Ok, using the sketch did work with A LOT of dinking around. Comes in as 2D then need to delete lines to revolve properly. Was able to get it where i want it.

Thanks for the idea SPerman!! It will work for now until I figure out something better and faster.

SPerman

That is worth trying. The concern now is there is documentation on how one can import the entire model yet I do not see a "How To" anyplace. It would be better, IMO, if we could import as we would from Mcmaster-Carr or other vendors with ease.

I have tried the stp and stl file formats then I try to save them as a .mh or a .mt as needed by SW however the software does not like the geometry so thats where I get stuck.

Does anyone have a work around for importing tooling or toolholder models to use in SW CAM? I am able to get my tooling and holder models from machiningcloud.com however SW gives the INVALID GEOMETRY error. I would like to import the models for simulating but am not getting anywhere. I have tried ab...

So I always find it odd that SW can show you the preview of what you want and yet still spit an error at you. In todays example I am doing a simple grease zerk hole. Preview shows what I want and I still get a error code? Am I doing something wrong or is SW just being a pain?

I used a countersink with modifications to the tool info. That seems to work. If need be we will adjust the dimensions at the machine.

There is no tooling option for Solidworks CAM, what is everyone else using as a work around? I thought of modifying another tool option for this. My concern is accuracy. Currently we are running our parts on our old mill machine but we want to get these on our Haas VF10. I feel like I either modify ...