Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
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Hi fellow engineers,
I have a quite simple question, but I don't know if it is possible in Siemens NX. I searched in the Help and on the net but didn't found a solution yet.
Is it possible to draw a line or curve and then extrude it to a cilinder just by specifying diameter of radius? The line or curve is than the curve passing trough the middle of the cilinder.
I want to share the background information: I am designing a cap for positioning on a rodents head to measure EEG. It has 30 holes in the cap where I want to install electrodes afterwards. Due to the fact that the rodent will be in the same time in a MRI-scanner I can only let the wires come out at the back of the cap, so I have to design tunnels in the cap for the wires. The attachment explains the same in pictures.
An additional question I have: can the routing electrical mode be of some use in my case?
Kind regards,
Joachmi
I have a quite simple question, but I don't know if it is possible in Siemens NX. I searched in the Help and on the net but didn't found a solution yet.
Is it possible to draw a line or curve and then extrude it to a cilinder just by specifying diameter of radius? The line or curve is than the curve passing trough the middle of the cilinder.
I want to share the background information: I am designing a cap for positioning on a rodents head to measure EEG. It has 30 holes in the cap where I want to install electrodes afterwards. Due to the fact that the rodent will be in the same time in a MRI-scanner I can only let the wires come out at the back of the cap, so I have to design tunnels in the cap for the wires. The attachment explains the same in pictures.
An additional question I have: can the routing electrical mode be of some use in my case?
Kind regards,
Joachmi





RE: Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
RE: Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
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RE: Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
@cowski: Thank you very much for this very useful tip. I tested it and it worked, I can continue my work now.
Kind regards,
Joachim
RE: Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
Anyway, thanks in advance. The helpful people on the forum helped me already several times, which I appreciate a lot.
RE: Extrude line/curve to cilinder to create tunnel (by specifying diameter or radius)
Instead of trying to project curves onto the skull and creating a solid from those curves, what you can do it is create a solid that goes thru the skull and trim it back to the skull using Trim Body
You can also Replace Face in a similar way for that.