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by garyalan59
Sat Apr 11, 2020 2:55 pm
Forum: Aspire - Tips and Tricks
Topic: Roundover (smooth) end of a two-rail sweep
Replies: 2
Views: 1738

Re: Roundover (smooth) end of a two-rail sweep

Never mind - figured it out.
by garyalan59
Sat Apr 11, 2020 10:07 am
Forum: Aspire - Tips and Tricks
Topic: Roundover (smooth) end of a two-rail sweep
Replies: 2
Views: 1738

Roundover (smooth) end of a two-rail sweep

I'm modeling a submarine profile and am working on the fairwater, rudder, and planes. I've got the shape of the air foil (ok - hydrofoil) using a two-rail sweep. The problem is that the two-rail sweep produces a part with an abrupt (flat) end. The top of a submarine fairwater is rounded over to be h...
by garyalan59
Sun Jul 28, 2019 1:53 pm
Forum: Aspire - Tips and Tricks
Topic: 3D Roughing Tool Paths
Replies: 3
Views: 2505

Re: 3D Roughing Tool Paths

Do you have a link to the previous discussion? I tried the Z-level raster - I don't like it for similar reasons to the X- or Y-raster. In the case of the Z-raster, the roughing path appears to hog out area based on the underlying structure. It looks like its going to carve the ultimate shape at each...
by garyalan59
Sat Jul 20, 2019 4:58 am
Forum: Aspire - Tips and Tricks
Topic: 3D Roughing Tool Paths
Replies: 3
Views: 2505

3D Roughing Tool Paths

It seems to me that the Aspire coding of a 3D roughing tool path is very inefficient. What I mean is this: When I have a lot of surface detail, and some deep cuts as well, the program spends an inordinate amount of time retracing the already completed surface detail while stepping through the tool p...
by garyalan59
Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:30 am
Forum: Wrapped Rotary Machining
Topic: 3D view with Vcarve pro
Replies: 3
Views: 4925

Re: 3D view with Vcarve pro

"The wrap preview isn't supported in VCarve Pro. You can see the toolpaths wrapped around a wireframe"

How can I do this? I'm not finding anything in VCarve Pro 7.0 :(

Gary