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SmartCAM V19.0: Creating Boundary Surfaces

A new Boundary Surface modeling tool in FreeForm Machining creates surfaces from closed 2D or 3D boundary profiles.

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Create a Boundary Surface - V19.0

The Boundary Surface creation tool added to FreeForm Machining allows surfaces to be easily created from closed boundary profiles. Boundary profiles can be 2D, resulting in planar trimmed surfaces, or 3D resulting in surfaces that follow the contour of the boundary profile and a specified exemplar surface.

Planar capping surface created from 2D boundary, and 3D capping surface created from 3D boundary using adjacent surface as the exemplar to dictate the surface form
Planar capping surface created from 2D boundary, and 3D capping surface created from 3D boundary using adjacent surface as the exemplar to dictate the surface form.

 

This surface creation tool is primarily used to create "cap" surfaces, to cover holes or gaps in other surfaces for machining purposes. By capping the voids toolpath can be generated which flows smoothly across a hole or void.

Mold cavity void in parting line surface capped with boundary surface. Toolpath flows over the cavity as if it was not there
Mold cavity void in parting line surface capped with boundary surface. Toolpath flows over the cavity as if it was not there.