Web between intersecting cylinders 1

[guimba]

Hello, I'd like to make a web between the two intersecting cylinders in the attached pic. I tried the rib command but that doesn't work and says I can only have one open profile. Any hints? Thanks!

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources. - Randy Pausch

 

[SBaugh]

I would create a plane center to both cylinders and extrude a sketch. I would not make my sketch on the siloutte edge. I would make sure its in the body of both cylinders

See attached file.

regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

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[guimba]

Thanks Scott, I think I know what you're getting at. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to open up your file as we are still using '08 around here. I did do a midplane extrude using the inner diameter silhouette edge of the tubes and that worked, but I need to be careful not to make the thickness too great or I end up with a gap at the cylinder/web interface. I was hoping for a command that would blend the two by sketching a profile and providing a thickness. Apparently, rib only works for planar faces?

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources. - Randy Pausch

 

[BluTurtle]

Is this what you looking for?

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...67-401e-a0d8-b4b24619c47d&file=Web_Rib.SLDPRT

 

[guimba]

Thanks BluTurtle, but I cannot open anything newer than '08. Maybe it's time my company updated!

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources. - Randy Pausch

 

[BluTurtle]

guimba,
I notice that you cant open 2009 file. SO I included few snap shots.

web1


web1

Its created using the rib feature.

 

[BluTurtle]

Sorry abt the bad files links. Here are the better images.

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

BluTurtle,
Your links only go to

https://acrobat.com

 

[BluTurtle]

Last try :

 

[guimba]

Hmmm...seems the rib feature only works when the sketched line does not contact either tube. If I start the line coincident with one of the tube rims it says the resulting rib did not intersect the existing model. Same on your end?

Engineering isn't about perfect solutions; it's about doing the best you can with limited resources. - Randy Pausch

 

[BluTurtle]

Nope works even when I gave a coincidence constraint for the ends of the line to both the cylinders.

While constraining, I selected the end point of the line & selected the edge of the cylinder & choose coincident.