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Can't wrap sketch around cylindrical surface
peta_lab
Member Posts: 7 ✭
Hi, I am currently stuck in the design of a revolving barrel due to a seemingly small issue that has driven me a bit insane. I made two sketches in this project: Sketch 7 and Sketch 8. Sketch 8 is just a modified copy of Sketch 7, and I have managed to properly wrap it around the cylinder of this contraption (using the "Wrap" tool). However, I can't seem to wrap Sketch 7 around ANY cylindrical surface. The idea is to wrap Sketch 7 over Sketch 8, using it to delete an indent along the middle of the curve described by the wrapped Sketch 8. However, no matter how many adjustments and tweaks I make to the options on the Wrap tool, I can't manage to wrap Sketch 7 along any cylinder, let alone the contraption's. I provide a link to my project HERE for reference, any and all help would be greatly appreciated. thank you.
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I had a quick go at your model and it looks like that your sketch 7 is too big. It seems to be outside of you bounding box for the wrap geometry and therefore there would be some self-interesecting geometry which Onshape does not regenerate. Try to make sketch 7 smaller and the wrap seems to work.
Let me know how it goes. Cheers
As you suggested, I tried resizing the sketch and it did work. It does struggle a bit when attempting to create a solid out of it, but I can make-do with the thickness it's allowing me to work with. I also tried using a different method combining the Fold and Pipe custom tools, and it brought some nice results, so I guess I can choose from the two now. Thanks for your tip!