CorelCAD :: 3D Printing
Jan 16, 2013
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Just thought I'd share some stuff that can be done with CorelCAD.
Under export, you can export a STL or STereo Lithography file. These files can be sent to a 3D printer. Sometimes, when things around the house break or go missing, a quick measure with a caliper and some fast CAD work - then a half-hour or so in the printer will produce a new part.
CorelCAD is quite useful for that kind of work.
Here's some stuff I've done with CorelCAD and an UP 3D Mini printer, which makes parts in ABS plastic - and they are quite strong... So it's great to build stuff.
First project: A clip to stop my mirror wobbling. Took about 8 minutes to design and about 8 to print.
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Jun 2, 2013
I am new to corelcad. In fact, I am looking at the trial to make my buying decision.
I have installed the trial of corelcad2013 and have opened a autocad lt file from autocad lt 2002 (I guess).
I see a black model page.
When I select all (ctrl+A) I see all elements selected.
Any way to get them visible?
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Feb 15, 2013
I use CorelCAD 2013 and the software seems perfect to me. But now i realized a huge problem. I only use CAD in 2D Mode. When i make the drawings i have different Z Values in the Field "Normal Z". I don't know why CorelCad does this. I never put in a Z Value.
Is the Normal Z Value editable? When i export the Drawing to my cam system the drawing is disarranged but only all Values with different Z. Normally the value is zero but she lines are -1...?
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Jun 1, 2011
I exported a drawing (Clipper ship drawing) from TDX5 to CorelCAD .dwg format.Here are some first findings/remarks:
1. Bezier curves are displayed as "segmented" lines - should be bezier curves or adapted splines. (My Clipper ship drawings contain hundreds of bezier curves next to B-splines).
2. Texture fills are not displayed properly, only fragments and on wrong places.
3. Hidden layers are exported and shown - there should be an option to indicate whether a hidden layer should be exported or not. Better still in CorelCAD a hidden layer should remain hidden until a "show layer" command is issued. Now you have to delete a hidden layer before exporting the drawing. (My ships drawings contain many layers, many of them often hidden).
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Dec 3, 2013
I want to create a scaled drawing. I make geologic cross sections with drill holes that are 500 to 1000' deep. I would like to set the drawing scale to something like 1"=250'. So a 1000 foot drill hole would be a line 4 inches long on the screen. I have gone to the Drawing Scale List and figured out how to create a new scale, but nothing I try allows me to change the drawing scale from 1:1. I can edit the list, but I can't change the 1:1 default.
I have tried right clicking, double clicking etc. It seems that the drawing area stays at the original 1:1 scale. What am I doing wrong? I want to make a drawing where I can give the Line command the coordinates 250,0 and it draws a vertical line 1 inch long.
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Nov 3, 2013
It's not easy to learn how to use this program. I want to know how to draw a dotted ellipse or a circle.
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Jun 6, 2011
Can't seem to get even the simplest CoreCad file to export to Designer X5. It appears to go through the conversion process, and then comes up "failed"
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Mar 21, 2013
best way to export a 3D image drawn in CorelCAD, from CorelCAD into CorelDRAW? There is a "Make flat snapshot" option but when that is opened in CorelDraw it becomes distorted out of shape & doesnt have all the edges on the image anyway!
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Mar 16, 2013
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I don't know if this is common knowledge when editing 3D, but you can creates scaffolding to allow you to move the CCS more easily and place parts where you want. So the easiest way to get your parts placed correctly is with a little scaffolding.
Scaffolding is just a 3D part you create, with specific known dimensions, so that is exists in the model-space and either intersects it at different locations, or provides an external reference point to move the CCS origin to.
Here's an example. Suppose I want a 20mm long, 10mm diameter cylinder, with a 5mm hole all the way through the side, with it's center about 5mm down from the top.
Creating a temporary scaffold to locate the CCS origin is the only way to do it without having to use tools like MOVE and ALIGN, and may be necessary even to use ALIGN properly.
Here's how it works. Let's start with a cylinder.
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Jun 23, 2013
Is it possible to switch from a Mac Version to a Windows Version of CorelCAD?
CorelDRAW Suite X6 + CorelDRAW Technical Pack for Graphics Suite X6 - Running in Parallels Desktop 8 with Windows 7 Pro installed.
Early 2008 Mac Pro 2 x 4 Core 2.8Ghz; 32GB RAM; Mac OS X 10.9 + Apps on 2 x SSD Raid 0; Data on 2 x SSD Raid 0 [all SATA 3]; Windows Data on SSD Native Mac SATA:
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Nov 15, 2013
I want to have raised or indented text on a 3D object. (A block with my name in raised letters.) I can't find anything in the menus. There is a note function - any way to extrude these letters. Can I import a CorelDraw dwg and somehow make a solid object?
Goal is to create (modify) a solid and export as .STL for a 3D printer.
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Jul 17, 2011
CorelCAD, looking for a way to create vertical incremental numbering for schematic line number referencing. Don't see any way to do it with table. want to maintain control of vertical spacing.
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Sep 23, 2013
I am having trouble with machinists who are unable to use my .dwg files. If I could export to .iges or .stp my pool of machinists grows significantly.
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Dec 1, 2013
how to draw these two lines (arrow line and dotted line)
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Nov 17, 2013
Weld doesn't seem to work correctly on some ARCs, though I don't quite know which ones yet. Here's an example - A left and right box created to allow two hemispheres to be made. Now try to "weld" them into a circle, and the program fails and delets both, replacing them with some rubbish.
This is most definitely a bug... It's very unusual behavior. Also, when ARCs are used in a welded shape, and it's extruded, it sometimes fails to make a solid. I found that two arcs with two polylines worked, but four arc and four polylines did not.
Also, if we're submitting bugs via Corel rather than directly with Graebert, is it possible to get a bug tracking list on the forum?
Update: Took this ( and others ) to Corel Support. They looked into it, and apparently weld doesn't do what the training videos say it does ( and it doesn't quite do what AutoCAD thinks either ) - but it's all moot.
To do this - Type PEDIT and then M for Multiple polylines. Select and convert them all, then JOIN. Works beautifully. So, if connecting lines, don't use WELD or JOIN - use PEDIT and convert to Polylines first.
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Jun 5, 2011
CorelCad seems to match up fairly closely and exports nicely to my AutoCad LT 2011, mostly, but I can't seem to get the Export to CorelDesigner function to work. It goes through the conversion process, but the file never actually generates. I have the Trial version (registered).
Does CorelCad has an ALIGN object (entities) command?
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Mar 4, 2013
i'm happy to be a corelcad 2013 (V.2013.0.73) user, or a Corelcadder, but i've got a problem when i insert an image (png or jpeg) from my HD on my mac.
i can insert the image normally and everything seems to work (i see te images, i can print it...), but if i close (and save) the file, then i re-open the file, i don't see any image. I see only the path of the image...
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Sep 26, 2013
FAIL-UNION-3D-Polyline based wedge.dwg...An unusual bug here, and a workaround of sorts. This one is fairly serious and results from attempting a union of a solid with another solid, when one of the solids is created entirely from 3D polylines and is not on a CCS planar axis.
I'll attach the same file twice - once with a bug ( 3D polyline solid ) and once without the bug ( Solid has been modified to include one "normal" polyline face.
In the middle, a wedge connects the two. Basically, I needed to increase the angle between them by 15 degrees, so slice, polyline around faces and LOFT. Pretty simple and straight forward. The result was that any attempt of a union with the wedge in the middle results in a failure due to inconsistent faces, and the deletion of the non-polyline solid.
This results in damage to the file, and the operation must be backed out or reloaded.If the middle solid includes ONE normal polyline face, with a repositioned CCS on the face, then no problem. This is a workaround, but only sometimes, however if fixes the problem for both the polyline face and the 3D polyline face.
I've encountered this problem a few times, but it was this project that made it possible to capture it cleanly and understand what was happening. It's a critical bug, but only affects parts made from 3D polylines and LOFT operation, so it's more likely to affect complicated designs.
To see problem, take 3D polyline file and use SOLID UNION on the three ( or middle and one side ) pieces and you'll get an error and part deletion. Try again with the "workaround" file, and you'll see that it works both sides now.
The file with this post is the "broken" one - the middle wedge is a single 3D solid created with LOFT and 3D Polylines.
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Apr 5, 2013
When using 3D pattern, and specifying a negative angle for counter clockwise, with an angle less than 360 degrees ( eg, 90 degrees ) the pattern will be spread over 360 degrees anyway.
Also, the directions in the application are wrong. negative angles are for counterclockwise, not clockwise.
Workaround: Make all patterns clockwise, and reverse the direction of the axis around which it rotates. This will achieve the desired outcome.
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Jan 10, 2013
There is a major bug with CorelCAD LOFT command - when used with 3D polyline objects, it fails and errors out with the following error:
Specify cross-sections in lofting order»1 found, 2 totalSpecify cross-sections in lofting order»Selected cross-section is not a valid type.
The workaround is to set the CCS to the plane of the 3D polyline object and then use 2D polylines to recreate it, move the 2D version, delete the 3D version, Align the 2D version with where the 3D version came from and then repeat the LOFT command.
Has been logged with Graebert under ticket: #12458
To repeat the error, see the test file. There are two radially aligned triangles in each set. The set on the left are 3D polyline. The set on the right are 2D polyline. Attempting to loft the set on the left will cause the error.
Both large and small triangles are respectively co-planar.
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Mar 2, 2013
Sometimes, we just don't know there's a better way to do stuff, and others can point it out. Perhaps we'll come up with something useful that Corel can pass back to Graebert for inclusion within ARES. :)
I'd like to see a 3D font that could be placed on objects and extruded as a solid, so that text could be added or removed from objects as a 3D image. So that a minimum width could be assigned to the font, to allow text to be added as a raised or inlaid surface to 3D designs...
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Jan 25, 2012
I am running the demo version of CorelCad for Mac.What is with the printing. I am trying to print lineweights by color using a colortable (.ctb) with my company standards. Everything is fuzzy! Resolution is not good.Block attributes all print with a halftone background that should not be present.Is this a result of using in the demo version?
Do I need to eliminate the colortables? These are a carryover from Autocad.
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Oct 30, 2012
How do I convert the colour profile of a Lightroom custom printing package from Adobe Prophoto to sRGB before printing? For that matter, how do I save the thing? I have no interest in saving the template, or the collection separately, since neither has any use without the other. And without saving them as one finished item, I have no way to convert the colour profile of that item. I can see clearly from the appearance of the print preview that the above mentioned colour profile conversion is required.
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Oct 2, 2006
i have an image that is 28' wide by 60' high. i have to tile print it, but i have to print it out on film (see thru acetate). it has to be able to print at 1400 dpi. i know how to print at 1400 dpi on adobe photoshop, but i dont know how to tile print on that program. i have the image now in illusrtator, because it lets me tile, but i cant get it to print out for film (1400 dpi). im using a epson 1280 printer.
i really need to be able to tile print this in high resolution on film. anyone know what i can do??
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Aug 29, 2004
How 2 color printing and 4 color printing will work? What are the designing conditions for 4 color printing and 2 color printing?
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Mar 22, 2012
Our site uses safecom as a print solution and all the PC use an HP universal driver which works fine.Macs on the other hand throw up a message, Could not print <filename> because of program error.
I've played around with different print drivers and still have the problem.
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Aug 17, 2012
Having problems printing from Photoshop cs6 the colors are way off. How do you collaborate the printer to print whats on screen?
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Jan 23, 2013
I'm using Adobe Photoshop CS6 and when I print photos with it, the prints have small yellow ting and colors are saturated and dark. When I print the same .psd file in Lightroom 4, the colors are perfect and match to the monitor. I've calibrated the monitors and printer with Colormunki and they work perfectly with Lightroom 4. I take pics with my camera in AdobeRPG colorspace. I export pics straight from Lightroom to the Photoshop and I use AdobeRPG mode in photoshop too. I've tried the sRGB mode but no difference with colors.
Settings when I print: Normal Printing - Perceptual. I let Photoshop handle the colors and the profile is the same that I use in the Lightroom (I use the Perceptual intent in Lightroom 4).
When I use hard proofing with Photoshop and add to custom "AdobeRPG 1998" (same as in the Lightroom). The yellow tint gets harder and more harsh.
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May 24, 2012
I have come across an issue that is sending me into a brain fart. In my drawing I import charts from PDF files using the snapshot tool as technical reference charts. The import works great and show up in the drawing, however when I go to plot the file the PDF chart does not show up.
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Aug 21, 2009
in Vista, the 'Print Setup', 'Print', and 'Print One Copy' commands are grayed out if PS CS3 is run i as an administrator. I found a thread here where this was discussed but there was no resolution.
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Apr 15, 2003
i need to print w/ the bleed, registration points etc. i have gone to print & preview, but my bleed is not showing up on my print and i don't know how to fix it?
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