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Constrain to a variable and “no less than” Constraints
raymond_degennaro
Member Posts: 2 ✭
I have a laser cutting pattern that I’m converting to be FDM printable. The pattern has notches than need to be the same depth as the eventual extruded thickness. What’s the best way to do this? Is there a way to constrain a wide in a sketch to an eventual thickness? Or can I create a variable and constrain the notch dimension and the extrusion height to the same variable?
Also it would be nice to make feet on the bottom by making the notches deeper than the extruded thickness. Can I use a sum of two variables? Something like “extruded_thickness + foot_height”
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jelte_steur814
Member Posts: 498 PRO
you could make the width in the sketch follow a variable indeed.
Adding variables can be done indeed (either in a dimension in a sketch or in a dialogue of a feature, or in a third variable), just like you wrote.
another way is to make the notches with a sweep, create a sweep profile with the extrusion width and use the sketch only as a path.
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you could make the width in the sketch follow a variable indeed.
Adding variables can be done indeed (either in a dimension in a sketch or in a dialogue of a feature, or in a third variable), just like you wrote.
another way is to make the notches with a sweep, create a sweep profile with the extrusion width and use the sketch only as a path.