How can I create surfaces like this?

maximilian_küster

Hello dear community, 

I am still relatively new to the topic of CAD & Onshape. 

In the meantime I am relatively confident in designing bodies and the next step for me would be to design such vases (as attached in the picture) to give them as Christmas gifts. 

Now I don't really understand how to create such beautiful surfaces and I can't find any videos or tutorials. 

Can someone help me, or knows good tutorials? 

Thanks a lot 

Newbie Max

Matt_Shields

There might be a slicker way to do it, but here is what I did:

• extrude top cylinder
• extrude bottom cylinder
• create notches in each cylinder
• circular pattern
• loft between cylinders
• shell

Evan_Reese

I actually made a custom feature called Shapes at one point for this kind of thing. This was especially helpful before you could drive a sketch pattern with a variable. Using that feature and some layer-caked Extrudes I was able to speedrun it in under 30 seconds, though the scale and proportions aren't considered. Check it out!

maximilian_küster

okay i understand the steps. but who do i extrude top and bottom in step 1, so they are one part? 

maximilian_küster

would you mind sharing your document, so i can watch step for step? 

Evan_Reese

Yep, it was hyperlinked above, but I should have been clearer about that: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/6e902e69083b74162549a61a/w/3355fb8d75b1f1f862240c72/e/9d9fa75fc17d9024e6da5e1a

Also, because you signed off "Newbie Max" I'll link to the help doc here on how to add and use custom features in case that's new:
https://cad.onshape.com/help/Content/customfeature.htm?Highlight=custom feature