Use Surface or solid

[lowboy]

Which would be more Accurate to use in 3 axis machining, surfaces or solids?

Which will give you the closes data to the real model?

[Garen Cakmak/CAP Tech.]

lowboy,

 

To make a long story short.Both will give you the same result.It is more a question of tolerance of calculation that will make the difference then,if you program solid or surfaces.

There is more then that too,as you know.For example all the machining and tooling side.But you shouldn't worry if you pick one or the other.

[DavidB]

From my experiance I'd start with a solid. Then if I want more control I make surfaces.

 

As Garen said tolerances are the key when creating either the solid or the surfaces.

 

I like to use surfaces for check surfaces or for flowline toolpaths, but thats just me.

 

If you have a large solid and select this solid say for a rouhghing toolpath you can get quicker processing time if you create surfaces of the solid and select only the surfaces needed for the toolpath. By picking the whole solid MC internally will create a surface for each solid face anyway.

HTH

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

I keep solid ,but always make surfaces on other level and use them .

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

When I do flowline toolpaths, I use surfaces, otherwise it's solids.

 

JM2C

[88Matt]

Same as winnie here. solids is better in X, but but u still need to create surfaces in many cases.

 

Matt

[Hardmill]

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I keep solid ,but always make surfaces on other level and use them

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Exactly the method I use, I have had good results either

way though.

 

 

PEACE

[Storkman]

Leave it to the mexican to make things twice as difficult as they need to be. Solids work great.

[Guest]

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Leave it to the mexican to make things twice as difficult as they need to be.

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Yeah, but he'll do it for less than half the cost

[Hardmill]

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Yeah, but he'll do it for less than half the cost

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LOL

 

 

PEACE