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Pattern on a sphere

hi pretty new to Onshape and cad it self by like that u Can design things and I get better all the time.

my wife has this clock witb a nice pattern and really want a patten like that on a sphere also and maybe other things

But sad to say after a few (lot) tryes its more than I Can at the moment πŸ˜” Can anyone lead me the right to understand how to do it.
i add pictures of the clock so the pattern Can be seen.


hope someone I abel to help😊


regards

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Answers

  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,811 PRO
    edited September 2025

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    Hey @steen_pedersen968, there are several ways to get shapes similar to this.

    Here is one way to do it by sketching the profiles then lofting them together and creating a circular pattern:
    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/70301bdee67da94c01f314aa/w/faadf4a93585be3342174450/e/525c…

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  • steen_pedersen968steen_pedersen968 Member Posts: 19 ✭

    @MichaelPascoe thx i will look into it when i get home tonite and see if i can learn it and then get it around a sphere and maybe some other things aswell :)

  • steen_pedersen968steen_pedersen968 Member Posts: 19 ✭

    thx @MichaelPascoe i will look at it tonite and see if i can learn to do it so i can make it on sphere and other things sΓ₯ i get a happy wife :)

  • steen_pedersen968steen_pedersen968 Member Posts: 19 ✭

    try it in my lunchbreak and doing it self πŸ˜€ i really learning here but I came to a hold with loft2 dont know a smart Way to selecet transforme in i so gotts look more tonite and hopefully do it πŸ˜ƒπŸ˜ƒ

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  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,811 PRO
    edited September 2025

    Here, I simplified the steps a bit. There were a few redundant things.
    Note that Sketch - Profile B, uses an implicit mate connector to control the angle of the sketch plane.

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/70301bdee67da94c01f314aa/w/faadf4a93585be3342174450/e/525c24c…

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  • steen_pedersen968steen_pedersen968 Member Posts: 19 ✭

    @MichaelPascoe thx have work something with a sphere design but just need to figure out the middel part on looks weird :)

    just have to figure the big part in top out so that can be in the middle aswell :)

  • martin_kopplowmartin_kopplow Member Posts: 1,288 PRO
    edited September 2025

    The point with this kind of shapes is to get the brain to accept that they aren't what they look like at first glance. This, for expamlpe is not a sphere at all. It might not even have the tiniest spherical surface in it. Once that is established, things get a lot easier. ;0)

  • steen_pedersen968steen_pedersen968 Member Posts: 19 ✭

    im almost where my wife want and learned a lot :)

    the onlything a miss now i som dept in the middle square field u have any idea to get that

    hope u can help @MichaelPascoe or else i will be like this :)

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  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,811 PRO

    I see what you mean, just adjust your sketch profile in that area to have more depth. \__/


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