Creating turning geometry from a surface model

[Scott Lent]

Greetings,

 

I'm posting this question on behalf of a co-worker who is learning to use X9 lathe. He took the re-seller's training class about a year-and-a- half ago, but has just begun using Mastercam recently.

 

How would one go about creating geometry for turning from a surface model. We have a model with fairly complicated internal features. Is there a way to section the model at the centerline to accomplish this? If somebody could explain the workflow to accomplish this, it would be most appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Scott

 

[MSL]

Have you tried creating geometry using Turn profile?

Create/Turn profile.

[AMCNitro]

I know you said surface, but terminolgy varies among people sometimes...Is it surface or solids?  If you have solids you can use Turn Profile to generate lathe geo, Ive never tried it with surface

[Scott Lent]

Yes it is a surface model, not a solid model.

[Scott Lent]

Create / Turn Profile did the trick !!!!

 

 

Thanks !!!

[AMCNitro]