Weldments with angles
Weldments with angles
(OP)
I'm drawing up my deck in SW, and I'm treating the whole upper deck (what you stand on) as a weldment. I have a series of boards as a lower frame, and now I've added a sketch for the floor boards, which I was on a 45deg angle.
Now I want to trim the floor boards flush with the outside perimeter of the lower frame, but every time I choose the trim/extend, it trims the wrong side of the floor board.
I then edited the floor board sketch so that it was 'inside' the lower frame, requiring an 'extend' but it won't extend at all.
I believe the issue is that there is no actually 'interference' between the floor board and the lower frame, since its sitting on top.
Anyone have any ideas?
Now I want to trim the floor boards flush with the outside perimeter of the lower frame, but every time I choose the trim/extend, it trims the wrong side of the floor board.
I then edited the floor board sketch so that it was 'inside' the lower frame, requiring an 'extend' but it won't extend at all.
I believe the issue is that there is no actually 'interference' between the floor board and the lower frame, since its sitting on top.
Anyone have any ideas?






RE: Weldments with angles
Instead of using the weldment trim command as you are doing, I just drew a sketch (a rectangle in my case) and extrude-cut it. Flip the side to cut so it cuts outside of the sketch. I selected only the floorboard bodies to cut so my joists (what you call the "lower frame") and other pieces remain intact.
RE: Weldments with angles
Works like a charm. It's funny, everything is so easy once you know the answer...
thanks
RE: Weldments with angles
RE: Weldments with angles
TJ McDermott