Looking for a clue with one puting in webing

I am trying to make a pretty complex case for the first time. The
problem I am having is how do I put in the supporting webbing? How do I
make the internal wall conform the the shell I made?

 

Not sure what you're talking about, what kind of case? Sheetmetal,
injection mold, is it a private detective kind of case? Some clues might
be helpful if you're looking for help.

Anyway, that said, there is a new function in SW05 called "Indent". It's
not a great name, I'd probably call it "conform" or something like that,
but what it allows you to do is to in essence is to conform one part to a
set of others, with a specified gap. Specifically, if you were making an
enclosure for electronics, you would use this to conform the enclosure
around the existing parts, at some specified gap. Kind of like a
combination of the Offset Surface, Shell and Cavity commands. It might not
be incredibly intuitive to use, and may require some experimentation.

You might be tempted to use the Deform, Surface Push command, but to me
this is useless. It almost does a similar thing, but the output geometry
cannot be called "intentional" by any stretch of the imagination. I'm not
sure what problem it was meant to solve.

If you're making an injection molded part and need to make ribs (supporting
webbing?), the Rib command might be handy for that. One of my favorite
commands cuz it lets you break most of the sketch rules.

anyway, good luck.

matt

 

....another thought. The Rib tool might be used in conjunction with a
sketch tool called Intersection Curve, and then changing the intersection
curve to construction geometry and offsetting it. This would require a
sketch plane that goes through the centerplane of the rib.

matt

 

Sorry injection molding. I think I got the sheet metal down pretty well.
I used that for the frame of the machine I am working one. I got the
first part back from the shop and it works so I think I did okay with
the sheet metal.
I will take a look at the rib command.

 

The rib tool worked. Just had to spend some time with the online help.