Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line
Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line
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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.
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
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.
RE: Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line
The problem is still there
RE: Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line
Try this file to see that it will work when you have the correct progression for your linear pattern.
Cheers,
Anna Wood
SW 2007 SP4.0, WinXP
Dell Precision 380, Pentium D940, 4 Gigs RAM, FX3450
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RE: Linear Patters of Solid Bodies - hiding a split line