Groove In Body Help Needed - NX11

[BrittToolEngineer]

Greetings:

Attached is a model of what we call a buck that our part sets. The projected lines is the part perimeter. I am attempting to put a .100 wide x .100 deep groove around this perimeter and trying to make it such that the .100 stays normal to surface all the way around. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Brent

 

[Barnon]

A sweep to face normals seems like the obvious choice but I was unsuccessful. I tried using thicken surface shown below but don't think this is exactly what your looking for.

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Barnon,

Acually, the thicken surface looks to be exactly what I'm attempting to do. Did you just thicken surface the side of the part?

Thanks,

Brent

 

[Barnon]

I made duplicate instance of a solid you already had in the file, offset one side and then subtracted it. I tried to apply an offset to the inner face but was unsuccessful. I then extracted the inner face, thicken and subtract.

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Barnon,

I apologize for my slowness, but I'm not sure I understand when you offset "one" side. Are you offsetting the sides around the perimeter?

 

[Barnon]

I couldn't get the groove centered, kept getting errors when offsetting but here's the modified file maybe you can massage it to your needs. One of the experts on this site may give a better approach.

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Thank you very much, much appreciated.

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Barnon - I am unable to open your file, I'm working in NX11. Would you be able to save it down?

 

[Barnon]

Crap.. Nope.... Sorry I'm on 12.

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Ok, no problem. Thanks again for your time with this today

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Wait, I have 12 also, tried opening with that version, and it still would not allow

 

[Barnon]

Interesting... What was the error?

My version info:

Version 1863
Part File Compatibility Saved parts can be opened in 1847 or later
Build 3502.318.103

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Oh, you are past 12 to the latest and greatest (no version, version). That is why. Darn. I'm still struggling with this one.

 

[Barnon]

Here's one created on V9. I had to export out dumb solids but you should be able to follow the logic in the features added.

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Got it. Lifesaver. I cannot thank you enough for your help.

Brent

 

[BrittToolEngineer]

Barnon,

I see now what you are doing. The problem is, I need that groove on the outside side of the part perimeter. I do notice when we offset inward (-.10), the offset occurs successfully. When I try to offset outward (+.10) it will not do it. This is why I'm having a problem with this one. Anyway, thought I would share, and thanks again for your time.

Brent

 

[Barnon]

Yep... I noticed that as well. You'll notice the red dots on the problem areas when offsetting. Usually when a surface disappears and it doesn't know how to handle it.

 

[Barnon]

Probably of no use but the pic below is several tubes driven by your perimeter line and then subtracted. I could see machining this with a ball end mill.