Diamond Knurl Extrude
Diamond Knurl Extrude
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Good afternoon, I have a tube which now they want to have a diamond knurl on the OD instead of a straight, whcih was easy. With the straight knurl I just made a profile of the knurl and extruded it and then circle patterned it. Looked good. Now I need to angle the profile about 45 degrees and extrude it but I can not figure out how to get the extrusion to follow the contour of the OD. Any one know how to get that first groove to cut at a 45 degree angle and still cut at a constant depth on the OD? Am I being fairly clear here? Thank you for any assistance in advance.






RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude
For knurls I prefer to just use a cosmetic thread and a callout.
RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 03-26-07)
RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude
As TheTick said, this takes lots of "overhead"--you don't want to have many parts like this in an assembly (or anywhere else) unless you absolutely must have them. They are performance hogs. Once in a while I truly need to model something like this, in which case I suppress the initial helical cuts and the circular patterns when not in use (usually need these for a detailed rendering, for instance).
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe transcends reason.
RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude
Chris
SolidWorks 07 3.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 03-26-07)
RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude
RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude
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RE: Diamond Knurl Extrude