Copy Milling – Object Rescaling

CMM New and Used Copy Milling – Object Rescaling - 1
Courtesy of J. Seward Johnson

Process Description

A clay model or finished model is digitized, accurately modeled by polygons, scaled up or down, and directly milled from polygons.

Markets

Automotive, Foudry, Jewelry, and Consumer Goods industries




CMM New and Used Copy Milling – Object Rescaling - 2
Courtesy of Raymond Jacobson


Unique PolyWorks Benefits

  • User-defined tolerance-based meshing
  • Fully automatic curvature-based hole filling
  • Powerful NURBS-based hole filling for reconstructing missing parts
  • Feature line reconstruction
  • Intelligent polygon subdivision
Key Advantage

Polygons more accurately describe a digitized model and can be directly milled without the need for CAD software.