Help Scaling?

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

I have a complex pocket in a part. I need to machine the entire pocket a hundred thousandths deeper, wider, and longer. I need to create a new drawing for this particular project. Is there a way I could somehow scale or offset the entire pocket by .1 on every side so that is is deeper, wider, and longer by .1?? Any help would be better than none. Thanks in advance.

 

[Scott B]

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You could do an "Xform Offset Contour" to get your X&Y and then you could "Xform Translate" this down -.1 past you old pocket depth. Not sure if your doing a 2d pocket or surface pocket toolpath.

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

This is a surface pocket toolpath. I would like to be able to just select the surfaces and do it up.

[Guest]

i would think that you could xform scale all surfaces and then select xyz instead of uniform and then enter your values.

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

if you select your surfaces, it wont allow you to choose xyz on scale

[jeff]

Can you leave -.05 stock on XY and -.1 on Z?

[Guest]

j keilman, what if you blank all the ent.other than the surface you want and then just select all entities.i can do it with something simple like a cylinder.i am able to select the sufaces and use xyz.

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

Jeff,

 

I need to create a new drawing, so I cannot leave stock on.

 

Del,

 

what do you mean by blank all the ent? Need more info.

 

thanks.

[Guest]

screen blank all the entities you don't want to show up.they are still there,just put away until you unblank them.i may be in over my head since most of the surfaceing i do is simple stuff.i don't understand why if a create a surfaced cylinder and xform scale all ent.i am allowed to select xyz instead of uniform and you are not.maybe you cant do that on certain surfaces. i don't know. hope i haven't confused you.

[Namliek_J@TheeCircle™]

cool, i think i got it. thanks for the help guys

[Chao]

Can you try to convert surfaces into solid and then scale them?

[Müřlıń®]

create offset surfaces