Surfacing - What's it used for?
Surfacing - What's it used for?
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While spending some time surfing the menus I was looking at the surfacing tools and I realize that I've never known what people do with surfaces.
What are some of the practical applications of surfacing?
What are some of the practical applications of surfacing?






RE: Surfacing - What's it used for?
Think of:
molds for atheltic shoe soles
frame designs for sunglasses
designer product bottles
toy products from cartoon characters
exterior cases of consumer goods- vacuums, kitchen items, printers.
"But what... is it good for?"
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
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RE: Surfacing - What's it used for?
RE: Surfacing - What's it used for?
•thicken
•cut with surface
•replace face
RE: Surfacing - What's it used for?
The Surface is done at the part stage. Why go through a CAM package when you have the ability to make a surface right there in SW? If I missed that question about CAM please exaplin further.
You can see some free form surface models turn into solid models @ FAQ559-520 - The first portion of that. Also see these Desktop images that I made to show you some more surfaces. Checkout the mask. That was done all in surfaces and transformed to a part. http://www.scottjbaugh.com/Desktop%20images/Bionic...
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
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