How do I make sections of certain 3D-solids that I've drawn?

[lekkaut]

I have drawn a drawer (this might get a bit confusing with my English...)
with 5 3D Solids. I have placed 2 pictures on my website, so you can see what I am talking about:
http://lekkaut.4t.com/drawer.html


I want to cut these 5 pieces out of wood with a CNC router and then glue them together.
Before I can load the drawing into our router software, I need 5 flat sections of the 5 3D Solids I've drawn.

I think I should draw these 5 sections into paperspace, but I'm not sure how.
Is there some options which makes it able to select a 3DSolid and then tell Autocad to make a section of it in paperspace?

I hope I made myself understandable.

[Mr T]

Just type the command SLICE. Then select three points along the section plane, pick KEEP both sides. Now you can just create a LAYOUT (paperspace) drawing view.

I suggest you save a copy first before trying this.

Or type SECTION and similar to above but this time it makes REGIONS.

Nick

[gcp310]

you would be best to use the Copy Faces tool in the solids editing toolbar and copy each face of each part you want routered. then in you CNC template arrange the faces and exprot the drawing to your appropriate cnc elaborator. What CNC machine are you using? we run a Biesse point to point where i am working at the moment and this is the method i would use.

G

[lekkaut]

you would be best to use the Copy Faces tool in the solids editing toolbar and copy each face of each part you want routered. then in you CNC template arrange the faces and exprot the drawing to your appropriate cnc elaborator. What CNC machine are you using? we run a Biesse point to point where i am working at the moment and this is the method i would use.

G

We have a Gerber Dimension 200. I will try these two options you guys gave me.

But the only problem of these options are that when you change something in the design, the parts copied to paperspace won't be changed automatically. You will have to delete the the parts in paperspace and make a new section or copy face.

I thought maybe Autocad implented a special option into the software, especially made for this kind of routercutting.

But I'm thankfull for you help. I will try it out!