I have an extruded part where one edge has a complex profile. I want to create a mating part
to the profile edge (let's call the existing profile
the male and I want to create the matching female profile).
I've tried to use the existing part to do an extrude
cut into the new part, but I can't get this to work.
-Is it possible to use the profile edge to extrude
cut into a new part, to get a matching (mating)
profile?
-If so, how does one do this?
-If not, is there a way to get a matching (mating)
profile on an new part? (Obviously I could redraw
the same profile, but it's complex and I'm hoping
to make use of the geometry already created).
BTW I'm learning SW and I've asked other questions
in this group, and gotten good responses. I appreciate
those who take the time to help out!
Re: Match Profile ...mating part within the context of the assembly. ... used to create the extrusion.... perform an extrude cut using the sketch created from the existing part. ... > to the profile edge (let's call the existing profile ... (comp.cad.solidworks)
Re: Extrude Feature "From" ... It seems to have improved over previous versions where it just projected a profile onto the surface and then filled the profile rather than using a trimmed section of the selected surface. ... If you're just using the extrude from offset as a distance, that works as expected, but controlling the offset distance from outside the prop mgr appears to be impossible, except maybe from the API, but I'm not sure about that. ... You might be better served to just use an offset plane with a dimension you can control than to try to use the shortcut of the extrude from offset. ... (comp.cad.solidworks)
