How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
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I have a revolved part and I want a plane tangent to the outside diamter. How do I accomplish this? I want the plane linked to the diamter, so that it moves if the outer diameter is changed.
Thank you
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RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
Pop out of the sketch, and create a line normal to the cylinder top, from either end of the line. Create plane through 2 lines, and select the items just created.
You can also create a cylindrical projection, and strike a line from the center, trimming in it with the circular projection at a given angle. From that, you can create a normal plane on the endpoint of the line created in the sketch. Again, circular arc is construciton geometry, the line is not...
Hope that helps.
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RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
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RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
eg. Plane offset distance = DIA / 2
Your plane will always remain tangent regardless of the diameter you specify and remain parallel to an existing plane.
RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
First, isolate the plane. Then add two constraints: one to make it tangent to the cylinder face, and a second to make it parallel to the other, non-isolated plane.
RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
I will do this:
1. Use sketch to create a circle and pad to a cylinder.
2. creat a point ON CURVE align on the cylinder curve(you choose Distance or Ratio of curve from the point definition window)
3. creat a plane TANGENT TO SURFACE (you choose the surface and the point you just created from the plane definition window)
Now, whatever you change the Diameter of the cylinder, the point and the plane will be changed at the same time when you UPDATE.
RE: How do I create a plane tangent to a cylinder?
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