Fill Pattern in SW - how to limit to blind depth ??
Fill Pattern in SW - how to limit to blind depth ??
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Every other damn feature in SW 2011 has a way (in Property Manager) to define/limit the depth of the feature, but apparently not FILL PATTERN.
I'm trying to add custom perforated sections into an eighth-inch thick aluminum chassis. The chassis is modeled as one solid piece with several internal walls or electrical shielding dividers.
I want to add a square area, the inside of which should be perforated...basically, these are ventilation holes.
So I create a new sketch on the plane of an outside surface of the metal chassis. I draw a rectangle. Then I add a Fill Pattern feature and select the sketched rectangle as the "Fill Boundary". I also select the two outside chassis surfaces as "Faces to Pattern". I use the "Create seed cut" option and make a small circle.
Everything works great, the pattern looks perfect.
There's only one problem: The resulting perforation cuts all the way through the chassis and also perforates every internal dividing wall. I only want the outer two chassis walls to be perforated, however.
Every other feature offers a "up to next" and "blind" depth option. Why is that not present for FILL PATTERN? Why am I forced to use "Feature Scope" that requires a solid body, resulting in cuts to every internal part of the (solid body that is my) chassis.
At a loss, would appreciate any input. TIA
I'm trying to add custom perforated sections into an eighth-inch thick aluminum chassis. The chassis is modeled as one solid piece with several internal walls or electrical shielding dividers.
I want to add a square area, the inside of which should be perforated...basically, these are ventilation holes.
So I create a new sketch on the plane of an outside surface of the metal chassis. I draw a rectangle. Then I add a Fill Pattern feature and select the sketched rectangle as the "Fill Boundary". I also select the two outside chassis surfaces as "Faces to Pattern". I use the "Create seed cut" option and make a small circle.
Everything works great, the pattern looks perfect.
There's only one problem: The resulting perforation cuts all the way through the chassis and also perforates every internal dividing wall. I only want the outer two chassis walls to be perforated, however.
Every other feature offers a "up to next" and "blind" depth option. Why is that not present for FILL PATTERN? Why am I forced to use "Feature Scope" that requires a solid body, resulting in cuts to every internal part of the (solid body that is my) chassis.
At a loss, would appreciate any input. TIA






RE: Fill Pattern in SW - how to limit to blind depth ??
RE: Fill Pattern in SW - how to limit to blind depth ??
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2011 SP 4.0
HP Pavillion Elite HPE
W7 Pro, Nvidia Quaddro FX580
RE: Fill Pattern in SW - how to limit to blind depth ??
How I would get blind or otherwise depth-controlled holes would be to make a single hole to the end condition desired, using either a cut or the hole wizard. Then fill-pattern that feature rather than making the seed cut within the pattern command.
Depending on your needs for this pattern it may make even more sense to use a pattern or decal to represent the perforations without incurring the overhead of a dense fill pattern.
RE: Fill Pattern in SW - how to limit to blind depth ??