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how to aligne a surface "around" an object
tobias_eichler
Member Posts: 7 ✭
How can i aligne the surface of the grey part on to the blue object? i have a 3D scan of the blue object and wanted to print something that i can glue to the blue object. so in the end i oly need the grey object.
Thanks for your help.
Toby
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Matt_Shields
Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 585 
No need to apologize 😊
Maybe a split then thicken?
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Not totally clear on what you mean, but you might be looking to do a boolean subtract.
Thanks for your solution i had a similar apprroach with replace face.
sry english is not my primary language and with this technical terms its even harder.
Is there a solution where the thickness of the grey part stays the same. Like you would pressure playdoo to the blue part so it "wrapps" around the sphere?
That sounds like Thicken.
🫣 sorry i wasn‘t specific enough i think. The rectangle (grey part) should keep the shape. Yeah I know it will change the shape as soon it wraps around. I dont want to wrap the whole sphere only the rectangular. So it stays the thickness it had before. Like a gopro mount for a helmet or so.
I‘m really sorry for my unclear question and I‘m very thankfull for your help!
No need to apologize 😊
Maybe a split then thicken?
Thanks for this solution worked very good. now i have a new problem. how can i apply this if the sphere is not a sphere? with the sphere i could revolve and have the symetry etc. what if i have more like a "freeform" not a sphere.
The Split/Thicken approach works with irregular solids, too.