Honeycomb Pattern

Tbev · Nov 30, 2015

Does anyone have a honeycomb pattern cad file? I want to throw a pattern on a piece of aluminum, like a 4x4in or something similar. I've spent way too many hours trying to do it myself, can't do it. Much appreciated.

NeilJ · Nov 30, 2015

Like this? A .dxf file, cell size 5mm
Horizontal lines will re-cut.
Neil

Tbev · Nov 30, 2015

Thanks Neil! I'll take a look as soon as I can get to a pc, right now I'm out with just a phone and I can't open yours, I certainly appreciate it!

This is whatd I'm looking for, I'd like to cut the insides out. Like 0.03in deep and paint over and sand to leave lunges exposed and paint in the recessed. ...or something like that. . Haha.. we'll see if I can pull if off I'll post pics for sure.

This is s close as I've gotten but it's trash, the pattern is not good enough, and I'm not good enough to fix it. I think of I get a patten that's good I can pull it off.

NeilJ · Nov 30, 2015

Not real sure what you trying to do, but this is a 1mm groove from Featurecam.

Rewt · Nov 30, 2015

tell me the size of the circumscribe circle you want, the cutter radius, and the size of the piece and I'll make you one

HuFlungDung · Nov 30, 2015

Tbev said:
Does anyone have a honeycomb pattern cad file? I want to throw a pattern on a piece of aluminum, like a 4x4in or something similar. I've spent way too many hours trying to do it myself, can't do it. Much appreciated.

If you are beaten by a simple task like that, I dunno about your future in designing something that is actually difficult. You better stick with it until you get it. It should take about 15 seconds, if you have a CAD that is user friendly

Atomkinder · Nov 30, 2015

Tbev said:
Thanks Neil! I'll take a look as soon as I can get to a pc, right now I'm out with just a phone and I can't open yours, I certainly appreciate it!

This is whatd I'm looking for, I'd like to cut the insides out. Like 0.03in deep and paint over and sand to leave lunges exposed and paint in the recessed. ...or something like that. . Haha.. we'll see if I can pull if off I'll post pics for sure.

This is s close as I've gotten but it's trash, the pattern is not good enough, and I'm not good enough to fix it. I think of I get a patten that's good I can pull it off.

Alright I can see you're using Fusion 360. This should be pretty straightforward, and I'll see if I can make a screencast before heading to work.

Edit: something like this work?

Atomkinder · Nov 30, 2015

Here's a screencast I did of a simple pattern for a honeycomb solution in Fusion 360. You can do this pretty much any way you want to, make patterns of patterns, etc. Remember that the best thing you can do is add this to a model for the CAM side. Working from sketches is not a strong suit in Fusion.

It won't let me embed the screencast in the post, so here's a link: Honeycomb Pattern | Fusion 360 | Autodesk Knowledge Network

Tbev · Nov 30, 2015

Cool, yeah thanks guys, I really appreciate it.

This is what I'm trying to do. I agree in the sketch environment is tough in fusion

Atomkinder · Nov 30, 2015

Tbev said:
This is what I'm trying to do. I agree in the sketch environment is tough in fusion

The problem is what do you want with the thick negative (black) space? Are you trying to mill that section out or the positive (white) space? What sort of size constraints are you dealing with? What size (inscribed or circumscribed?) hexagons do you want and what spacing? The pattern is relatively easy, and if you're having trouble I can make one and export it as an .F3D file you can import to your project.

Tbev · Nov 30, 2015

I'm looking to mill out the white spaces and leave the black alone. A 4in x 4in square would be awesome. I'm thinking 0.25in. Across the inside each hexagon, maybe 0.075in spacing...something in that ballpark. Does that help/sound right?

Atomkinder · Nov 30, 2015

Well it won't let me upload a .F3D file so PM me your email and I'll send it to you.

Rewt · Dec 1, 2015

Here's a dxf

I've sketched it variable driven, this is 0.5" circum, 0.75" center to center, I can change any of that if you need

len_1962 · Dec 1, 2015

tried it in SW and HSMworks, used the new engraving, almost works, messed around for about a 1\2 hour on it. file is to big to send

here is a link to the Autodesk CAM Forum: https://camforum.autodesk.com/index.php?topic=8371.msg40701#msg40701

SPDTool · Dec 1, 2015

What a coincidence. I just made this for a customer the other day...

Tbev · Dec 1, 2015

SPDTool said:
What a coincidence. I just made this for a customer the other day...

Wow, that looks fantastic! That's the opposite of why I want to do, I want to mill out the insides and leave the lines. I'll post pics when I get to pump it out.

Tbev · Dec 1, 2015

So cool, thank you everyone, I really appreciate all the effort and time you put in to help me out! I'll post pics when I do it. I'm want to run the pattern over cerakote covered parts and I want to paint some after I do the pattern, and then sand the paint off the top, leaving it inside the polygons.

Tbev · Dec 1, 2015

Check it out, thanks for all the help guys!

Rewt · Dec 2, 2015

looks good, especially after blasting

Tbev · Dec 2, 2015

Doug said:
Looks good, Tbev.

Looking at the as-machined pic, I see those random looking arcs between pocketing passes. When I was playing around simulating various pocketing methods I was puzzled by them. Appearance-wise, IMO, they don't look good.

Then I discovered you can eliminate them by zeroing the lead-in, lead-out in the CAM linking tab.

Wow that's grea, thanks Doug! I hate those, it will look a better without!

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