I will be honest that I have never had to worry about surfaces and solids till now it’s more for presentation and know how rather than cutting with it.
I must say with this statment most of your work must be 2d type of work.
Learning this will open a bigger book for programming by learning Surfaces and solids and useing tem to cut with. for example of taking a customers Solidworks file and bring this into MC and set the WCS and start cutting.
Look at Eappreentice on line or check to see if Mike from Tips for manufaturing has videos on solid and surfaces, but not just how to make them but how to cut with them.
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
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