can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
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Hi Group,
I am bashing my head against the monitor on this one, and the boss is pacing up and down behind my wondering why i can't solve this???
I have an elliptical cone that is swept as a surface, and constrained by a guide curve. The problem is that it looks great as a part, but i cannot get the damm thing to thicken into a solid.
Can i email anyone that is interested in looking at this part, and throwing their two bits in?
Thanks
Gerry Bolda
www.scatmat.com
I am bashing my head against the monitor on this one, and the boss is pacing up and down behind my wondering why i can't solve this???
I have an elliptical cone that is swept as a surface, and constrained by a guide curve. The problem is that it looks great as a part, but i cannot get the damm thing to thicken into a solid.
Can i email anyone that is interested in looking at this part, and throwing their two bits in?
Thanks
Gerry Bolda
www.scatmat.com






RE: can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
mdewolfe@nidekmedical.com
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troberts23@aol.com
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emailed both of you.
The guide curve came from another part in my assembly.
RE: can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
Roland@LiquidSchwarz.com
p.s. part files sizes get smaller when you suppress all the features.
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Ray Reynolds
Senior Designer
Read: FAQ731-376
"Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities."
RE: can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP

3DVision Technologies
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
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Phuong Nguyen
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Sorry about that. How about sending the drawing to my CORRECT e-mail address:
tomroberts23@aol.com
Thanks again.
Troberts
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ok i'm getting close, instead of revolving the surface it has been suggested to surface loft with a couple of guide curves, this is much better, although i am still having some ripples that i can't iron out.
Recent replies have been emailed with the part attached.
Stay tuned
Gerry Bolda
www.scatmat.com
RE: can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
I'd like to have a look at this. I do a lot of swept elliptical surfacing and am wondering what the problem is.
One thing I've noticed in the sketcher is that converted/offset elliptical entities are turned into splines. (There are logical reasons for this.) This may have something to do with the difficulty in offsetting an elliptical surface without problems.
If you don't mind, please visit my web site (in sig below) and go to the contact page for my email address. I get spammed to death when I post it.
Thanks,
Jeff Mowry
DesignHaus Industrial Design
http://www.designhaus-i-d.com
RE: can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
Send data to benavides@funtech.com if you would please and I should be able to help you out.
Regards,
Jon
jgbena@yahoo.com
RE: can anyone help me with a complex surface problem
send to: p.salvador@verizon.net