I'm looking for a way to obtain an outline of a part for an overlay. A section won't work, because the geometry that is being sectioned off makes up a portion of the outline. For explanation purposes, imagine a shaft with external threads. The swept thread makes up part of the outline, so...
In Unigraphics, I liked to use the boolean function "Unite" to create more complex shapes with tapers or curves on certain planes. The only way I am figuring out to get the same functionality in Solidworks is to carve away at an extruded profile. Is there anything similar to Unite in...
