[BaxterB]

Hello all, Have browsed the forum and think its great. Relatively new to MC X5 and am having a tough time with something and I hope you can give me some pointers.

I'm trying to create a raised ellipse, say 1.5 x 1 and about .2 high. Imagine a slice of an egg but not quite in perfect half. When I try to do a revolved surface I get some wild helixes and a central, round surface. If I so a rough and finish parallel toolpath on it, the tool follows these wild paths way off the surface of the ellipse and creates something more akin to a dough-boy helmet versus a domed ellipse. A swept surface is similar.

I've about hit the wall on this and am looking for some tips. I can do regular circles just fine, but these ellipses seem to be different beast. In short, I need to make a .2 raised 1.5 x 1 ellipse and the corresponding toolpath.

Anything is helpful; I've already gleaned lots of great stuff off this site.

Best.

[Kiwi]

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[robert copeland]

I used net on geo that you see on screen - when it came to pick chain I used single - did left side first and mirrored To the right. When I tried to net lower right and took off shading gave me weird surface? That's why I mirrored .
Let me know if it's good. Thanks


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[BaxterB]

Hmm...I am still getting the odd net lines with that. At times I can get it very close, but if I specify an ellipse as a base, then an ellipse as the top and an arc between the two I would think it could interpolate it ok. I often get one side ok (as you seem to see) and the other side the net lines go off the part...odd....

[txcncman]

I still have not figured out yet what you mean by "raised ellipse". Something like this?

[BaxterB]

HI, as far as the raised ellipse, just hold an egg in your hand and imagine a plane slicing off a bit. You will have an elliptical contour but with a raised/domed surface. I'm sure there is a real name for this, I just don't know it.

I ended up using net and drawing a very small ellipse at the top of my part and then liking the two ellipses with arcs and that got me where I needed to be, not perfect but pretty good.

Thanks for the ideas and help!