Workflow/Feature for extruding wrapped curves, with new, add/remove to/from a part options?

David_Bone
David_Bone Member Posts: 47 ✭✭✭
edited February 2018 in Community Support
I am trying to find a more efficient workflow for adding/removing wrapped curves from a part.  This is for creating cam slots, holes, protrusions, logos and other features in parts.  I just finished a part that required 46 features to complete only the wrapped features. :(
Currently I do the following...
  1. Wrap the sketch geometry to the surface using the Sketch Wrapper FS.
  2. Fill the resulting curves with a surface.
  3. Thicken the resulting surfaces with the Remove option.
This is not too bad when there are only a couple of features and none of them are concentric, but is very cumbersome with multiple curves and/or concentric geometry.
  • Many curves requires running the Fill feature on each curve separately or you get a "Cannot create fill surface between multiple loops" error.
  • Concentric curves requires creating individual thickened curves as tools, boolean subtracting the inner parts from the outer, then subtracting the resulting outer from the target part.
Just hoping to find a more efficient workflow for wrapping and extruding an entire sketch, preferably in a single feature. :)  This is something that was simple in SW.

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