Points table for machining cam

[ptc-1701983]

I've sketched a datum graph and used this profile to drive a variable section sweep producing the cam surface. Now I need an output of the height for every x degrees around the cam for the machine shop to produce it. Is there a simple (or parametric) way to put this on a drawing as a table?
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[ptc-1701983]

I've patterned an axis so that I can define a reference pattern of points on the cam surface every few degrees then reference patterned a measurement analysis feature to give the dimension. Now I only need to figure out how to 'read' the dimension from each measurement analysis to put into the drawing table so that the table updates for different cams. Any ideas?

[ptc-1701983]

I used &DESCRIPTION:FID_# on an individual basis for points every three degrees. As long as the internal feature IDs are something that remains fixed then this should suffice, although not too pretty.

[ptc-2914020]

If the machine shop uses Mastercam, you can just give them the radial coordinate points. A c-hook to make the curve from a list of points is on the X4 downloads page under Add-ons. Specialy made for the cam industry. http://www.mastercam.com/Support/Downloads/MastercamX4/Files/PolarPointData2Geometry%20(X4).zip

[ptc-1418735]

of the cam surface and a plane (i.e. a cross-section curve of the cam surface) Step Two - create a pattern of points along said curve. Step Three - use the method outlined in the PTC "Suggested Technique for Exporting the Coordinates of Many Points" to create your desired point data...

[DavidButz]

Richard, Are you sure you have to do this this way? If someone in the chain between you and the machine shop has some kind of CAM software (Pro/Manufacturing on your end, Mastercam on the machine shop end, or somethiing similar) you should get better results by dealing directly with the 3-D model, rather than extracting points, then reinterpolating between them. Just a suggestion. David