Surface conversion

[JAMMAN]

Is it possible to convert a surface to a wire frame?

[Racer X]

Do you mean create surface curves off of the surface? Create,curves,all edges, surfaces (perhaps all surfaces), done, do it.

 

Or am I misunderstanding you? If you need splines on just a single surface to get more detail, I usually create some lines and then do a create, curve, projected.

 

I hope that helps.

[Gorn]

Create

Curve

All edges

All

Surfaces

Done

Do it

 

Simple process tho I would like to add. Change your Primary layer before you do this so the lines will be on differnt layer then surface. After you lines are made you may want to do a delete all duplicate and delete all splines. Splines might delete stuff you need but it is easyer to work with non-splines.

Just my Opinion tho

[JAMMAN]

Thank you, I already created curves on the edges I was kinda looking for a few more curves along the rest of the surface.

 

Man I should take the class. I'm so damn cheap.

[Jean-Simon]

You could also create curves flowline and then you go with number or distance and create some in one way and some across and that should make what you want. The arrow is the way the curves will be.HTH!

 

Simon

[cadcam]

Also you can project lines over the surface in any angle you want.

[Scott Bond]

Hi Jamman

I sent you a sample MC9 file,,is this

close to what is needed?

[Code_Breaker]

Jamman,

 

Why do you need the extra lines?

 

Code_Breaker

[Hardmill]

Create-curve-slice @ what ever dir./dist.

You can define them however you like.

 

PEACE

[Müřlıń®]

Go to unblank menue. Change the color of all the parant surfaces to something diffrent than the surfaces on your working level and unblank them.

 

Create edgcurves on those, then blank them back.

 

This might get you some of the sharp corner curves.

 

 

Murlin

[Mick]

I recall a function in Unigraphics that allowed the creation of "surface curves" basically replicating the "mesh". You could create them in the U and V directions on the surface.

Mastercam doesn't have that function, but I think the suggestion of projecting lines onto the surfaces, in whatever direction you desire, would be a good solution. (Would sure beat buying, and then learning, UG too )

[Zero]

The problem with projecting lines onto your surface or create/curve/slice is that if you try and recreate your surface from these curves, you'll most likely have a real hard time duplicating it exactly. Yes you have geometry that exactly mapped your surface right? Well somewhat. You have some geo that fit to your original surface, but it doesnt follow the "flow" of the surface.

 

If you just want a representation of your surface in horizontal and verticle wireframe, the create/curve/slice or projecting lines will work just fine. If your using this geo in hopes to recreate the surface then go with create/curve/flowline.

 

Personally, in this situation I'll bring the surface(s) into rhino and extract the UV curves from the surface from there...rhino makes this very easy to do