@CAMXPRESS wrote:
Hello VicKosta,
You are lucky at this time with the automatic profile generation.
The question is how to use your manual method at this time if the automatic spun profile is wrong?
(I only like to learn tricks and do not like to overload you my questions.)
Regards,
Joe
OK so I didn't answer your question yet, the automatic spun profile is not generated by Fusion because something is missing, it's not "wrong",....... it's just not there.
What I did is, I provided missing link in few steps.
First, I rotated model so that planes are not berried inside model, now I can select any plane without turning off model first.
Second, I selected XY plane and created sketch, added circle concentric with cylindrical part of the model and adjusted size to see circle just outside closest part of the potato part of the model.
Now I had clear view of which part of potato is largest on diameter.
I drew a line from origin thru point on circle where potato is closest to the circle, visually estimated.
I rotated model to position that part of potato in line with X axis.
I switched to XZ plane and cut model in half, projected profile onto plane and saved as DXF file.
Recovered model by undo command, started new sketch on XZ plane and imported DXF file.
Used part of the sketch near shoulder and added few lines to create outline for turning tool towards front end.
I closed the shape at center line and trimmed unneeded lines, looked at the model from other views and found no problems after tool path was generated.
In conclusion, you are not restricted to one plane, you are allowed to rotate model wherever you see fit, for whatever reason, you can create as many planes and sketches as it takes, beat things into submission whichever way it works.
Machining rest of the potato side of model is not benefiting the topic of this thread so I don't care for it.
As I mentioned before, if I start the model for machining on mill-turn, I always start with sketch and revolve around Z axis to create model, that saves me trouble of discovering that for "some reason" spun profile is not working when I need it.
With some more attention, it looks better using same process, so if you follow my steps, you can get lucky too.
