5 Replies Latest reply on Jan 14, 2015 4:55 PM by Ingvar Magnusson

Projecting onto curved surfaces

Frank Phelps Jan 14, 2015 3:53 PM

Hey guys I have a quick question for anyone that can answer. I have a surfaced enclosure for a circuit board. Its kind of like a ergo grip enclosure. Internally I want to place (4) stepped post for the circuit board to sit on, so after I project the circles (post) onto the surface no matter what direction they are facing they need to come straight up. Does anyone know how to do this easily. Thanks in advance for the help.

Re: Projecting onto curved surfaces

Ingvar Magnusson Jan 14, 2015 4:06 PM (in response to Frank Phelps)

Maybe I´m misunderstanding, but.

Have you tried to pick e.g. an edge or axis to select direction for it ? See image.
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  Ingvar Magnusson Jan 14, 2015 4:15 PM (in response to Ingvar Magnusson)
  
  Don´t you want to extrude them from the circuit board to the ergonomic body ? That is probably easiest.
  
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Jeremy Feist Jan 14, 2015 4:08 PM (in response to Frank Phelps)

you can also look at the mounting boss fastening feature

2014 SOLIDWORKS Help - Fastening Features
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Frank Phelps Jan 14, 2015 4:51 PM (in response to Frank Phelps)

Thanks for all of the ideas guys. Ingvar - In response to your post for some reason I was sketching at the top level of the assembly. When doing this for some reason it was not allowing me to extrude my sketches. Once I did this at the part level I was easily able to. Thanks again guys.
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  Ingvar Magnusson Jan 14, 2015 4:55 PM (in response to Frank Phelps)
  
  Still happens.
  
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