EastGhostCom
Electrical
- Sep 16, 2011
- 1
Every other damn feature in SW 2011 has a way (in Property Manager) to define/limit the depth of the feature, but apparently not FILL PATTERN.
I'm trying to add custom perforated sections into an eighth-inch thick aluminum chassis. The chassis is modeled as one solid piece with several internal walls or electrical shielding dividers.
I want to add a square area, the inside of which should be perforated...basically, these are ventilation holes.
So I create a new sketch on the plane of an outside surface of the metal chassis. I draw a rectangle. Then I add a Fill Pattern feature and select the sketched rectangle as the "Fill Boundary". I also select the two outside chassis surfaces as "Faces to Pattern". I use the "Create seed cut" option and make a small circle.
Everything works great, the pattern looks perfect.
There's only one problem: The resulting perforation cuts all the way through the chassis and also perforates every internal dividing wall. I only want the outer two chassis walls to be perforated, however.
Every other feature offers a "up to next" and "blind" depth option. Why is that not present for FILL PATTERN? Why am I forced to use "Feature Scope" that requires a solid body, resulting in cuts to every internal part of the (solid body that is my) chassis.
At a loss, would appreciate any input. TIA
I'm trying to add custom perforated sections into an eighth-inch thick aluminum chassis. The chassis is modeled as one solid piece with several internal walls or electrical shielding dividers.
I want to add a square area, the inside of which should be perforated...basically, these are ventilation holes.
So I create a new sketch on the plane of an outside surface of the metal chassis. I draw a rectangle. Then I add a Fill Pattern feature and select the sketched rectangle as the "Fill Boundary". I also select the two outside chassis surfaces as "Faces to Pattern". I use the "Create seed cut" option and make a small circle.
Everything works great, the pattern looks perfect.
There's only one problem: The resulting perforation cuts all the way through the chassis and also perforates every internal dividing wall. I only want the outer two chassis walls to be perforated, however.
Every other feature offers a "up to next" and "blind" depth option. Why is that not present for FILL PATTERN? Why am I forced to use "Feature Scope" that requires a solid body, resulting in cuts to every internal part of the (solid body that is my) chassis.
At a loss, would appreciate any input. TIA