×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

Question about Solid Combines creation

Question about Solid Combines creation

Question about Solid Combines creation

(OP)
This one is also about V5R20 help file for Solid Combines creation (Solid_Combine.CATPart).
In the help chapter it says that "...how to create a solid combine, that is a solid resulting from the intersection of two or more extruded profiles."

From these words I concluded that, a least for sketch 1, the extrusion is done on both sides of the plane defined by the sketch 1. Otherwise, the term intersection would be wrong. So, CATIA automatically extrudes to both sides. Can I change it in order for the extrusion to ocurr on one side only?

Thank you

RE: Question about Solid Combines creation

Hello rbarata,

The Solid Combine feature creates a volume by theoretically extruding the sketches to ∞ with regard to the directions imposed by the user (Normal to profile or Direction). One can obtain the same result by following these steps:
  • Extrude both Sketches in Generative Shape Design workbench to values which permit intersection;
  • Trim the extruded surfaces so you can obtain the enclosed space (also in Generative Shape Design workbench);
  • apply Close Surface in Part Design workbench with the Trim feature selected.
So basically, the Solid Combine feature does those three steps.

Hope this helps,
Best of luck!

CATIA V5R21 – mold tool design engineer

RE: Question about Solid Combines creation

Another idea: Trim the sketch profile to the side you want to limit the Combine to.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources