Spun profile for turning

[fonsecr]

In the latest HSMWorks 2014 development release we have added an early preview of the upcoming "Spun Profile" feature.

At the moment the turning strategies will automatically slice the selected part to get the 2D profile to be machined along the ZX plane. However, this only works if you can find an ZX plane where the slice includes the entire "spun" part. If the part is a mill/turn part you might be required to make the profile manually in a sketch.

However, with the new Spun Profile feature you will be able to automate this task. Note that the feature is currently not integrated directly in the turning strategies but must be run separately. Furthermore, arcs support is being added at the moment so far now you will only get lines in the spun profile.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

So we'll be able to use the two features separately?
Great to hear!

[fonsecr]

I looked through the SolidWorks commands but I could not find a command to change the color of the sketch.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

René Fonseca wrote:
I looked through the SolidWorks commands but I could not find a command to change the color of the sketch.

See attached René.

[fonsecr]

Got it 🙂

[fonsecr]

I set the color now to red-orange. I don't want to add an option to set the color at least for now. Lets see if any complains.

[Laurens-3DTechDraw]

Let's see those fancy lines next release.

[fonsecr]

Ok. I did confirm it here but not under all versions of SolidWorks. I'll test again later.

[fonsecr]

I have reproduced it in SW2014. Seems SW2014 behaves differently and clears the colors after they have been set. I have opened ticket #6920. Low priority though.

[fonsecr]

The Spun Profile feature has now been updated to allow automatic creating of the Spun solid for both Part and Assembly mode. Still needs a little testing.