the same view that the > Tools -> Geometry Browser shows you. > > You need to find the name of the *primitive* object that is a sketch, > not some combination that references it. I suspect that might be > what's going on. > > Cheers! > Sean > > > > On Aug 22, 2009, at 10:25 AM, Josh Nijenhuis wrote: > > >> Well, heres what happened >> >> mged> in >> Enter name of solid: newchannel.x >> Enter solid type: extrude >> Enter X, Y, Z of vertex: 0 0 0 >> Enter X, Y, Z of H: 0 0 1 >> Enter X, Y, Z of A: 1 0 0 >> Enter X, Y, Z of B: 0 1 0 >> Enter name of sketch: channel.x >> Enter K: 6 "i don't know what this is and can't find it in the docs >> so i tried 6" >> >> then i get this response >> Error: Cannot import sketch (channel.x) for extrusion (newchannel.x) >> Error, extrude not made! >> >> does it not like my dxf import? it does have some cuts and corners >> but can't see why that would matter... >> im lost again. >> >> once i do have this figured out i will be sure to update the docs >> because the project needs a higher adoption rate. >> >> Thanks once again >> >> >> >> Christopher Sean Morrison wrote: >> >>> Josh, >>> >>> There is another command you're looking for. The "extrude" command, >>> as you discovered, only works with "boxes" (which we call 'arbs'). >>> To extrude a sketch object, you'll want to create an "extrude" object >>> through our normal object creation facilities. More to the point, >>> you can either run the "in" command or use the Create menu. The 'in' >>> command will interactively prompt you for parameters: >>> >>> mged> in >>> Enter name of solid: myextrude >>> Enter solid type: extrude >>> Enter X, Y, Z of vertex: 0 0 0 >>> Enter X, Y, Z of H: 0 0 1 >>> Enter X, Y, Z of A: 1 0 0 >>> Enter X, Y, Z of B: 0 1 0 >>> Enter name of sketch: mysketch >>> >>> Cheers! >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> On Aug 21, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Josh Nijenhuis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> ok, i hope someone can help me, i imported an extrusion shape with >>>> dxf-g and now i got the plain 2d shape in brl-cad, how can one go >>>> about >>>> extruding this piece, i tried with extrude but it says must be a >>>> solid >>>> type arb, is there a way to convert my shape to a solid or do i >>>> have to >>>> go through the process of remodeling it? is there another command >>>> that >>>> im looking for? >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> -- >>>> -------- >>>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports >>>> 2008 30-Day >>>> trial. 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