solidworks complex extrusion
solidworks complex extrusion
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I have a bit of an issue which I can't seem to figure out. As you can see from the picture I have a tube with a saddle cut on the end of it. What I need to do is take the inside edge (highlighted) and project it outwards from center to the outside diameter so that I can create a clean cut that is normal to the tube surface all the way around and will take off the sharp tips. The problem I am having is trying to get a normal cut that follows the inside edge since it is a 3 dimensional curved line.
Does anyone know of a way to do this? I hope I am explaining it well enough if not I will try to clarify.
Thanks
Does anyone know of a way to do this? I hope I am explaining it well enough if not I will try to clarify.
Thanks






RE: solidworks complex extrusion
RE: solidworks complex extrusion
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RE: solidworks complex extrusion
I used "Ruled Surface" as my primary feature, it takes an edge you pick and gives you various options, including normal to surface - you may need to play with the alternate face button to get it going in the right direction.
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I then used "Offset Surface" because the mathematical ruled surface has an area around the middle where itself and the solid lie on each-other, generating an invalid zero-thickness situation. Just a small value is sufficient, I used .010
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RE: solidworks complex extrusion
RE: solidworks complex extrusion
Kevin, I have a question. Is there a reason for offsetting the surface. (Surface-Offset3 in your model)?
RE: solidworks complex extrusion
If you use Replace Face instead of Cut With Surface, you will not need to offset the surface to get around the zero-thickness problem.
RE: solidworks complex extrusion
Yep. That's absolutely right, I had to use a small offset to get around zero-thickness geometry which is when two faces only make contact with one-another at one point, or line. So there is no thickness there to create the solid body.
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