Non circular o-ring groove

[dgiy]

Excuse my Mech Desktop inscribed brain
Trying to carve SolidWorks in it at the Moment.

I want to put in an o-ring groove but the path for the o-ring groove is rectangular with fillet corners.

I created a sketch that defines the path I want the o-ring to follow then I made a sketch plane perpendicular to this and made my o-ring sketch profile. But how do I extrude cut along the path??

Thanks,
DG

p.s. Remember the path is not circular

 

[dgiy]

One more thing I tried to select the path as a Contour and use the Contour in the Cut Extrude dialog but couldn't get that to work.

How are contours used in SW?

Thanks again,
DG

 

[TheTick]

"Insert --> Cut --> Sweep"

I may make you feel, but I can't make you think.

 

[dgiy]

Ok found the command and When I ty it I select my profile for the o-ring (By the way it's a dovetail o-ring groove not rectangular so the sketch profile is more complicated but anyway)It says ...

A section and a path must be provided to define a sweep. The section may have more than one contour for solid sweep. To make a solid sweep, all the contours must also be closed.

....
What contours? Isn't my sketch closed? It is fully defined and it loos as it start and ends at the same point and no lines cross??

Thanks again,
DG

 

[dgiy]

OK I got it.
Sure enough I went back and looked at my dovetail profile and it was screwed. I fixed and it work.

Thanks,
DG

 

[djw2k3]

DG

Don't ya hate that ;-)

After using SW for about 5 years now I still ring support, then realise exactly what I have done wrong immediately the phone gets answered....

Dave