The flanges were designed in a 3-D CAD program called SolidWorks. From this program, we imported the .dxf file into the OMAX WaterJet software which allowed us to cut out our flanges exactly to the dimensions we designed for. Finally we had to do some manual machining. Figures 7.2a-d show the making and finished flanges that were made on the OMAX WaterJet.
