...a rubber boot that goes over a manual transmission shaft. I should probably just wait until Monday and look at this again but I'm having a heck of a time coming up with a good place/method to start.
Could someone please lend their suggestions?
I would greatly appreciate it.
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Thank you!
Ryan
I'm sure this isn't the most elegant way to do this, but it's a straightforward way to make sure the part fits the drawing. I used extruded surfaces for the lower half, a revolve for the top, and a loft to join the two. There's also some surface trimming and mirroring.
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Very cool! Thanks. That's way less complicated than I had imagined. I had tried a swept profile along a path and it failed in numerous variations. So I popped the question and you provided a great alternative.
Thanks again!
Ryan
Yeah, like Troy suggested, I think it would best be done by creating your section profile and sweeping it about a rectangular profile. You can define a thickness as part of the feature itself rather than sketching a closed loop (I'm without my SW machine at present so you may need to verify this). There's nothing constraining you to using just a single rectangular sweep either. You could use a rectangular sweep for the lower half and go circular for the upper region. Knitting the two regions with additional geometry afterwards shouldnt be much of a drama.
The thing that may be giving you grief with the sweep function (Im guessing) is the area where you need to select the path. Play with the selection manager tools options by right clicking on the selection box. I've been caught out this way in the past as it does take some experimentation to establish what does and doesnt work.
can't sweep around the rectangle, the boot has 2 different side angles. i would build as a solid, do extruded cuts, then the fillets, and shell.
oh ya build 1/4 of it, them mirror twice and then shell. you don't need to mess with the surfacing, but its great practice.