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bahed
08-10-2006, 08:46 AM
To create a certain object I have 2 drive rails, five x-sec's - laterally, and one x-sec - longitudinally that runs right down the centerthat I am calling the Z modulator.

The top of my surface is not bad after using the 2-Rail Sweep fxn, but I would like it a bit smoother. I have not used the Z "x-section" on any of the 5 x-sec's because it wanted to stretch the Z data across the length of each of the 5 pieces individually, whereas I wanted it to do it over the whole length.

Is there a way I can overlay that Z information over the entire surface now that the relief has been created (or before it was created) ? Or is there some other method ? I didn't use extrude because my side rails are not straight lines.

Brady Watson
08-10-2006, 09:59 AM
Bret,
Sometimes it is easier to probe the part that you want to create & import it into ArtCAM. From there you can scale it, smooth it and tweak it if need be. Some shapes are very difficult to create from scratch and a combination of modelling and digitizing is the answer for reverse engineering a complex part.

-Brady