smoothing a 3d dish to the rest of the material

[tommymangoes]

Hello everyone - I've searched for an answer but no luck yet. Can you point me to a discussion topic or help me with how to smooth the edges of a 3d dish to the rest of the material? Here is a picture of what I am getting. The edge of the dish has a "cliff" to it and I'd like it to be a smooth transition to the material. Is there a way to do that?

[highpockets]

Add a Zero Plan Component to the Modeling Tab.
Go into the Material Setup and bring the dish to the surface of the material. Model Position in Material click Gap Above Model and set to '0'.
Also make sure to set a Machining Limit Boundary to at least half the diameter of the machine tool in the Finishing Toolpath (1/8" BN set Machining Limit Boundary to at least .063)

[tommymangoes]

Thanks John! I'll give that a try right away!

[highpockets]

Looking at the dish in your project, it looks like you're using a 90° dish, try using a 60°. Using a 90° dish you will always have a little bit of a vertical lip.