Change extruded moulding profile to a solid shape?


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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:02 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

That’s actually a pretty easy one. Just create that using a zero thickness polyline solid, explode, delete the unnecessary face, select the remaining face, and use the Revolve tool.

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I've made a molding profile from the cross section and extruded it to my process 1 shape. The top and bottom are now oversized cylinders that need to be trimmed square. Doing it this way I only had to CAD draw my profile and save it as a molding profile then extrude it. I don't see how doing this from a solid would be easier to get to this point, just that it would be in the correct form to finish the next step. Can you help me understand your workflow? 

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:14 PM, Lakeside-E said:

I don't see how doing this from a solid would be easier to get to this point, just that it would be in the correct form to finish the next step.

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This^^^^

 

...although I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe.  

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:33 PM, Alaskan_Son said:


This^^^^

 

...although I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe.  

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I have done this method for making columns before to some extent and I understand the profile concept of a lathe so I am following you there, but how do I make my solid subtraction section cylindrical so that I could create the round profile I need in the center? Is there a tool that can extrude a solid the same way creating a molding will extrude a saved molding profile?

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:41 PM, Lakeside-E said:

I have done this method for making columns before to some extent and I understand the profile concept of a lathe so I am following you there, but how do I make my solid subtraction section cylindrical so that I could create the round profile I need in the center? Is there a tool that can extrude a solid the same way creating a molding will extrude a saved molding profile?

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Read my second post again.  

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:41 PM, Lakeside-E said:

...Is there a tool that can extrude a solid the same way creating a molding will extrude a saved molding profile?

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:47 PM, Alaskan_Son said:


Read my second post again.  

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  On 11/6/2020 at 3:49 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

I just end up making these types of “moldings” out of solids.  

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Still not connecting your dots

 

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  On 11/6/2020 at 5:01 PM, Lakeside-E said:

 

 

 

Still not connecting your dots

 

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Reading through...

 

  On 11/6/2020 at 4:33 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:02 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

create that using a zero thickness polyline solid...

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:02 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

...explode, delete the unnecessary face, select the remaining face...

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  On 11/6/2020 at 4:02 PM, Alaskan_Son said:

...and use the Revolve tool.

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Then of course I assumed you knew how to carry out the Subtraction...

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  On 11/6/2020 at 7:29 PM, Alaskan_Son said:


It’s been repeated several times already.  The REVOLVE tool.  

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This was my misunderstanding... I assumed the revolve tool simply rotated a solid but apparently it does not act as I expected... Now to get a handle on the settings. Thanks for your help pointing me in the right direction

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