Tool For Adding Support Ribs

    May 11, 2006
    A tool in VX CAD/CAM software lets users quickly and easily add stiffener-support ribs to 3D models.

    Users need only sketch 2D lines representing the position and pitch of the ribs. The command then fleshes-out this data to produce a rib structure joined to the model. Users can easily adjust material thickness and draft-allowance angles.

    VX Corp., 2350 Commerce Park Dr., Palm Bay, FL 32905, (800) 683-9222, vx.com

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