RE: [mfg-smartcam] Smartcam view?

[John Coulston]

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Here is a macro that will reassign your views F9-F12 to match your current work plane.  I use this all the time when working on different sides of a part.  I have noticed that on my box sometimes SmartCam will give me a Dr Watson if I use the macro and then try to show cut before I enter any other commands.  My advice is to save your work before trying the macro until you get a feel for how it works on your computer.    HTH   John   CBR Industries, Inc. CNC Milling & Turning www.cbrcnc.com   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Senack Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 6:58 AM To: 'Inthasane, Jay'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Smartcam view?   This is what I do when I import an IGS file and find that they're not in the view that I want to work on.   Do a Utility, Display Modes and turn on your Work Plane Indicator.   Then select all the geometry and do a Ctrl & R or Edit, Transform Rotate. In the Rotate panel select 3D Axis, then select the axis button that you want to rotate the part. I generally have my rotate angle set to 90 degrees before I click the Go button.   Once I got the part in my F9 top view I then change the work plane to XY_PLANE using Alt & F5 Work Plane Property Change.   Regards, Michael Senack -----Original Message----- From: Inthasane, Jay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2002 5:30 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [mfg-smartcam] Smartcam view? Tom,   Is there a way we can translate and rotate from one view to another in Smartcam? Cause I got this part that came in at a weird view and I like to translate and rotate it to a top view.   Thank you, Jay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 9:11 PM To: undisclosed-recipients Subject: Re: [mfg-smartcam] Smartcam view? Jay, If I understand your question; Select All (middle mouse button or group pallet) Edit, Transform, Rotate (check suppress planes), Rotate the work piece to the right orientation, Move (no copies, move to where you want it i.e. "xyz zero"), View , Top View, Full View, Name View "Top" or "Top Full" Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All, How can I translate a part that came in at a weird view and translate it to tool plane view a top view? Thanks in advance, Jay ================================

Works on milling applications.

The View2 macro will assign the proper views to the F9-F12 keys relative to the 
current work plane.
This keeps the F9-F12 keys consistent from work plane to work plane.


Set the work plane that you want to view in the insert property bar.

Press ctrl-z, this runs view2.mcl.

F9-F12 are now assigned as follows relative to the current work plane.
F9  Top view
F10 Front view
F11 End view
F12 ISO view

Edit ini file substitute proper paths.

F9=macro "E:\SM11\MILL\QUIKSTEP\viewtop.mcl"
F10=macro "E:\SM11\MILL\QUIKSTEP\viewfrnt.mcl"
F11=macro "E:\SM11\MILL\QUIKSTEP\viewrght.mcl"
F12=macro "E:\SM11\MILL\QUIKSTEP\viewiso.mcl"

CTRL+Z= macro "E:\SM11\MILL\QUIKSTEP\View2.mcl"

VIEW2.MCL
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