[myhäje]

Hola.

Coming from AutoCAD/Mastercam background I find the geometry creation in Gibbs to be immensely awkward! I can't manage to draw even the simplest geometries, as being unable to trim and extend lines and circles. When I start drawing geometry normally and later come to the point it's time to start trimming, I just don't get the geometry I want by connecting the lines and circles, which should be analogous to trimming. For example, if I connect two lines and a circle, I can't choose whether the remaining arc goes CW or CCW.

Is there any general guidelines in geometry creation, or any online tutorials on this subject? Would be very helpful. (there are some on YouTube but they are too simple and thus not very helpful)

Thanks!

Edit: Found "reverse arc" option! One problem solved...

[Pondo]

Some shortcuts I use just about every day:
Ctrl+T = Toggle Arc Direction
Ctrl+~ = Shrink Wrap
Ctrl+Z = Undo
Ctrl+Y = Redo
Ctrl+click = Select/Deselect single object
Shift+click+drag = select in a box

Experiment with the geometry creation. I used MCAM for 7 years and I prefer the geometry creation in Gibbs.

[murphyc1]

if the arc is the wrong direction click on it and use reverse arc.

[nrsmith911]

Midwest CAM Solutions – "The Leading Provider of GibbsCAM in the World." HAS SOME VERY GOOD VIDEOS YOU CAN WATCH. YOU WILL LEARN ALOT FROM THEM.

[mactec54]

For example, if I connect two lines and a circle, I can't choose whether the remaining arc goes CW or CCW

A simple way to to change an arc, just select the arc & do a ( Ctrl + T ) this will reverse the arc