Feature recognition will not work, whether I do it automatically or if I do it interactively.
I need to be edit te features so that I can create some profiles at carious sections and provide them to inspection
Feature recognition will not work, whether I do it automatically or if I do it interactively.
I need to be edit te features so that I can create some profiles at carious sections and provide them to inspection
You don't need to run the model through the Feature Recognition module to be able to create section profiles.
You should run the Import Diagnostics on the model though, to check for gaps and faulty faces.
Thanks for the reply guys. I tried using a new plane to sketch on. But what I cannot do is get a line to draw, on the plane, coincident with the any profile edge of the sectioned surface. Ive always been able to when I can do a feature recognition first.
I cant do a entities conversion either. the blue line is what I am looking to draw.
You can't use the sectioned edges to convert. What you'll have to do is place your lines and use other hard edges, I see a transition/tangent line in that view, try using that.
Steve C
Is it a surface body? you'll get better sections from a solid. add a thicken function or a knit surface with the "create solid" box checked. You'll be able to convert entities then as well.
Alternatively, extrude planar surfaces through the model where you want the section lines, then use the "intersection curve" feature to create the sketches you're after.
tried that, wouldnt work either. In fact the screen shot I added above is from when I tried the intersection curve.@
I don't normally do Feature Recognition but when I do I usually do it manually.
Try doing the recognition in the manual mode and start from reverse direction. Think backwards, in other words. Do the fillets and chamfers last and work yourself back to the main portion of the body. This works for easier parts and sometimes will work for more difficult parts, too.
Steve C
Don, have you considered throwing it into a drawing and using a section view? That should allow you to interact with the sectioned edges and insert dimensions as needed.
That screen shot looks like a section, not a plane being used for the Intersection Curve.
Were you selecting the edges or the faces?