Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Is there a way i can convert an extruded moulding to a solid shape so that i can cut away portions of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 No. I’ve been requesting this one for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I just end up making these types of “moldings” out of solids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: I just end up making these types of “moldings” out of solids. It's not an easy task when you need to do this... If I could get it to a solid then I could cut the flats and be done, guess I'm headed to 3D warehouse to see what I can see. Thanks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 11 minutes ago, 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. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, 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. This^^^^ ...although I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: This^^^^ ...although I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe. 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, 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? Read my second post again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 IMO, something like this I always do in AutoCad, make it a block, then bring over as a 3D symbol. Michael, where is the revolve tool in Chief? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtldesigns Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 Learnt something today.. as many times I have created poly solids, never saw that before. I thought it was a packman symbol.. JK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, Lakeside-E said: ...Is there a tool that can extrude a solid the same way creating a molding will extrude a saved molding profile? 13 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: Read my second post again. 1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said: I just end up making these types of “moldings” out of solids. Still not connecting your dots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 59 minutes ago, Lakeside-E said: Still not connecting your dots Reading through... 1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said: I would probably make the box first and then a larger subtraction to act like a lathe 1 hour ago, Alaskan_Son said: create that using a zero thickness polyline solid... 2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: ...explode, delete the unnecessary face, select the remaining face... 2 hours ago, Alaskan_Son said: ...and use the Revolve tool. Then of course I assumed you knew how to carry out the Subtraction... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 55 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: How do you go from this step... To This? 55 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: It is basically what I did, I just do not know how to do that step with anything other than a molding polyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 The shape has been exploded but what is the unnecessary face? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Lakeside-E said: The shape has been exploded but what is the unnecessary face? A zero inch thick polyline solid will result in TWO faces once it’s converted to a solid and exploded. Delete one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskan_Son Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, Lakeside-E said: It is basically what I did, I just do not know how to do that step with anything other than a molding polyline. It’s been repeated several times already. The REVOLVE tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 52 minutes ago, Alaskan_Son said: It’s been repeated several times already. The REVOLVE tool. 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lakeside-E Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 15 minutes ago, solver said: Thanks, that was very helpful to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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