How to make this shape?

vedran_alajbegović

I'm having issues with corners.

1,4,6,8 I want them to be bent and flat but indedpendent of 2,3,5,7

So just the front should be forward 10mm.

I'm wondering what steps to do, i have tried several approaches but i don't get what i would like.

What plane to extrude, how to make those slight flat bendings.. 

NeilCooke

Extrude rectangle then use the chamfer tool?

owen_sparks

I'm sorry but I have no idea what you're asking. You want them to be "bent and flat"?

Owen S.

dick_van_der_vaart

@vedran_alajbegović
Are you trying to create something like this?

bruce_williams

If I understand OP - is looking for the long bevels to be equal distance (easy per @NeilCooke suggestion).  Then the end bevels sb 'flatter' using two distance bevel works EXCEPT - getting the corner triangles as OP shows is not trivial.  Here is document . I made this by doing corner bevels after long bevels and then the end edge bevels - then went back to adjust the corner 'Distance 1' by trial and error to 5 places (could have measured it with sketch...) and it is not perfect.   I would be tempted to just create a loft surface to trim the corners...

What do you all think?

lana

Is this what you had in mind ?
 https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ef8c2a074406fa7a8522e70d/w/0059d6c6d4a97c9f61521dbc/e/3e5d3d1d4e000790dae0622c

vedran_alajbegović

I think this is it. After i posted the question, i also tried with planes on each corner but it was complicated. Also, when i wanted to change the distance between front and the rest of object, the "triangles" in the corners didn't follow the change. Thank you. I see you have used some mirroring and split tricks, i'll try to understand this.

But the shape is what i actually wanted.

lana said:

Is this what you had in mind ?
 https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ef8c2a074406fa7a8522e70d/w/0059d6c6d4a97c9f61521dbc/e/3e5d3d1d4e000790dae0622c

vedran_alajbegović

I guess this was elegant solution. Bit more clear.

Thank you very much. Could you share it so that i can copy fork this?

bruce_williams said:

If I understand OP - is looking for the long bevels to be equal distance (easy per @NeilCooke suggestion).  Then the end bevels sb 'flatter' using two distance bevel works EXCEPT - getting the corner triangles as OP shows is not trivial.  Here is document . I made this by doing corner bevels after long bevels and then the end edge bevels - then went back to adjust the corner 'Distance 1' by trial and error to 5 places (could have measured it with sketch...) and it is not perfect.   I would be tempted to just create a loft surface to trim the corners...

What do you all think?

vedran_alajbegović

Not exactly, i i would have to split this at the end, not to make complete shell. However, thank you for your effort.

dick_van_der_vaart said:

@vedran_alajbegović
Are you trying to create something like this?

vedran_alajbegović

NeilCooke said:

Extrude rectangle then use the chamfer tool?

It was bit hard to match the angle so that if i change the front panel distance the triangle will follow the shape properly.

vedran_alajbegović

owen_sparks said:

I'm sorry but I have no idea what you're asking. You want them to be "bent and flat"?

Owen S.

I'm sorry, yes, my explanation was not great, but others mostly got it.

bruce_williams  and @lana suggested

bruce_williams

vedran_alajbegović said:

I guess this was elegant solution. Bit more clear.

Thank you very much. Could you share it so that i can copy fork this

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@vedran_alajbegović
I linked the OS document in the text.  see pic
 below.

vedran_alajbegović

@bruce_williams


Yes, but it's view only and i can't see the details for the tools. And i can't "Make Copy"

bruce_williams

@vedran_alajbegović

Oh yes! Sorry about that; need to make public & copy the URL, not use 'Share Link' feature...  I had to go back and read @NeilCooke 'Forum Post Checklist'


Here is public doc URL.

vedran_alajbegović

  Thank you very much @bruce_williams