Konradjustimagine
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Hello Everyone,
I am working on a practice project and need some guidance. Basically, I am trying to fully model a part, then create layered slices of that part which can be laid out onto sheet-good materials for CNC routing.
Intuitively, I want to create an array of planes spaced one material thickness apart which I would use to split the cone into slices, however this functionality doesn't seems available, to my knowledge, in Alibre v24.
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Here is an example of fusion360 handling the task if my explanation didn't fully explain the desired result)
Fig1 Fig2 Fig3
I have attempted using an assembly workspace to create a cone slice through a boolean operation. While successful the process is time consuming requiring the creation of a solid block tool (fig1), a working boolean (fig2), and finally the resulting slice with a boolean between the [working boolean] and [block tool] (fig3).
I have also explored using surfaces to split the cone. While this solution also works it is also quiet time consuming needing, again, a solid block tool to pull a surface from then cutting the cone with that surface. Another issue with this method seems to be it becomes more complicated as multiple slicing operations are needed to cut pieces from the center of the cone.
In this example of a cone, I could also break down the slices into individual parts from the get go, each with its own sketch, and just revolve each part and add them into an assembly for CNC layout purposes. The worry with this method is once the overall part being sliced reaches a certain level of complexity the idea of hand drawing every layer becomes unreasonable.
If anyone has a method that is more practical and faster than the above mentioned I would love to find out your secrets! I have searched the forums for this topic and did manage to find some suggestions, one being to use configurations but I am not sure where to start with that approach. Also I found this article in the Help Files: Slice a Part , but again I'm not sure how to make this work for me.
Thank you for reading my post and giving it your time and thoughts!
All the best, Konrad
I am working on a practice project and need some guidance. Basically, I am trying to fully model a part, then create layered slices of that part which can be laid out onto sheet-good materials for CNC routing.
Intuitively, I want to create an array of planes spaced one material thickness apart which I would use to split the cone into slices, however this functionality doesn't seems available, to my knowledge, in Alibre v24.
(
Fig1 Fig2 Fig3
I have attempted using an assembly workspace to create a cone slice through a boolean operation. While successful the process is time consuming requiring the creation of a solid block tool (fig1), a working boolean (fig2), and finally the resulting slice with a boolean between the [working boolean] and [block tool] (fig3).
I have also explored using surfaces to split the cone. While this solution also works it is also quiet time consuming needing, again, a solid block tool to pull a surface from then cutting the cone with that surface. Another issue with this method seems to be it becomes more complicated as multiple slicing operations are needed to cut pieces from the center of the cone.
In this example of a cone, I could also break down the slices into individual parts from the get go, each with its own sketch, and just revolve each part and add them into an assembly for CNC layout purposes. The worry with this method is once the overall part being sliced reaches a certain level of complexity the idea of hand drawing every layer becomes unreasonable.
If anyone has a method that is more practical and faster than the above mentioned I would love to find out your secrets! I have searched the forums for this topic and did manage to find some suggestions, one being to use configurations but I am not sure where to start with that approach. Also I found this article in the Help Files: Slice a Part , but again I'm not sure how to make this work for me.
Thank you for reading my post and giving it your time and thoughts!
All the best, Konrad