Don84
Mechanical
- Aug 12, 2008
- 3
I am trying to put a tangent mate on a 3-D slot in Solid works.
The slotted part is a tube. Initially, the slot comes out straight and then curves by a quarter helical turn. I created the feature with 2 cuts, i.e. a straight cut & a helical swept cut. The corners can be filletted to get a single surface on the slot.
Normally to achieve a tangent mate, a fitted spline is required in the sketch. This works fine when the slot is 2-D, i.e. a single cut. But it wont work with a 3-D feature.
To get around this, I generated a 3-D spline in a 3-D sketch. But I can not extrude a 3-D slot with a 3-D sketch in the direction I want.
Does anyone have any ideas ? Thanks..
The slotted part is a tube. Initially, the slot comes out straight and then curves by a quarter helical turn. I created the feature with 2 cuts, i.e. a straight cut & a helical swept cut. The corners can be filletted to get a single surface on the slot.
Normally to achieve a tangent mate, a fitted spline is required in the sketch. This works fine when the slot is 2-D, i.e. a single cut. But it wont work with a 3-D feature.
To get around this, I generated a 3-D spline in a 3-D sketch. But I can not extrude a 3-D slot with a 3-D sketch in the direction I want.
Does anyone have any ideas ? Thanks..
