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Feature Based Machining


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Getting acquainted with X5 (long story but it's from aquiring another company's assets).

I'd like to try FBM (Feature Based Machining) on a mold half, but right away I am confronted by an error:

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This is a STEP file exported from Solidworks 2018, however it came from a surface model, and created as a save body feature. Is there a better workflow in Solidworks for creating solids that I can use FBM in Mastercam to machine?

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14 hours ago, Jayson Kramer-CNC Software said:

This tool is for simpler shapes this will not work with a mold cavity. it does not support surfacing tool paths. now if your cavity is simple flat pockets and contours shapes in the 2axis planes you are good.

Now as for the error looks like this may not be a water tight solid. did you stitch from surfaces?

I did not model this particular part. I noticed that in other non-Solidworks applications, I get a similar issue too.

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