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    How2 create Part from 3D Toolpath?

    rfus -- I tried the macro, thanks. It won't help me create a spline because I have hundreds of thousands of points (motor commands) and can't do it manually. In addition, Solid Sweep won't support a 3D path with both curves and straight lines. But I may be able to visualize my part by...
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    How2 create Part from 3D Toolpath?

    There are no smoothing options with an XYZ curve in Solidworks (this was confirmed by tech support). I know of know way to read in a data file of path information and smooth or curve fit the path. MasterCAM, nor any CAM program I have come across, has the ability to create a Solid. Every...
  3. chamnut

    How2 create Part from 3D Toolpath?

    Unfortunately no. I only have the path data to work with.
  4. chamnut

    How2 create Part from 3D Toolpath?

    I'm trying to model complex part made by 3 axis EDM. Tried modeling electrode and using Solid Sweep w/XYZ Curve of path in SW2009. Curve fit to data points is terrible, and function can't handle non-smooth transitions and path intersections. SW tech support has no solution. Need ability to...
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