I have done this same sort of thing using digitized parts (teeth, actually).
The data came to me as a cloud of points. I wrote a basic program to convert
it to a CAMCAD Standard file and brought it in that way. The Create -
Surface - From_Mesh worked quite well, as long as the polylines were in
order, and unidirectional. Sometimes I'd get a 'Failed to create surface',
and I'd change the start or end element to half-way to find out where the
offending profile(s) were. It usually 'failed' when there was a gap between
polylines on one end or the other.

Dave

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Subject: [mfg-smartcam] IGS file


Hello all,
I have an IGS file that is all plines and splines of profile. It has around
750 or so lines in it.
Does anyone have a way of laying a surface over it for machining.
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