Surfaces–Flowline

The Flowline creates a toolpath that is aligned (or mapped) to the short or long side or along the parametric dimensions (U or V) of the given surface.

The main benefit is that the flowline toolpath can be created without selecting additional bounding geometries like wall surfaces or edge curves. The maximum step-over can be maintained with a constant distance, even if the surface topology is very complex. Also, calculation time is very fast.

Station: CAM-Surfaces-Flowline.