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Spline- End angle

scott_knox433scott_knox433 Member Posts: 8

When my spline tube sweeps meet the end plane of my solid object the "cap" is only half-removed.

I don't know, but suspect that the tangent handle (see pic handle in white) of the spline isn't perpendicular to the plane that the spline ends on. I've tried to find a snap that fixes this, but the spline is drawn in a sketch plane that is (more likely than not) oblique to the ending plane. Visually finding the perpendicular is a fools' errand (I know from personal experience).

What's the solution?

Any help is appreciated

Answers

  • Oliver_CouchOliver_Couch Member Posts: 172 PRO

    Can you share a link to your document? I'm not clear on what exactly you're doing, or what you're trying to do.

  • eric_pestyeric_pesty Member Posts: 1,887 PRO

    You can add a "perpendicular" relation between the spline handle and an edge of the top face of your part to solve this.

  • scott_knox433scott_knox433 Member Posts: 8

    Thanks Eric,

    I tried to set the Perpendicular "relation" when I highlighted the white handle.

    But rather than giving me a dialog to select the top face, I got this error msg. (see pic).

    Is a constraint different from a relation?

    If so where is the relation set?

  • scott_knox433scott_knox433 Member Posts: 8

    @Oliver_Couch here's the link

    Any help is appreciated….

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/36f1cd834b33c21a77e09117/w/bc0725cec9afe41b6de46496/e/870e264dfe1f2589bc92ddef?renderMode=0&uiState=66cb5f54dbba7405d8736817

  • scott_knox433scott_knox433 Member Posts: 8

    I'm trying to model a "water-tight" .stl or .step file of a 2-part object (Part-B is the one giving me trouble) to print with AM. Most of this model seems good, but these few anomalies could sink the ship…😅

  • scott_knox433scott_knox433 Member Posts: 8

    DONE! Thanks for the assist. I got the model cleaned up for perpendicular alignment of all the holes.

    It took iterations with trial and error selecting the sequence of the snap (constraint) controls to get it right. I found that setting the handle well OFF perpendicular initially helped because when the handle snapped to 90 degrees the the correct alignment became clear

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