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Variable Section Body FS Help
Ian_Taylor
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Hi, I am working with the Variable Section Body FS to try and create a serpentine flexure hinge that has a variable width. I am currently running into issues with keeping the section centered around the path line. Does anyone have experience utilizing this feature script and can tell me what I am doing wrong or whether this is possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I don’t know if Variable Section Body is the correct tool for the job
It is possible to get at least fairly close using the below method
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9f54510aebe2cbc5769faf1c/w/8cc55fa152e4857592706d78/e/b5c67b080383d108641a6702
The method that I’m using to taper this shape is based upon the principle of projecting a helix onto a plane to create a sine wave.
In this case, a portion of the elongated helix, that comes off as part of a very low amplitude sine, when viewed in profile, is extruded to create a tapered surface upon splitting the swept part
Being as I am only using a portion of one cycle of the sine, well that results in giving a full length single slope taper from one end of the part to the other
I repeat the same process to create the other tapered side of the part as mirroring or offsetting will not work in this case