Thin -> Solid Protrusions

Hi Guys,

Many times now, I've started a 'thin' protrusion, done a nice sketch for its
trajectory, then realised it should have been declared 'solid'.

Is there a way to convert from thin to solid?

How can I re-use a sketch from one sweep for another sweep?

tia,

Matthew Rutherford

 

Your message suggestes your on an earlier version than WF1? - in WF I
perform simple sweeps through the VSS Sweep [just select a single traj or
use the option constant section] option to functionality this gives you the
dashboard with the solid, surface, cut or thin options.

To reuse a sketch: whilst in sketcher hit the save button - this will save a
section [.sec] file. Then, this can be imported to any other sketch
environment: sketch > data from file.

A more robust way is always to create more time consuming sections as datum
curves [which can then be referenced in the sketch] then they don't get lost
if the feature is abondoned or fails.


Sean

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Dept. Design & Technology
Loughborough University
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: Hi Guys,
:
: Many times now, I've started a 'thin' protrusion, done a nice sketch for its
: trajectory, then realised it should have been declared 'solid'.
:
: Is there a way to convert from thin to solid?
:
: How can I re-use a sketch from one sweep for another sweep?
:
The answer to both questions depends heavily on the what rev of the software you
are using. Beginning with Wildfire and the Dashboard, any closed section can be
toggled between thin and solid with a 'button' push. Earlier versions didn't have
this capability. The best you could sometimes do was to make the thin wall thick
enough to fill the inside of the section.

The answer to the second question depends on whether you selected or sketched the
trajectory. The sketched trajectory is entirely internal to the feature and can't
be reused. A curve created separately probably can be reused as long as you can
select it from the model tree although it might be 'grouped' with the first sweep
feature. If you can expand the group, you should be able to select it. I'm being
tentative about this because I can't remember ever doing this.

David Janes