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create spline between 2 splines

create spline between 2 splines

RE: create spline between 2 splines

@RSilva dazed

I know it’s very tricky, but you can create a 2D Centerline in Drafting.
With the following settings:
gap=0
dash=longer as the longest spline
extension=0
Then export/import cgm from the centerline and you get the middle spline.

Best regards
wink

RE: create spline between 2 splines

Woodfox, that's a pretty clever workaround.
I am not sure that it will work though. The 2D centerline expects 1+1 object to center between, which is kind of difficult for example on an "a".
The "classic" old workaround to create "freeform centers" is to create a surface between two contours and then extract the isoparametric 50% curve from that. Does not work on this geometry.
That said, this is probably a very difficult task since characters are drawn by artists and not by algorithms, the "thickness" of a letter varies "along".

Is there a good reason for the request ?
or can you cheat by creating a new text in the same place ?
There are several threads about this type of text feature but using a single line font only. ( This will not match 100% but might be an acceptable workaround)
I assume that engraving is a common purpose.

Regards,
Tomas

RE: create spline between 2 splines

YOu can also "Explode" the text into single curves after placing it. Maybe this will give you better options.

Ronald van den Broek
Senior Application Engineer
Winterthur Gas & Diesel Ltd
NX9 / TC10.1.2

Building new PLM environment from Scratch using NX11 / TC11

RE: create spline between 2 splines

(OP)
In the manufacture, they prefer the splines of the letters because it's more easy to do the programs.
To solve that i had to extract the curves of the letters and i did "offset curve" in some of that extrated curves

Regards
Rúben Silva

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