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Sweep around corners
ProApe
Member Posts: 226 ✭✭
Hello,
How can I sweep the profile from Sketch 2 along the path from Sketch 1 so that the corners are clean?
In reality, I want to trace (and mill) the ornaments on this door. This is a first test to master sweeping, and it didn't turn out very well!
Another question: I don't know the dimensions yet, I only have the picture and will measure tomorrow.
I thought long and hard about how to determine the radius of the arcs, and then I came up with an idea – which works, even if not to the nearest millimetre – to use Onshape, specifically the ‘3-point arc’ function: I start at both ends and draw the arc to the apex.
Is there another, better method?
And sometimes, when I enter the correct dimensions, the construction is torn apart (but not in this drawing). How can I prevent this?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/3bc130c284fa6e67d45729ea/w/9baff6a5a011797e3110d6f7/e/07024d0013878e2408f57459?renderMode=0&uiState=697d367062da3f6df76071a5
Kind regards,
ProApe
Comments
This looks a lot like a textbook application for CADsharp's Pattern and Sweep feature.
Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | MeddlerTry this.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/c9134dadb94ebcd3c6c063d6/w/b88baecf32af7c197c1b8923/e/340bb3fcea692a20bdcae1e2
Thank you both very much!
Now I don't understand the world anymore!
When I started up my Mac and Onshape earlier, suddenly, without me doing anything, the left corner was neatly stitched (which wasn't the case when I closed it down yesterday evening!) and the right corner wasn't, which can be fixed by mirroring.
And when I start again from the beginning, suddenly everything is correct, even though I did exactly the same as before!
Onshape gaslighting? I don't know what you're talking about
Derek Van Allen | Engineering Consultant | MeddlerWhat do you mean by gaslighting?