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'Forking' a channel part created via Sweep

kv_rockskv_rocks Member Posts: 5

The initial part created via a sweep and im looking to create a fork in this part (where the example part is), so that there are no walls in the channels where the part would join…. that a marble could roll in any direction. (Couldn't think of a better way to describe) I can create a 'Y' junction at the top easy enough by splitting, but on the side I cant get my head around. I did try to remove the section via extrude - remove the negative space from the channels but that made a mess. Im sure there is a better way that I cant grasp… Thanks heaps

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https://cad.onshape.com/documents/a0aa1ab3b86bd018ca7f3549/w/dada5641bff1c286e3531554/e/e9feeeb61b73a58060a71524?renderMode=0&uiState=6a01719d540ef00a535bea8a

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  • robert_scott_jr_robert_scott_jr_ Member Posts: 796 ✭✭✭
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    Ok. I created a new sketch on the flat end of the fork using some of the profile elements, extruded that sketch as a surface and used the surface to split the part the fork intersects with. The excess part can be discarded. Used a Move Face to clean up the gap - Scotty

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  • robert_scott_jr_robert_scott_jr_ Member Posts: 796 ✭✭✭

    Hello. This document has a part studio that has a method to 'correct' the joint and another part studio that uses a method to create the fork so that no correction is needed. Hope it helps. - Scotty

  • kv_rockskv_rocks Member Posts: 5

    Thank you for having a look. Though I needed so that there is no wall here too:

    Screenshot_20260512_081408.png
  • robert_scott_jr_robert_scott_jr_ Member Posts: 796 ✭✭✭
    Answer ✓

    Ok. I created a new sketch on the flat end of the fork using some of the profile elements, extruded that sketch as a surface and used the surface to split the part the fork intersects with. The excess part can be discarded. Used a Move Face to clean up the gap - Scotty

  • robert_scott_jr_robert_scott_jr_ Member Posts: 796 ✭✭✭
  • kv_rockskv_rocks Member Posts: 5
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