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Unable to join two parts with boolean operation. What am I doing wrong?

I've been trying to join two parts with a boolean operation but it won't work. One of the parts is a dome and think that might be the problem but I'm unable to figure it out. Here is a picture and a link. If anyone could help or point me to a tutorial that shows how to do it that would be great thanks.

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_anton Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 422
One of the parts is revolved, the other is extruded, and they're only meeting at one edge - the boolean would produce nonmanifold geometry.
I think the most correct way to fix this is with another revolved part. Then you split it and delete the excess. Like so: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3a2f20a8f576bf1fd23b5657/w/47efc353d57f38e531cde17b/e/69bd74afd1b5ac983fb96e711
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There is a gap on one side as indicated by the arrow. You'll need to modify the geometry so that there's interference between the parts and then you can use the Boolean operation
I think the most correct way to fix this is with another revolved part. Then you split it and delete the excess. Like so: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3a2f20a8f576bf1fd23b5657/w/47efc353d57f38e531cde17b/e/69bd74afd1b5ac983fb96e71
Here’s a way of using 6 steps to model the entire part.
EDIT Is about adding another Part Studio, for an Assembly with screws, nuts, and washers.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/386a757644e61c3d322ee53a/w/de12d438076e06edacd0b2c4/e/974124b01fcd2cb0ce3fcd09