Hollow a Part Out with Another
Hollow a Part Out with Another
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Hi, everyone.
I'm looking to hollow a part out with another. For example: Take a cube, and hollow it out with a step cylinder's profile. However in my case while the first part will be something similar to a cube, the other part will be more complex (not symmetric, etc.), so I cannot do something simple like cut a hole in the cube.
Is there some kind of function in SolidWorks where you can place one part in another, and cut a hole so the part can fit inside?
Thanks a lot,
Phebotalus
I'm looking to hollow a part out with another. For example: Take a cube, and hollow it out with a step cylinder's profile. However in my case while the first part will be something similar to a cube, the other part will be more complex (not symmetric, etc.), so I cannot do something simple like cut a hole in the cube.
Is there some kind of function in SolidWorks where you can place one part in another, and cut a hole so the part can fit inside?
Thanks a lot,
Phebotalus






RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
Joe Hasik,
CSWP/SMTL/MTLS
SW 09 x64, SP 4.1
Dell T3400
Intel Core2 Quad
Q6700 2.66 GHz
3.93 GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600
RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
If you using insert a part into a part option then you can use mates to locate the part and then do a combine (subtract).
Deepak Gupta
SW2009 SP4.1
SW2007 SP5.0
MathCAD 14.0
RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
RE: Hollow a Part Out with Another
Witht this, you could apply draft and fillets and other functions to each body before using the boolean (combine) operation. This saves time and if you had lots of filleting to do at the end, due to manu intersections.
Hope this helps,
Regards,
Stuart Orrell
SW2010
Progressive Studios Ltd