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First project challenge — bending irregular geometry in Onshape
rico_nijeboer
Member Posts: 4 ✭
Hi, this is my first full project in Onshape. I’m still very much a beginner, and my goal is to turn a vacuum into my favorite droid — R2-D2 from Star Wars.
Right now I’m stuck trying to bend one of R2’s arms and could really use some advice.
At first I tried using projected curves, but I found that both the top and front profiles weren’t simple enough to just project — I had to sketch them out manually. From those sketches I built a 3D part, and now all that’s left is to bend it.
The problem is, I can’t figure out how to do the bend properly because the part doesn’t have a single straight face to work from.
Here are a couple images of what I’ve got so far:
And here’s the link to my Onshape document if anyone wants to take a closer look:
Has anyone run into this before or know a good way to approach it?
I am open to any ideas, even if that means starting over
Answers
@rico_nijeboer …. your answer is here: https://learn.onshape.com/?hostDomain=cad
your other answer is you can’t bend it. You have to model it bent.
@MDesign thanks for the direction, I am having a little trouble in doing so.
You see, at first I just had the front face, I used 2 curves and projected that face to two planes connecting them into one face or maybe even with lofts (I am not entirely sure about which one, I think I tried both)
Then i found out that the top sketch had to be made, which lead me on a tangent that i now have the current top sketch, which is the exact one that broke my brain.
As for your comment @john_lopez363 ; I have indeed been working through the learning center and will continue doing so, but I really just wanted to work on the first part which I thought should be doable, seeing I personally learn better by just trying out until I get to the point of finishing it (I know that might be wierd, but as a Software Engineer by trade I love just bashing my head against a wall until a feature works). If you have any recommendation as to which learning center item would actually help me complete this part, that'd be very helpful as I see you've linked just the overview page I would honestly have no clue where to find my answer as fast as possible so I can continue with the rest of my learning journey.
That said, if anyone else might have an idea/little more thought out perspective of target steps, please do share them. All help is appreciated!
You're link to your document doesn't seem to be working. If you can get that to work maybe myself or others can see what your trying to do.