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Tracing boundary of imported part
diana_kraemer
Member Posts: 2 ✭
Hi. I want to trace a more perfect boundary of the interior of this design, part 8 in the parts list.
To look like this:
But keep a constant distance from the edge. I want to use this as a lid to a box. I've tried everything (inkscape, blender) and have been at this for hours. In the linked model you can see I hand sketched it with points and set each distance to be what I want, but of course it isn't going to be perfect. Is there a way to do this or am I doomed?
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That'll need a bit of trickery.
You could create a plane trough the original part, then split the thing with it. That'll give you a new body with one flat face and well approximated curves all around. You could then work with that.
Part 10 is the new part.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e2f420e94df92c6dcb32fbb4/w/328e1b2fdfe730f0cc28f0d3/e/03a58ffcb1dce51f41c14273?renderMode=0&uiState=67759cdc5ae0772175f2a11d