Ah, got it. rotate and tilt is almost all it needs. Is this for mental exercise or does this part have a purpose?
Dave On Sun, 2011-03-13 at 18:13 +0000, Dave Caroline wrote: > Dave its water jet/plasma so the head has all the rotation and 5 axis needed, > Viesturs, I cannot see the item as heekscad bombed on the stl file but > gcode can handle the maths so you can can just do the maths in the > gcode program. > > Also then is another way which you can develop from sheet metal practice > http://search.sheetmetalworld.com/news/articles/197.cfm > and develop the paths in gcode break into as many triangles as needed > for accuracy > > Dave Caroline > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 5:30 PM, dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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
