Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
(OP)
Hello,
I was hoping I could map the path I want by choosing a groove in a casing. The groove is designed to house a .070 inch diameter o-ring cord, which comes in 100 ft length, but gets trimmed to spec.
What I would LIKE to do, is have SW create the path by following the groove, obviously, and then use a (weldment?) profile that creates the o-ring in the groove. The reason I do not just make a part that follows the same sketch and insert it, is because I would like this process to be repeatable.
I have saved the profile in my weldments profile, because what I would like to do, is have SW create the O-ring in assembly mode, while the BOM calls it out as the part #, and it's length. We use similar o-ring cord a lot, and it would be a huge time saver to not have to create a specific o-ring each time, since the part # is just the cord called out, with the length.
TIA for any help.
I was hoping I could map the path I want by choosing a groove in a casing. The groove is designed to house a .070 inch diameter o-ring cord, which comes in 100 ft length, but gets trimmed to spec.
What I would LIKE to do, is have SW create the path by following the groove, obviously, and then use a (weldment?) profile that creates the o-ring in the groove. The reason I do not just make a part that follows the same sketch and insert it, is because I would like this process to be repeatable.
I have saved the profile in my weldments profile, because what I would like to do, is have SW create the O-ring in assembly mode, while the BOM calls it out as the part #, and it's length. We use similar o-ring cord a lot, and it would be a huge time saver to not have to create a specific o-ring each time, since the part # is just the cord called out, with the length.
TIA for any help.






RE: Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
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RE: Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
TIA
RE: Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
I don't have much experience with it, but something you may want to consider if it could work.
RE: Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
As far as generating the shape it is simple enough to use a swept path to generate the part.
I hope this helps.
- - -Updraft
RE: Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
Virtual components- I will look into that.
Yeah, for the time being I just generate the piece by sweeping the profile along the path, but I was hoping that SW could kind of figure it out on its own, along with using the cord part number as the # and the length being called out instead of me having to create a specific part number for that specific configuration of cord.
It's alright, I will live, I was just seeing if it was possible to make my cord act similarly to the weldment structural members, but instead of being called out with length on the cut list, it would show up on the BOM. No bother.
Thanks for everyone's help.
RE: Creating o-ring using profile, creating path with o-ring groove?
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