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Cut Frame Ends at 90 deg Instead of Angles
Taylor_Steindel
Member Posts: 2 ✭
I am using the Frame feature to make a cut list of steel c-channels. The channels will all be separate parts not connected. I've drawn all the lines for the frame to follow in a top view sketch and I want to limit the frame ends to the surfaces shown. This gives angled cuts parallel to the surfaces.
Instead, I want perpendicular cuts (imagine chopping all this with a chop saw set to 0°) that won't interfere with the surfaces. The red line drawn shows what I want. Basically extrudes but with a profile sketch not in place. What is the best way to achieve this?
I have a cut list now from the Frames. I thought about making a simple extrude with the profile and using the cut list to quickly make 100 different configurations with the lengths. But mating those in place in the assembly seems cumbersome.
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There are a number of ways to do this but the simplest that occurred to me is to shorten the frame paths. In the sketch where you make the segment paths, you could offset the centerline to the location where an untrimmed length is good. Here's what I mean. Assume your profile is 3.5" wide: