Help with swept cut
Help with swept cut
(OP)
Running 7.5 with TC integration. I have a flat plate that I would like to add an o-ring groove to. On the face I made a sketch of the path. Perpendicular to the face, I made a sketch of the o-ring groove cross section. I tried to use the "swept" feature and ran into a minor problem. It seems the swept command does not allow me to break through the top face of the solid. Presently my sketch is constrained to the face of the solid...Please see attached





RE: Help with swept cut
John R. Baker, P.E.
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Help with swept cut
RE: Help with swept cut
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Help with swept cut
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Help with swept cut
Attached is the part. If you don't mind taking a quick look, that would be great.
RE: Help with swept cut
RE: Help with swept cut
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Help with swept cut
Should I have started with a different function?
RE: Help with swept cut
Trust me, just go to...
Insert -> Combine -> Subtract...
...select the base solid first and then the Swept Body and hit OK and you'll have what you're looking for.
You were expecting the Swept operation to create a 'cavity', but that's not how it works. It creates a separate body which is then used as a 'tool', subtracting it from another solid if what you're looking for is a cavity or void.
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
http://www.siemens.com/plm
UG/NX Museum: http://www.plmworld.org/p/cm/ld/fid=209
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Help with swept cut
Thanks for the help.
RE: Help with swept cut
I think you should take a look at Variational Sweep - that has those options and works perfect in this case
reg.
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