Whether I use boundary or loft, I often times come across this frustating situation. See photo please, which should explain better than I can describe. This edge is created by the loft/boundary and it will not accept a fillet to smooth it between the surfaces.
Using this simple model, can someone (Charles?) please teach me what I am doing wrong? Many thanks,
Carter
Hi Carter,
Looks like you are doing a solid Boundary feature against a solid? If so, do it as a surface so there is no ambiguity on the boundary edges.
Mark
FYI - Sorry I can't check your file right now - I'm on my iPhone.
Mark
Thanks Mark,
I'll wait until you're off the phone. But in the mean time... yes, I've tried a solid boundary to a solid. Same results. Surface to a solid, same results.
After a few hours of playing with the above example, I did figure out a way. But boy was it a pain in the caboose.
Each solid loft needs each profile to be tangent to the profile (not default so EACH loft needs special attention). Then what was really hard to find (by trail and error) is the default from SW is the tangent distance is set to "1". Only after setting it to ".01" did the full radii produce itself smoothly.
Can you see anything easier? I'm I doing it correct now? or am I still missing something? Thanks for the help.
New model at this link:
Here is a different approach. Certainly would like to see others as well. The model is clean, but there are a few features. I'd like to cut down on them, but not sure how.........
I initially tried a boundary surface from the bottom edge to the top edge, but SW isn't happy with that one due to the mismatch on number of edges.
Hi Carter,
See attached. It's looks like all the "profiles really are not necessary - just "weight" the tangency in the Boundary surface to match the desired profile.
Mark
I get it now. I think I may have been taught wrong all those years ago. I've been fighting this for a long time. Thank you very much Mark.
I appreciate everyone's help, really.
Carter
Thanks to Mark and others for the input, I wanted to share the final design. I'll also upload to the content central. This is the Card Reader for the smart phones
![iphone-credit-c-8[1].jpg](https://forum.solidworks.com/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-284614-35071/iphone-credit-c-8%5B1%5D.jpg)
Nice design Carter!
Mark
Hi Carter,
See attached. It's looks like all the "profiles really are not necessary - just "weight" the tangency in the Boundary surface to match the desired profile.
Mark