Newbie with curved part

darren_kathman

I am trying to replicate the lip of my cat feeder. That lip secures the battery compartment to the feeder and I am using a different bowl to feed my cats. One cat is smart enough to pull at the new bowl and battery compartment.

Can I add a curve to the part I already made, or do I need to start over and start with the curve?

I have not been able to find anything online to point me in the right direction, probably because I am not using the right keywords.




 

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3aa28b0b0476b63637f71771/w/f6111f700149864f36e64d49/e/45e0157d72690621452335d6

steve_shubin

@darren_kathman

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/13a3f672ef7b4fd8fc5c2ec5/w/d0d77862b831f453f769835c/e/fdae3be301f51a6070ad9a88

Go into the list on the left side, the feature tree, and look at how the two sketches and the one sweep were set up

Also pay attention to the constraints

darren_kathman

Thank you.

I will check out the tutorials for constraints. I still have much more to learn, but I got the basic shape. I will figure out the proper angles and lengths. I am going in the right direction.

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e8f639c71ef152eb9919a910/w/72b3beea152ee54cb55e643f/e/f3428de1f770129d72faaa26

 

steve_shubin

@darren_kathman

Take a look at the document I posted above

I made a Part Studio 2

and this second part studio will show you how to do it using revolve

so you’ve got a couple ways of going about it right off the bat