lines to surface project in z

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megclay
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lines to surface project in z

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help
trying to project lines in z to a surface
with no luck in cad cam
(lines and surface from NX)
megclay
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megclay
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Re: lines to surface project in z

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is there anyway to project curves not along face normal's
1244654053
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Re: lines to surface project in z

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extrude curves along z then use surface as a cutting tool then extract the curves you need from the extruded curves.
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Re: lines to surface project in z

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thanks a lot
got the first part
haw do I use a surface as a cutting tool

megclay
i will keep looking
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Re: lines to surface project in z

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help
can someone try this
program with 1/2 aluminum
1/4 ball end mill .025 a pass

can't get the 3 Axis Projection Pocketing
to work with levels set to .025 for each pass
cutter just plunges down to the top of the surfaces
than starts to work correctly (ignores the stock above)
also
I gave up on trying to project the curves up in z
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