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'Thickening' curves

'Thickening' curves

'Thickening' curves

(OP)
In Siemens NX 9.0 is there a way to make a curve thicker so that it has volume? I want to model the engraving I am going to machine into a part and the best way I can think of modeling the engraving is to create curves on the surface and then somehow add three dimensional volume to the curve so I can perform a Boolean subtract of that solid from the base solid. The surface curves need to be created on freeform surfaces as well as flat, cylindrical or tapered surfaces.

...Thanks in advance.

RE: 'Thickening' curves

Try using the Sweep feature, 'Tube' (use the Command Finder if you're not sure where it's at). Just set the 'Inner Diameter' to '0.00' and if you want a nice smooth result, under 'Settings', change the Output option to 'Single Segment'.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
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RE: 'Thickening' curves

If you are engraving text, you can use the text command to create geometry from a particular font.

www.nxjournaling.com

RE: 'Thickening' curves

(OP)
The 'text' has been converted to splines in the file that I had to import into this *prt file. The text is a stylized font that is proprietary to my company. All the other curves are a combination of lines, curves and splines.

Thanks...I will follow through with John Baker's suggestion.

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