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Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line

Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line

Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line

(OP)
I have created a solid body - a single tooth on a gear rack which I then repeated in a linear pattern 100 times to form a longer rack.

When I view the 100 tooth rack in the mode - "shaded with edges" there are edge lines displayed in between the teeth even though in a real gear rack there is no edge there.

How can i create a view where I have real edges shown by a darker line but where no real edge exists in the final part, no edge line will be displayed.

 

RE: Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line

The part is multi-bodied. Meaning that the patterned feature did not get merged properly.

Your profile is not fully constrained. Once constrained by adding dimensions the pattern worked fine for me.

An alternative (better ?) method would be to cut the teeth from a long solid bar ... as it would be cut in a machine shop.

cheers

RE: Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line

(OP)
Are you referring to adding dimensions in sketch1 - i have since your email added 1 dimension that turns all lines to black in the sketch telling me its fully contstained - doesnt it?

The problem is still there

RE: Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line

Your pattern spacing is larger then your base feature which will create seperate bodies when patterned.  It can't be merged because there is air between the bodies.

Try this file to see that it will work when you have the correct progression for your linear pattern.

Cheers,

Anna Wood
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Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
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