Way to draft half a given angle?

Discussion in 'SolidWorks' started by rob nolin, Nov 15, 2006.

  1. rob nolin

    rob nolin Guest

    I am trying to build an acoustic box and want to miter the edges so
    that there is a tight fit. I am having trouble with some of the
    derived miter angles, as these are not nice round angles. The best way
    I can think of it is if you were trying to miter the edges between a
    soccer ball (as if they were all flat panels of course)
    http://i13.ebayimg.com/01/i/05/87/c7/ed_2.JPG. Since the miter edge is
    half of the angle between adjoining panels is there a way to add an
    equation into the draft feature to simply take half of the angle
    between the panels? Can someone suggest another way?

    What I did was to first I create the interior volume of the box. I
    then lay panels on this interior volume to create their exact size.
    The panels were just simple extrusions and I used convert entities to
    give the panels their shape. I just want to add the miter in as a
    draft to fill in the gaps between the panels. I can email a file out
    if someone doesn't mind taking a look.

    Thanks.
     
    rob nolin, Nov 15, 2006
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  2. rob nolin

    Bo Guest

    Draft function is limited in the angle it works to. I recall it falls
    out somewhere around 30 degrees.

    Doing a cut where you relate the angle by a formula to the total
    included angle/2 seems to me to be the easiest way to keep the mitre
    angle "right".

    Bo
     
    Bo, Nov 15, 2006
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  3. On a sample of one, using SW07, it works to 89.991 degrees, but not at
    89.992 degrees.

    Jerry Steiger
    Tripod Data Systems
    "take the garbage out, dear"
     
    Jerry Steiger, Nov 16, 2006
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