Solid help

[Rakesh]

Hi everybody

I have just drawn the solid model from the hardrcopy. In the hard copy there are different cross section views are shown. Is it possible to cut he crosection at verious section on the model so I can varify with the hard copy?

Any thought will be helpful

thanks

[cobra95kev]

Drop down Menu at the top go to create-curve-create curve slice.

 

Just select your solid then set the depth you want the curves at.

 

[Kannon]

how bout

 

solids-trim

 

then trimming to a plane?

[Colin Gilchrist]

Creating the section views with Create-Curve-Slice is your best bet. If you trim the solid, you will need to make multiple copies of it on different levels so you don't destroy the original.

 

The trick with Create-Curve-Slice, is to set the slicing plane (x,y,or z), then set the distance from the origin in that plane, then select your geometry, and hit APPLY! If you make all your selections and just hit the OK green check mark, the function will exit without creating your curves.

 

After you hit "apply" you can click on the "planes" button on the left side of the ribbon bar to select a new slicing plane/origin. Then select your geometry again and hit "apply".

 

You should be able to create all of your slice wireframe without having to leave the curve-slice function.

 

HTH,

[Kannon]

Thanks Colin... again I learned something new

[pip]

I cant get this to work on solids

[pip]

What I have done is project a line onto a solid, this seams to work most of the time. If not then create surfaces from solid then use curve slice function then delete all surfaces.

[Rakesh]

Colin

Thanks for the help.

Create curve slice work good if the section view is straight and you can select the plane in x,y,zor by line,point etc. But if the section is following the zig-zag cut and if I draw the zig-zag line than I can not select this line as when we selecting the plane option and if select the line it select the segment of the line, not the complete zig zag line where we need to cut section. I hope I made it clear what I mean. Even if I go for trim solid way, it will not select the line which is made of multiple zig-zag segments. Any thought.

Thanks

[Kannon]

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Any thought

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so you want to trim to a zig zag line?