Creating Splines

www.kxcad.net Home > CAM Index > EdgeCAM Index >



To create a spline curve

  1. Click the Curve ► Spline Curve command Curves, Spline command icon in the Geometry menu.

  2. Enter a Tolerance value if required. The smaller the tolerance value, the smoother the curve appears on the screen. As the curve is mathematically defined, changing this modifier does not alter the actual shape of the curve.

  3. If required, enter the slope (in degrees) at the start of the curve into the Start Angle. To take the angle of the slope from an existing entity, set Start Angle to <Digitise>.

  4. If required, type the slope (degrees) at the end of the curve into the End Angle box. To take the angle of the slope from an existing entity, set Start Angle to <Digitise>.

  5. Choose a Break Points option. This can be either Uniform or Chord Length (see About Splines for details).

  6. Type a Name for the curve, if required.

  7. Digitise the fit points for the curve. The fit points can be full 3D points.

The slope angles are measured in an anticlockwise direction from the X axis of the current CPL.

The curve can be altered by using the Entity Data (Edit menu) command.

 

See Also

About Splines