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How do I make a toolpath straight from a sketch?

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How do I make a toolpath straight from a sketch?

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Ok so I have been wanting to make balsa wood models of airplanes for a while now so I bought a cnc machine to do so. I am a total noob. I was looking around the internet for some plans to get started and this one youtube video took me to this guy that had designed and milled parts for a model airplane (inner ribs, tail etc). He sent me the files in a sketch form. The sketches appear to have tabs so the milled parts do not move but they are really inconsistent and after further study I found that it probably is just wonky file transfers from gmail. Anywho the gaps in the sketches are small enough to just be cut or modified but I still have no clue how to make a toolpath from just a sketch. Do I have to model the material, too?

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Boopathi_Sivakumar
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@shauncomino

You can directly select the 2d sketches for the tool path selection in any 2d operation but for 3d operation you need model.

i have work around a sample from a dxf and you don't need to give gaps for tab software itself has tab operation you can control it.

please find the screen cast video also for your reference.

 

 

 

Boopathi Sivakumar
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