I have fought this almost all day. Neither cussing at the screen or the dog seems to help. I am trying to model this leg which is a 2 Rail Sweep with3 profiles. Works great but then I want to scallop one side of the top for the rounded edge of the chair seat. I made a 2 Rail Sweep of the shape and have been unable to get a clean subtraction of that shape. I have cleaned the detritus hanging about with a remove component outside of vector But it seems no matter what I do I can't get a clean scallop.
Here is rendering and a Dropbox link.
https://www.dropbox.com/preview/FrontLe ... e=personal
Help!!
Thanks!
Chair Leg Help
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Re: Chair Leg Help
If you can't get the scallop to cut it is because is an undercut relative to the sides of the leg. I solve similar detail challenges of cutting the top joinery on legs by clamping them vertically or at whatever angle they need to be so I can approach the cut from the top. I use a compound angle clamping fixture attached to the front rail of my CNC.
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http://4dfurniture.blogspot.com/2016/04 ... mping.html
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Re: Chair Leg Help
There is no undercut.
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Re: Chair Leg Help
Can't get the dropbox link to work. It takes me to my own dropbox.
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Re: Chair Leg Help
One problem is that the toolpath on the "bottom" side labeled "Finish0.25Ball" is actually being cut with a .25" end mill
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Re: Chair Leg Help
Thanks for that heads up. I have fixed that but the problem is still there. Here is a detail of the issue. I am getting ready to cut and will just clean it up by hand but it still befuddles me and I would like to figure it out.