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Wrap a sketch (or extrusion) around a cylinder
duncan_thomas
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Hi
I want to wrap a hex grid around a cylinder. What's the easiest way to approach this please?
Cheers
I want to wrap a hex grid around a cylinder. What's the easiest way to approach this please?
Cheers
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bryan_lagrange
Member, User Group Leader Posts: 824 ✭✭✭✭✭
@duncan_thomas let me know if this is helpful.
I would create a cylinder with a plane tangent to the face.
On the tangent plane create a sketch of the hex grid. I used the polygon command and then did some patterns to make a grid.
Then use the wrap command to extrude, cut, make a surface.
here is the link to the model: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/07d746e9644e895931f2fcfc/w/8ca25cd353d0c816939a2547/e/1b5d82e8f3b351b04adbb22c
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I would create a cylinder with a plane tangent to the face.
On the tangent plane create a sketch of the hex grid. I used the polygon command and then did some patterns to make a grid.
Then use the wrap command to extrude, cut, make a surface.
here is the link to the model: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/07d746e9644e895931f2fcfc/w/8ca25cd353d0c816939a2547/e/1b5d82e8f3b351b04adbb22c
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign
That was exactly what I wanted, thanks!
Specifically it was the fact the the cut is inside the wrap command, not a separate step done after, that was confusing me.
Much appreciate the fast answer
Twitter: @BryanLAGdesign