CREATING A BULGING EFFECT
CREATING A BULGING EFFECT
(OP)
I'm trying to bulge out (give a pillow effect) to a number of flat areas within a frame. At the same time I need the cored out side to keep a fairly constant wall thickness.... following the pillowed shape from the cored side. I've tried using the dome feature (doming the top surface) which sort of works on some of the flat areas but totally blows apart on other flat areas. But the coring out is problematic. I was able to do it on one or two of the flats by extruding a cut from the cored side using the offset from surface feature and picking the front bulged shape as the surface to offset from. But again, this doesn't work for all the shapes.
Any suggestions on how to achieve this effect. To help visualize what I'm trying to do I've posted a jpeg ... it can be viewed here:
http: //i4.photo bucket.com /albums/y1 15/toycept /frame.jpg
Thank you for helping with this one.... I have a feeling there must be an easy way to do this... but I'm missing something. Thanks again.
John
Any suggestions on how to achieve this effect. To help visualize what I'm trying to do I've posted a jpeg ... it can be viewed here:
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Thank you for helping with this one.... I have a feeling there must be an easy way to do this... but I'm missing something. Thanks again.
John






RE: CREATING A BULGING EFFECT
Pete
RE: CREATING A BULGING EFFECT
However, if your problem is in getting the bulge surface (of any kind) in the first place, you'll need a method to do that. Consider a surface fill. Delete (without Patching) the face you'd like to bulge and create one or two curves to guide the fill--with edge types at either contact (probably) or tangent. You can do this with your forming tool and then use the indent feature to push both walls of your molded thickness outward.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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Flores
SW06 SP4.1
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Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
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I'll try using the indent feature as suggested.... Thanks for your help.
John