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Translation issue possible?
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HGMorgan,
I am new to this and I wasn't sure how to add multiple attachments to a thread so I created a PPT with all the pictures in it. I hope it helps, and again the issue is the difference in the surfaces between the CAD data (slide 2) and the actural machined surface (slide 3).
I am new to this and I wasn't sure how to add multiple attachments to a thread so I created a PPT with all the pictures in it. I hope it helps, and again the issue is the difference in the surfaces between the CAD data (slide 2) and the actural machined surface (slide 3).
I'm not sure they are different. Has there been a check of the machined surface, I.E., a CMM check back to the model?
The CAD model is showing isoparm lines. That is normally an indication of a contoured (non-flat) surface.
You would not see those exact lines on a machined surface, except if there were sharp peak edges @ those lines.
The lines on the machined part are from the CNC cutting tool, probably a small ball mill.
A ball mill will leave scallops on the surface that have to be sanded out, leaving a smooth finish.
Translations could and did fail in the early days.
I haven't seen a failed translation from CAD to CAM for decades.
A CMM check will show if the surface is with-in tolerance.
Harold G. Morgan
CATIA, QA, CNC & CMM Programmer
The CAD model is showing isoparm lines. That is normally an indication of a contoured (non-flat) surface.
You would not see those exact lines on a machined surface, except if there were sharp peak edges @ those lines.
The lines on the machined part are from the CNC cutting tool, probably a small ball mill.
A ball mill will leave scallops on the surface that have to be sanded out, leaving a smooth finish.
Translations could and did fail in the early days.
I haven't seen a failed translation from CAD to CAM for decades.
A CMM check will show if the surface is with-in tolerance.
Harold G. Morgan
CATIA, QA, CNC & CMM Programmer
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