strategy for modeling this curved shape?

doug_smith714

Hello,

I've never used surfaces or sheet metal with Onshape. It's been close to 20 years since I've done any modeling with sheet metal or surfacing.  I'm wondering what is the best strategy for modeling the part shown in the picture below.

MichaelPascoe

Here are a couple of ways you can do this.

To maintain normal/perpendicular edges to the surface try this approach:

• Sketch top shape
• Sketch the side shape
• Use Projected curve to project the top sketch to the side sketch
• Then use Fill to create a surface from the projected curve
• Thicken the surface to create a part with normal/perpendicular edges

Another option would be Intersect Views. This is a custom feature I made a while back for similar circumstances. However, this feature is based on extrudes and will not maintain normal edges for your curved surface.

MichaelPascoe

Here are a couple of ways you can do this.

To maintain normal/perpendicular edges to the surface try this approach:

• Sketch top shape
• Sketch the side shape
• Use Projected curve to project the top sketch to the side sketch
• Then use Fill to create a surface from the projected curve
• Thicken the surface to create a part with normal/perpendicular edges

Another option would be Intersect Views. This is a custom feature I made a while back for similar circumstances. However, this feature is based on extrudes and will not maintain normal edges for your curved surface.