Doing a cut on 2 faces at different angles in solidworks?
I'm trying to do a cut that will make this kind of "door crease":
http://i.imgur.com/87cXhBJ.png
But so far I'm having no luck.
This is what my model currently looks like:
http://i.imgur.com/BGKWVNy.png
http://i.imgur.com/TJaPnmO.png
Any help with this would be highly appreciated.
5 Answers
Robin,
This method works as well and avoids the need to delete faces:
I uploaded a Step file so you can preview the results.
Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/doing-a-cut-on-2-faces-at-different-angles-in-solidworks--2
This should do what you are looking for Mr. Crankyface (SolidWorks saves the name of the last person to save the file)
Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/doing-a-cut-on-2-faces-at-different-angles-in-solidworks
Robin,
Delete Face works pretty well, but I think there are better solutions.
Try to Delete and Patch like these screenshots show. I did it in two steps, but you should be able to delete all three offending faces at the same time.
I was thinking that this might be done in a few less steps by using the Move - Face tool, but it did not work at all, So I thought of this alternative:
Select the two angled faces, and use the Surface - Offset command (I set it to 2mm).
Now take your sketch and do a cut - Up to surface
The result is the same, but it saves a few steps by removing the splitting, knitting, and thickening commands.
The cool thing about the above option is the Offset command automatically knits the surfaces together.