T slot plate for a CNC machine

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aguseguedre
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T slot plate for a CNC machine

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Hello all ,

This is a T slot plate for a CNC machine I am designing. I know this is not to much but It was a little difficult for me give all the constraint for the slots because my PC freezing and haging when I was doing . I think it have not enough RAM memory.

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Hello aguseguedre,

Even on recent hardware, the sketcher can be quite slow with large sketches.

I always break down designs in small chunks. Here's how I would have modeled your design:
  1. Pad a simple plate
  2. Pocket a single slot
  3. create a linear pattern feature with the pocket
That's 3 features and 2 sketches, but it's easier and faster that way.
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Post by aguseguedre »

Hello Norman,

Thanks for comment. When I started I did one slot and I pocket it but I do not knew how to do the next step. I will tried.

Regards.
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