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From http://www.kevincaron.com – Artist Kevin Caron shows how to make a part in CAD – or other programs – to cut in metal on a CNC table ….
Kevin Caron is sitting at his desk with a computer in front of him, ready to show you how to make a part in CAD for cutting out in metal on a CNC plasma cutting table.
He shows the screen of Geomagic Design, the mechanical CAD program he uses to create his parts and his sculptures. Kevin Caron is making a base plate for a sculpture he’s working on.
On the screen, Kevin Caron clicks on the circle icon. He comes to the center of his screen and then drags his cursor out to about the right size. The actual dimension pops up in a small box, and he adjusts it to make the circle exactly 24″, the diameter he wants.
Kevin Caron also wants to put bolt holes in the base so he can bolt down the sculpture on site. He clicks on the reference section, which helps him orient the bolt holes.
He goes back to his circle figure, then uses his 1″ square grid to come in 2″ from the edge, and puts his bolt hole circle. When the dimension dialog box pops up, he enters .685″ to get a 5/8″ hole, perfect for his 1/2″ anchors. He creates three more holes.
Now Kevin Caron goes to the upper lefthand corner of the software screen, deactivates the sketch and extrudes it. Next he tells the program he wants the metal plate to be 1/2″ thick.
Next he saves the file as a .DXF file, which is what Sheetcam, the software that prepares the drawing for the CNC table, wants.
Kevin Caron likes to draw things three dimensionally so he can see what they will look like, but Sheetcam only needs a flat drawing. So whether you’re in the drawing part of a CAD program or, for example, using Adobe Illustrator, as long as you can save or export the file in .DXF format, Sheetcam will accept it.
Kevin Caron is ready to save and export the file, so you have time to “Like” this or any other of his videos, which makes YouTube like him a little better. Then you can head out to http://www.kevincaron.com to see his wild sculptures and more how-to videos.
Well, you might want to stick around for another moment and see the Voice realize the obvious ….
“Inspired sculpture for public & private places.”
Artist Kevin Caron has been sculpting full time since 2006. See – and hear – his amazing metal and large format 3D-printed sculptures, which are found in public and private places coast-to-coast and online at http://www.kevincaron.com.
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