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Creative ideas to join up these two parts?
tom_auger
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Hi! It's been a while - hope everyone is keeping well. I'm looking to broaden my knowledge / options, so wacky ideas are more than welcomed here! I have these two parts and I would like to build a connecting piece to be merged with them. I'm looking for a nice, organic, fluid shape without too many hard angles (for easier 3D printing AND for aesthetics!)
My go-top here would be a loft, possibly with some kind of guide to get a bit of an "S" into the connector (or "stem" as I think of it) shape.
Anything else come to mind, perhaps using Surface Modeling?
My go-top here would be a loft, possibly with some kind of guide to get a bit of an "S" into the connector (or "stem" as I think of it) shape.
Anything else come to mind, perhaps using Surface Modeling?
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marcus_bernstein Member, User Group Leader Posts: 35 EDUI would definitely start with a loft from a path then tweak the start and end geometries until the result accomplished my goals. This also seems like a cool application for a generative design tool, though the results might not be ideal for 3d printing or your desired aestheticAny chance Onshape is looking for interns?
Philadelphia User Group Leader5
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Website: ovyl.io
Totally open to minor modifications of the "interface" geometry.
The loft approach worked remarkably well, even without any guides at all. All it took was to make a "face" on the top of the bottom part so I could use the solid modeling variant of the loft feature. Still really curious about other approaches.
Philadelphia User Group Leader
Oh yeah _ I love it! Do you have any generative tools in mind that you would consider in this application / workflow? I've been really excited about nTopology but it's too expensive for my hobbyist budget....
Philadelphia User Group Leader