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Extrude and "squeeze"

will_wyattwill_wyatt Member Posts: 2

Hi, all. I have a sketch with a couple of closed regions that act as the source for a remove extrude, which then gets patterned. Please notice the rectangles in the middle of the sketch. 3 of the four horizontal members are parallel, one is not.

sketch.png

I extrude those rectangle down.

extrude remove.png

Now I'm trying to pattern those rectangles. I chose one of the diagonals as the direction. That works for all the elements that lie parallel to that direction, but not for the top of the extrude removes. The top of those remove features follow the direction, but ultimately I want them to follow the top and bottom construction lines.

linear pattern error.png

Alternatively I tried to split the extrude and linear pattern, but that didn't work either.

alternative.png

Any ideas? Do I need to do this in a sketch pattern?

Comments

  • Matt_ShieldsMatt_Shields Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 840 PRO

    You could create a surface and extrude "up to face."

    image.png
  • jelte_steur_infojelte_steur_info Member Posts: 587 PRO

    or make the top cutout way to long so they always stick out the top and then add the bar at the top afterwards.

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