Posts by Brent Addington

An intro to 5-axis composite cycles. Written in as few words as possible…       1. Set your Workplane XYZ will work great for 360 Radial Surfacing       2. Create your FreeForm Features Select your Machined/Part surfaces Set all else to Check   3. Create your Projection/Drive Surface Create a circle on…

    We’ve all been there, we set up our Freeform feature correctly, we dialed our tool in, we’ve even modeled in our exact tool holders. All just to have “Unreachable Profiles Error” show up on our screens after our first attempt at a 5 axis operation. Don’t let this discourage you!. There is a…

Creating drive or projection surfaces can sometimes be intimidating if you aren’t familiar with the knitted surface functions. Knitted 4 Border Surfaces is a great tool that can be used in a multitude of scenarios even when there are partially looped surfaces involved.  In this scenario, we would need a continuous drive surface for us…