CamBam at Cabin Fever 2013

[csirocnc]

Here is a  link I found on the mach3 forum for a presentation of cambam at cabin fever 2013 by Kirk Benson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sjYd3obtdg

Paul

[lloydsp]

Neat! 
Andy... get ready for some business!
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Lloyd

[mofosheee]

Thank you for this tutorial.  I have also been scouring You Tube and have come across a few vids that have been helpful.   Unfortunately some of the more detailed videos are not in English.   

[lloydsp]

Mofo,
Come back here for hints, shortcuts, and simpler ways of doing things.

I sat through that video, and although he did the package merit, it seemed to me that he was "going long-way 'round the horn", with a lot of the methods he was using.

Lloyd

[atwooddon]

I agree with Lloyd, the video is great for explaining how to do his project but there are probably simpler ways of approaching his project.

We all have our own techniques we have learned or developed and fall back on them when we do 'normal' work and seldom look for different approaches unless we run into a problem.

I know I learn a lot just by reading the posts in this forum and am often surprised by a different approach that is simpler or faster than what I have been doing. 

I use another CAD program to draw most of my 3D parts and export to CamBam as STL files, works great.  But, I use CamBam almost exclusively for any 2.5D objects.  It is fast, simple and I have learned a lot of tricks in drawing.  Additionally, Andy constantly improves the functionality, and others have developed scripts and plugins to enhance the basic CamBam capabilities which are sometimes incorporated in next releases of CamBam. Best of both worlds.

Don

[mofosheee]

Thanks for the quick response.   I have not watched the entire video yet(just got off work) I am largely self taught ( thank you Don & Lloyd ) I find myself searching for you tube tutorials and lurking around the CamBam forum.  I have downloaded numerous trial programs and find that I have a tendency to return / prefer CamBam figuring that repetition will advance my skills.   So numerous that I believe that I should stick with only one or two



Just when I am getting comfortable with 2.5d I am looking for a .stl or .3ds file that I can download and experiment with.  Suggestions on a particular such .stl or 3ds file that you might find suitable for this novice.

Many thanks

Jerry

[lloydsp]

Well... he certainly said it right in the video, based on my own experience; "CamBam is more intuitive than.." (name your CAM).

LLoyd

[dh42]

Hello !

Yes, but in 1:30 it shows only very few of the capabilities of CAMBAM 
(I don't understand what he says, but the screen talk by itself)

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David

[lloydsp]

(I don't understand what he says, but the screen talk by itself)
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Ahhh... a fellow sufferer of "the spoken barrier".  I can read Mexican Spanish and muddle through, but cannot hear and understand it, now matter how slowly it is spoken.  <G>

LLoyd

[mofosheee]

Back to my comment regarding the absence of more advanced You Tube CamBam video tutorials (in English) ........

forging ahead with self study and probably going where I shouldn't, biting off more than I can chew, where would one who has intensions of milling such an object start with such a file as the one attached? Or is this the wrong place to be asking such questions?

[pixelmaker]

intensions of milling such an object start with such a file as the one attached?

This object needs a 5 axis milling, or you have to cut the 3d object in 2 parts.

[nzinoz]

Mofo,
Come back here for hints, shortcuts, and simpler ways of doing things.

I sat through that video, and although he did the package merit, it seemed to me that he was "going long-way 'round the horn", with a lot of the methods he was using.

Lloyd

I too watched the video it seems to be using an older version missing a few enhancements like thread milling etc. and agree he does things the long way  Mofo the Help documentation in Cambam is pretty good after reading it a couple of times you pickup things you didn't know existed 

[mofosheee]

For tutorial purposes and in regards to Pixelmakers suggestion of "cutting the 3D object in 2(ea) parts" .... if one were to go about such an endevor, would / could this involve loading the object, establish what 2(ea) parts are to be created and then edit by exploding the object into it's 900ish surface components and then delete surfaces until a machinable / desired object exists?

[pixelmaker]

hello mofosheee,
no, that is really not a "CamBam thing" to edit a 3d part. after the cut you have to close the polygon holes and this is difficult in CamBam, because it is a CAM Software, not a 3D CAD or Sculpting Software.
This have the right tools for this and there it is very simple. Also to close the polygon defects in the 3D file.
I do this with C4D, but there are a lot of also free software that can do this.

Ok, this I do for you and you find the object, cutted in 2 parts with closed holes as attachment.
A tutorial for 3D with front and backside  you can find in the help files in cambam.

ralf

[mofosheee]

Ralf

Thank you for the response and explanation.  I know that I have bitten off more than I can chew.  I hope the attachment serves as a simpler "what if" example as I believe that it does not require separating and closing polygon defects. 

Is CamBam capable of generating a toolpath and gcode for this object?  I tried and what I seem to obtain is a 2D object. 

Thank you

Jerry