wrapping a hole around a fillet

terry_milam

I created the drawing below of a piece of trim but I don't know how to make the two groves and the side fillet wrap around the fillet at the end of the part? Anyone have ideas?
Thanks

_anton

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/38eef9e5542c353a261e169c/w/4efa4cdcc6db102012a738c6/e/b8f79e8f5e11884ea24b2feb

Sketch intersection tool is the key here.

terry_milam

anton, I appreciate you taking time to make this example but I'm a fairly novice user and I don't understand what you did in sketch 2, it looks like you created a new plane but yet it is not.  I recreated my sketch 1 and extrusion for the part I need like the example you made ( I created the curved ends in the sketch rather than a fillet) but ran into a dead end after that. https://cad.onshape.com/documents/694be3441647149a363faf97/w/0d8897ae8c6e3990d213d479/e/c17fa1fb7f2b026bf51f481c

robert_scott_jr_

Hello Terry. Other than a plane or a flat surface, sketches can also be created on a mate connector which is what Anton has done. Select the Sketch tool and within that dialog there is an option to select a mate connector to draw the sketch on. Clicking on the smaller mate connector icon will bring up a dialog to enable configuring that mate connector. 

Alternatively, an Offset Plane could be created that is offset from the front plane.

- Scotty

rick_randall

@terry_milam You might take a look at this -

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/1e377f02aa7fe5fa09cd7ba6/w/761e37689079ff4fcb6d90b6/e/e394c90736e581c5b5c02d86

Of course dimensions will be wrong but process might be what you want.  Good luck

_anton

Thanks for explaining, @robert_scott_jr_

"Implicit mate connector" is the term for this. They're extremely versatile and useful in many contexts. A mate connector is just a coordinate system; the sketch is created on its XY plane. I often don't even reference the base planes - just make a base sketch on the origin and reference everything else off that.

terry_milam

Robert, Thank you for that explanation, it did help me create a sketch as Anton had drawn but now I'm stuck again.  I can't get points or lines to snap to the drawing on the sketch plane.  I hate to impose on others concerning my inexperience, is there an onshape tutorial (or something on youtube) that would explain how to create a grove that wraps around a part?  Thanks again  Terry

terry_milam

I'm baffled

robert_scott_jr_

Terry, try the Use tool to capture the elements of another sketch that you want to 'use'. I think that's what you're after. - Scotty