SOLID REVOLVE CUT AN ELLIPSE

[tim_h]

I'm hoping to tap into the wealth of knowledge on here,

I am trying to get this (blue) ellipse to "revolve cut" my solid and i'm not having any luck...

I may be missing something simple here...

I have tried half and one quarter of the ellipse. Picking the vertical "Z" line as the axis rotation.

The ellipse was created as ARCs... The ellipse will end up being a plated mirror finish.

 

Thanks for your help !

[Guest]

Have you tried making it a solid and then using Boolean remove?

[tim_h]

no

But i do have that as my next step. I did a search and that came up  on other threads.

[tim_h]

GOT IT !

Simple , I just needed to use "trim 2 entity" on the cross and vertical lines to the Ellipse intersections...

Although if you look close the surface look a bit faceted..

[crazy^millman]

What does it look like unshaded? That will tell the true story of the surface created.

[#Rekd™]

The ellipse could be in tiny segments?

[tim_h]

This.

Arc segments...

I created another ellipse using NURBS.

There is the option of using line segments, but I thought that may not be what I am after.

I tried to get the "NURBS" ellipse to revolve cut and and no luck.

I hope these arc intersections don't show up in the part. It it less than an 1.0 in diameter. So i'll use as large a tool as I can.

[AMCNitro]

10 hours ago, tim_h said:

This.

Arc segments...

I created another ellipse using NURBS.

There is the option of using line segments, but I thought that may not be what I am after.

I tried to get the "NURBS" ellipse to revolve cut and and no luck.

I hope these arc intersections don't show up in the part. It it less than an 1.0 in diameter. So i'll use as large a tool as I can.

no, they wont show up in the code.  They're just for surfaces graphic representation.  MC will see it as one entity