3D Profile - NX 6
3D Profile - NX 6
(OP)
Hi,
I am trying to generate a toolpath to cut a relief slot at the base of a wall. The wall has a wavy contour and the floor also has a wavy contour in the z axis. The slot is a .0625 radius in cross section so I'll need to run a 1/8 ball mill right down the center of it.
I'm fairly new to to NX and haven't done a lot of contouring yet so am not familier with the tools outside of Cavity Mill and Fixed Contour. I see a tool called 3D profile. Is this the tool for the job? Will it be necessary to elminate the fillets in the model so the the system will only see the Z depth at the bottom of the slot? Thanks if advance for any help.
-Jeff
I am trying to generate a toolpath to cut a relief slot at the base of a wall. The wall has a wavy contour and the floor also has a wavy contour in the z axis. The slot is a .0625 radius in cross section so I'll need to run a 1/8 ball mill right down the center of it.
I'm fairly new to to NX and haven't done a lot of contouring yet so am not familier with the tools outside of Cavity Mill and Fixed Contour. I see a tool called 3D profile. Is this the tool for the job? Will it be necessary to elminate the fillets in the model so the the system will only see the Z depth at the bottom of the slot? Thanks if advance for any help.
-Jeff





RE: 3D Profile - NX 6
select the walls that you want to generate the machining and machining
the tool will go through the profile following the floor
not necessary to take the rays of the models also select them
and an excellent command to be used in machining of this type
I've used and recommend.
I doubt any disposition ..
Andre ..
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development of IS & V
and postprocessors
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RE: 3D Profile - NX 6
If that's not there, use profile 3D. In this case, instead of selecting the wall faces, you will create a boundary by selecting the bottom edges of the wall. The boundary will display in a plane, but the processor knows the original edges that you select.
Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM
RE: 3D Profile - NX 6
Right now the best options look like roughing the wall down to the minimum height using Z-level profile and then create a few 3D profile operations to step down the remaining depth that has Z axis contour.
Thanks,
Jeff
RE: 3D Profile - NX 6
In NX6, your approach is probably the best. If you do this a lot, use a boundary group to hold all the operations, then make it in to a template so you can reuse the sequence in other parts.
Mark Rief
Product Manager
Siemens PLM