I'm not sure what is wrong, because the surface indicated has been knitted (formed into a solid) and combined to the lower base. Is there something wrong with the sketches used for the surface profiles and guided curve?
Thanks in advance.
Yes, deleting the knit would remove the short edges because it blows up the Combine, and so you are talking about different bodies. There is no setting for the Concave/convex. It is a problem of technique, which is why it is so hard to describe a "fix". You have to approach the problem differently.Dan Estes wrote:
When I delete the knited surfaces, the short edges were no longer there. Also, Is there a setting that is causing the concave/convex problem?
I'm not trying to accuse you of anything, but you've left out some steps. The spline that is there is a proportional spline, and it doesn't have any On Edge relationship. You've defined it with dimensions. The spline's relationship to the edge is missing, which is probably what is causing the short edges. In the part I built, I built directly from edges, without using converted splines. This makes the intersections cleaner.
These are the steps I used to create the outer sketch of the first surface profile of the dome:
1. Created a plane
2. Created a new sketch
3. Selected the edge of the face
4. Selected "Convert Entities"
5. Constructed the remaining sketch for the first profile for surface loft
Yeah, you're confused now, but eventually you'll learn something from this. Surface modeling is not something you can just fake visually in SolidWorks. Stuff has to be mathematically accurate, perfect even.
After the first surfiace profile, I repeated the same steps, but selected the first surface profile by selecting "Convert Entities". I then mirrored the new sketch to the other side of the dome. After that I constructed the sketch for the height of the dome. Then I created the guided curve on the back face of the dome.
Is there a problem with the initial construction?
I'm becoming more confused the more I get into this.
Again, thanks for your patients,
Dan
Anyway, you can get a fillet to work by using a face fillet with a hold line, and using the outer edge of the flat face as the hold line. Again, I'm not sure what you have in mind for this, but it is one of a couple possible solutions. I'm going to guess that any other real solution is going to involve manually modeling in the fillet.