containment boundry

[Mr.ZX]

I have a solid from a customer that sucks! I created surfaces from the solid, but the holes are on seams. When I try to fill the surfaces where the ejector pins go through the part, I keep getting funky surfaces. How can I machine this part with out having the endmill dive into the holes? I would rather use the solid as a drive surface, not the created surfaces.

[uncle_dolan]

Try create->surface->remove boudary on the projected surface

[MotorCityMinion]

Dumb solid? Try, solids, find features. Works kind of iffy.

 

In situations like this, if I can't get a fill, any type of surface, that doesn't mess with my cutter path, I'll turn to SW and create boundary surfaces.

 

 

[crazy^millman]

Use the Solid trim to surfaces function. Create solid from your holes above the part then Boolean add to the solid. Then get the parent or untrimmed surfaces from the model. You could just create a surface from soild then say untrim to get where the surface or surfaces has no holes in it. Then select solid trim, use surfaces as the trim to and done. Now you should have a nice clean solid model with all the holes gone without worry of funky surfaces to deal with.

 

HTH

[Mr.ZX]

Sorry but what is SW?

[K2csq7]

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