Hi Guys,
I'm trying to create an overmolded part and am having difficulty.
My difficulties are two fold. I am not sure I've designed the base component correctly with respect to overmolding principles - should have have modeled it differently, and thats why I'm having trouble... OR, is my model just too complicated.
I'm attaching my base model which will then have a 1mm skin overmolded to it. The photo attached is where the skin will be applied. I just cannot seem to get the surface offset.
I would appreciated any help on this.
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Well, I spent an entire day on this. Finally was able to nail it down based on trial and error. Hopefully this helps someone else.
I got an idea based on this mans work: http://www.solidworker.com/16/16/
I created a "copy" of the surfaces, and then thickened them. Perhaps not the best way, but it worked. Resultant model:
Hopefully this may help someone else.