cncbasher Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 find link to rar file with jpeg and sw sldprt please see the jpg and the area shown in red , this fillet is causing me headaches can anyone suggest how to achieve it . done in sw 2012 http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david1.armstrong1/myfiles/new-wheel.rar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Hi and welcome to the forum! I would suggest uploading at least the JPG to this forum with the built in image handler, a rar-file is not something at least I want to download just like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSasu Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Not sure about SolidWorks capabilities, but in AutoCAD I will do it by subtracting the negative piece. Regards, Mircea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khama Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 You could try the chamfer tool in features. Set the depth and apply. It would be trial and error based thou. Put it into Autocad and it will be done in few seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncbasher Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 i'm looking to hopfully get this wheel shape into 3d , so the opinion is to use autocad well i'm open to guidance too , i need to get it to an stl file for 3d milling and then casting mould etc i have access to autocad if thats a better route ? i have attached my origonal acad drawing for 2 wheels , if it helps anyone to get this into 3d wheel-patterns-a.dwg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD Mather Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have no clue why anyone would do this in AutoCAD if they have SolidWorks. i need to get it to an stl file for 3d milling... A stl file is coarsely faceted surfaces - generally not suitable for 3d milling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncbasher Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have no clue why anyone would do this in AutoCAD if they have SolidWorks. A stl file is coarsely faceted surfaces - generally not suitable for 3d milling. i would agree , i am fortunate through work to be able to have access to solidworks out of working time , and i could once i have it as a solidworks model ,get our resident guru to run it through camworks but i must admit , i'd like to do it to learn the process , i'm an engineer not a cad guy , so pulling a few favours or a few pub pints will have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I have no clue why anyone would do this in AutoCAD if they have SolidWorks. A stl file is coarsely faceted surfaces - generally not suitable for 3d milling. when saving the stl file in SW you can customize the facet angles as small as you want. I do this for 3d printing. at 1degree and below most curvature facets are well under the tolerance of the 3d milling program. CNC basher, its hard to tell from the small pic but i would do this with surfaces. do you have any larger pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shift1313 Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 CNC, i drew something real quick to show you the type of method i would probably use for a part like this. It was too large to upload here so this is a link to my filebox with a zip file. The part is a SW2011 file. http://filebox.vt.edu/users/maperez/Cad%20Drawings/Cast%20Rim%20Help.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cncbasher Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Matt - thanks , i'll take a good look and see how i get on , helps appriciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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