Machining coordinates frame generator

[Toms_Balodis]

i have a frame generator part can i get automated center line coordinates from general table comand somehow? or some other faster way than doing them manualy by mesure tool.

[kelly.young]

@Toms_Balodis what dimension centerline coordinates are you trying to automate?

[Toms_Balodis]

bending points for pipe tube bending cnc.

[kelly.young · Accepted solution]

@Toms_Balodis here's a pretty easy and quick way to generate coordinates from a drawing, as for automating maybe that's something for the Customization Forum. Hope this is what you are looking for!

Edit: During the Hole Table Selection the first point you select will be the Origin for the coordinate system. I just showed you how to move it in case you wanted to in the future! If you don't want the circles to show up you can edit the Sketch and make Sketch Only to hide them. If you want them to be filled like in your drawing you can Fill/Hatch Region in that area too.

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[Toms_Balodis]

Thats acualy good for moust of the frame work but there are few tubes that have been made by 3d sketch adnd has X-Y-Z coordinates.

[kelly.young]

@Toms_Balodis I'm now intrigued by your bending setup.

My first thought would be to create a Front, Top, Side view and setup the same way with points and same center point in each. Make a new Hole Table Style and change the YDIM to ZDIM, remove all other info.

Create the point coordinates with the Hole Table just like before, select the view with the Z directions needed, change the style to show as ZDIM.

Totally winging it here, but that would get you the dimensions and coordinates. As for a more slick way to do it from an isometric view, I would have to scratch my head a bit more, maybe someone else here will throw something out I'm not thinking of.

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[Toms_Balodis]

Im outsorcing tube bending to large company that has cnc tube bending machines.i discovered  a youtube clip that uses old verion of inventor and i fought that it was like improved and i just didnt know were to find that 😄  here is the clip - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFEynWQuKEo&t=14s and it loked so easy and not wery time consuming. aded a jpg for one of the parts with 3d sketch

[kelly.young]

@Toms_Balodis they're using Tube & Pipe in that video, there was a recent post with a few good links that might shed some light!

Topic: inventor 2015 professional tube & pipe