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  1. MikeTonolo

    NX 12 CAM - How to tilt tool in 4 axis, but output Gcode in machine coordinate system (HAAS ST10-y)

    Hi, I've tried every tutorial in NX, on youtube and searched this forum, but can't seem to solve the problem (I might not be the sharpest tool in the shed). I have a Haas lathe with live-tooling, Y axis and the spindle C axis. I don't have a custom postprocessor, but tried using several generic...
  2. MikeTonolo

    Importing large point file (approx 130,000 points) for reverse engineering - NX gets stuck

    Hi, Thank you for all your answers. I also thought that 130,000 might be too much to import as is into NX, but then I thought for sure it's something I'm not doing right. As for importing faceted body using STL, I have been able to import it, but am still finding it difficult to work with...
  3. MikeTonolo

    Importing large point file (approx 130,000 points) for reverse engineering - NX gets stuck

    Hi guys, I have been trying for 3 days now to reverse engineer a part at work. When I import the point file I get a warning: "The file contains more than 1000 points. Performance may be decreased." I click okay, but as soon as I try to select some of the points and use fit surface NX simply...

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