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Well, dosen't seem to work for me. I have played with the tolerance and nothing. converted it from a parametric spline to a NURBS spline. Still nothing.....
We are often required to machine solids originating from our engineering Department. We are constantly having issues with convex or concave portions of a solid coming into Mastercam being faceted. The radius is actually a series of flats. So consequently, when tool paths are put on the solid, the resulting surface of the machined part is a series of flats which represents a very unsatisfactory finish.
I have tried a number of things, such as importing the solid in a number of different formats. Nothing seems to make any difference. The only thing I have found that works is creating edge curves on a different level, breaking them into 5000 pieces, and creating surfaces to machine. That’s the only way I have found around it, and certainly is not keeping the integrity of the solid model that engineering wants the machined part to represent.
So, anyone ever run into this problem and figure out an easy solution?
I appreciate the help!
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