On Sun, 2011-03-13 at 19:02 +0200, Viesturs Lācis wrote: > 2011. gada 13. marts 17:45 Lars Andersson <[email protected]> rakstīja: > > Suggest a search on the keyword "lofting", this is similar (maybe) to your > > problem. > > Unfortunately majority of results were talking about boat hulls, rest > of them - how to use lofting function in 3ds max. But I already know, > how to create such model, problem is to calculate, how that shape on > the sides is created. It consists of straight lines, connecting top > and bottom contours, but I do not know, how to determine them, how to > find a way to calculate each of them. > > > 2011/3/13 dave <[email protected]>: > > Hi Viesturs, > > > > That must have been a pretty clean iges file as it imported into synergy > > just fine. Much better than some of the Catia stuff I've gotten. > > All the compliments go to SW2010, in which I created the model. > > > Unfortunately, I don't have the slightest how to CAM it in 4 axis or 5 > > axis. > > It is rather small so 4 axis should do it. > > No, it is 5 axis stuff, because the basic contour is not a straight > line, it has turns and thus the plane, in which the tool would be > tilted, also turns.
It it takes 5 axis then I'm missing something because it looks like a truncated cone which intersects with a cube. If so, then along the axis of rotation it is a pair of straight lines. So you calculate and machine one pass then rotate and do another..... Dave > > Viesturs > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Colocation vs. Managed Hosting > A question and answer guide to determining the best fit > for your organization - today and in the future. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
