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polygon line
michael_beck289
Member Posts: 5 ✭
Hi, I'm trying to thicken a polygonal line on an origami rabbit (to make a kind of spider web), but the program doesn't want to allow me to do this for the entire polygonal line and I can only cut out individual sections, then I have to make a new sketch and if I mark the wrong section, nothing works again... Is there a way to do this (quicker)?
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MDesign
Member Posts: 239 ✭✭✭
You can leave everything in the sketch. No need to do multiple sketches. Just do multiple thin extrudes referencing different parts of the sketch until you have done them all.
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EvanReese
Member, Mentor Posts: 2,186 ✭✭✭✭✭
This kind of thing is kind of laborious, especially to make the design really stable if you change something. I just whipped up this no-frills custom feature for you that can handle it though. Thin Extrude Network. If I find myself using it I'll probably put in more work to make it feel more like the real extrude feature.
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eric_pesty
Member Posts: 1,947 PRO
Also:
rib network FS might work
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/67de1cda4399707a3649fcdf/v/26c4d9efa4f624f567914d8b/e/484089617c304a5cb5cb0ac51
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You can leave everything in the sketch. No need to do multiple sketches. Just do multiple thin extrudes referencing different parts of the sketch until you have done them all.
This kind of thing is kind of laborious, especially to make the design really stable if you change something. I just whipped up this no-frills custom feature for you that can handle it though. Thin Extrude Network. If I find myself using it I'll probably put in more work to make it feel more like the real extrude feature.
Holy crap, I'm blown away by how well this works! Thank you so much! This saves so much work! THANK YOU!
Also:
rib network FS might work
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/67de1cda4399707a3649fcdf/v/26c4d9efa4f624f567914d8b/e/484089617c304a5cb5cb0ac5
also perfect! I am enthusiastic about the community! Thx!