How do I angle a tube?

gyrex

Hi guys,

I'm having a bit of a brain fart and can't figure out how to do something relatively simple I guess.

This is my drawing: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/103df7df35e7f8b79d212ded/w/6b205c965461e2886eab2c08/e/3b22df7d8a7aec1baa7e0220

I have a tube running vertically and I'd like to angle the tube at 20º from the vertical. I've tried doing a revolve but it doesn't work out exactly as I thought it would. The edges don't match up and it protrudes into the existing vertical tube cavity.




Can someone help me please?

Many thanks!

John

gyrex

I solved my own question. I did a search and found the shell function. I've been extruding tubes in the past but I've learnt about this wonderful shell feature!

My example of how to do this is here:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ba898f98d27e921d446e8cd5/w/8a83444be4c6cbc1fa9a67c7/e/b7e47a20414160859945ca7d

I used a combination of loft and shell. First I extruded the vertical cylinder (without drawing the inner part to make it a tube), then I created a sketch to create the desired angle on the front plane. Then I created a new plane where I wanted the tube to finish up, drew an equal circle on the new plane at the desired location, lofted the 2 circles together then used the shell function.

I love onshape! Learning something new every day

gyrex

I also tried doing a loft but I get an error message "cannot use faces or regions with inner loops as profiles". I have an example here:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/103df7df35e7f8b79d212ded/w/6b205c965461e2886eab2c08/e/7f422123701f724aaeb6591a





Once again, thanks for any help!

gyrex

I solved my own question. I did a search and found the shell function. I've been extruding tubes in the past but I've learnt about this wonderful shell feature!

My example of how to do this is here:

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/ba898f98d27e921d446e8cd5/w/8a83444be4c6cbc1fa9a67c7/e/b7e47a20414160859945ca7d

I used a combination of loft and shell. First I extruded the vertical cylinder (without drawing the inner part to make it a tube), then I created a sketch to create the desired angle on the front plane. Then I created a new plane where I wanted the tube to finish up, drew an equal circle on the new plane at the desired location, lofted the 2 circles together then used the shell function.

I love onshape! Learning something new every day

bradley_sauln

@gyrex The quickest and easiest way for you to do this is with a sweep. Take a look at my public example based on your design:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e9eaa26a011acc26a70911de/w/f3a86da4a92c9a98f186e38e/e/feda47a25bd6e752d25e2410