Rob Jensen’s Blog » Parts
Sometimes it takes reading a blog post to generate another blog post. Hence, this post.
I had a user group member ask me this same question at a meeting. I got to see exactly what he was trying to do when Mike Puckett and I went on a customer visit. Then today, Anna posts a way to do this on her blog..! So I thought I’d give you another option to capture the same result.
First, I created my sketch profile and extruded it as a thin feature. Note: I have a .001in gap between the 2 lines so I can create a sheetmetal feature from the solid.
After I have my base shape, I created a sheetmetal feature out of it by going to Insert, SheetMetal, Bends
Once you have your sheetmetal feature created, you can sketch the profile you want to cut out and do a Cut Extrude. NOTE: I have “Nomal Cut” selected. This will give you the laser cut shape.
And there you have it. The final product.
The nice thing about this option, is if the shop comes up and says that they are going to saw cut the tube, you can just edit the cut feature and un-check the Normal Cut option and you have a straight cut.
This week we’ll look at a way to view common mates in a assembly.
If you select a component in the graphic area or in the feature tree and click on the PropertyManager (Second tab in your feature tree) you will see all the mates for that component.
If you use your Ctrl key and select components and then click on the PropertManager you will see all the common mates are in BOLD.
