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How to cut a big part into printable smaller parts

roman_rennhofer
roman_rennhofer Member Posts: 6 ✭
in Community Support

Hi,

so I have this "frame" (1230mm x 1085mm), which is way to big to be 3D printed at once. What is the best way to cut it in printable parts with some kind of dovetails to assamble it later on?

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/888f5b799301d084acc6644f/w/915d658d3adae8880e788d56/e/b0fab4e2b2b0841653fa3430?renderMode=0&uiState=67dbf5e4d3499679a577b753

Thanks a lot for your help!

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  • MDesign
    MDesign Member Posts: 1,461 PRO
    Accepted Answer
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    You can put in a sketch of where you want joints and the shape of them via a single chain of lines for each joint. then extrude a thin remove to give some tolerance. then pattern the feature as needed.

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  • Matt_Shields
    Matt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 985 PRO

    Box Joint

  • MDesign
    MDesign Member Posts: 1,461 PRO
    Accepted Answer
    image.png

    You can put in a sketch of where you want joints and the shape of them via a single chain of lines for each joint. then extrude a thin remove to give some tolerance. then pattern the feature as needed.

  • roman_rennhofer
    roman_rennhofer Member Posts: 6 ✭

    Thanks for your reply!

    But this feature already needs more than one part, right? Or am I doing something wrong?

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