create spline between 2 splines
create spline between 2 splines
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I want to know how can i create 1 spline between 2 splines because i have few letters and i just want the middle spline on each letter
How can i do that?
I use NX10
Rúben Silva
How can i do that?
I use NX10
Rúben Silva





RE: create spline between 2 splines
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
RE: create spline between 2 splines
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
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
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
RE: create spline between 2 splines
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=405130
Also, ( I hope this link works)
https://www.google.se/search?q=single+line+font+fo...
Regards,
Tomas