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IV7 help with loft

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Anonymous
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IV7 help with loft

Hi all. I am stuck with IV 7 and I need to make a feature on a part. The
feature is like a spherical tool going into the part at a 20 degree angle
following a path of 79mm diameter. I can get it if it goes in a straight
path, but it needs to be on the 79mm dia.

Any and all help will be appriciated.

Thanks

Mark Smith
Precision Devices
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Can you post what you have so far?
I'm envisioning a ball end mill as your spherical tool.
What is the radius? Does the tool go deeper than the radius?
If so that immensely complicates the solution but depending on what you after it might have already been shown here a number of times. If it doesn't go deeper than the radius then you simply need to get a path or rail. My first guess would be by finding the 3D intersection of a plane and the cylinder. But that is just a guess without more information to go on.
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Attached is the process sheet that I am going by.

Thanks for the help

Mark

wrote in message news:5077439@discussion.autodesk.com...
Can you post what you have so far?
I'm envisioning a ball end mill as your spherical tool.
What is the radius? Does the tool go deeper than the radius?
If so that immensely complicates the solution but depending on what you
after it might have already been shown here a number of times. If it
doesn't go deeper than the radius then you simply need to get a path or
rail. My first guess would be by finding the 3D intersection of a plane and
the cylinder. But that is just a guess without more information to go on.
Message 4 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

> ... Attached is the process sheet that I am going by.
> Thanks for the help

Attached do you any good? Included are true helical sweep surfs for comparison.
They, also, ~can~ be done in IV (but it's, I think the expression I once heard was,
"extremely painful") using a Coil feature or Emboss feature.
Message 5 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Thank you.... That looks interesting. I am going to give it a try.

Mark

"just havin a ball" wrote in message
news:5079021@discussion.autodesk.com...
> ... Attached is the process sheet that I am going by.
> Thanks for the help

Attached do you any good? Included are true helical sweep surfs for
comparison.
They, also, ~can~ be done in IV (but it's, I think the expression I once
heard was,
"extremely painful") using a Coil feature or Emboss feature.
Message 6 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

Just to follow up.... I followed your example and it worked. Thanks again
for the help

Mark
"just havin a ball" wrote in message
news:5079021@discussion.autodesk.com...
> ... Attached is the process sheet that I am going by.
> Thanks for the help

Attached do you any good? Included are true helical sweep surfs for
comparison.
They, also, ~can~ be done in IV (but it's, I think the expression I once
heard was,
"extremely painful") using a Coil feature or Emboss feature.
Message 7 of 7
Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous

> Just to follow up....

Super deal. Don't you just love it when a plan comes together? `;^)

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