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    Wave Washers

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    01-25-2010 08:46 AM
    Hello, has anyone modeled up a wave washer in Inventor?? If so, what method did you use?

    thanks,

    Greg Reeder
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    Re: Wave Washers

    01-25-2010 08:51 AM in reply to: papa_whealie
    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Inventor+wave+washer

    A search turned up something at sDotson (http://www.mcadforums.com),
    you might also check clbiss.com
    and I have seen this covered in the Skillbuilders and several times here in the forum.
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    *Walt Jaquith

    Re: Wave Washers

    01-25-2010 09:22 AM in reply to: papa_whealie
    Cory's solution is very elegant. Here's a quick and dirty attempt. It
    results in some unnecessary geometry; a small gap in the washer since the
    emboss command won't close. With a bit of tweaking there's probably a way
    to make this one cleaner, but I haven't got the time to play with it this
    morning.

    Cheers,
    Walt
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    *Ray Dyson

    Re: Wave Washers

    01-25-2010 03:29 PM in reply to: papa_whealie
    Walt,
    Two suggestion:
    Instead of 3.1415****** use "PI" (without quotes), easier and supposedly
    more accurate.
    Emboss only half the wave form, then mirror. No need to subtract the
    .0001mm. No gap.
    Ray


    "Walt Jaquith" wrote in message
    news:6323995@discussion.autodesk.com...
    Cory's solution is very elegant. Here's a quick and dirty attempt. It
    results in some unnecessary geometry; a small gap in the washer since the
    emboss command won't close. With a bit of tweaking there's probably a way
    to make this one cleaner, but I haven't got the time to play with it this
    morning.

    Cheers,
    Walt
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    *Walt Jaquith

    Re: Wave Washers

    01-25-2010 04:06 PM in reply to: papa_whealie
    Nice. Thanks Ray; I knew there'd be someone in here who could puzzle it
    out. It left a couple tangent lines at the mirror point when I did it, but
    that's a much cleaner model.

    Here's another approach off the top of my head. This one I did in thirds
    instead of quadrants, to see how it would work. I had to kind of trick the
    loft command to give me tangent condition curves, but once I did, the
    default weight returned very close to a circle. Like the other one, There's
    probably a lot of room for improvement on the technique; this was just a few
    minute's diversion.

    Cheers,
    Walt


    "Ray Dyson" wrote in message
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    Walt,
    Two suggestion:
    Instead of 3.1415****** use "PI" (without quotes), easier and supposedly
    more accurate.
    Emboss only half the wave form, then mirror. No need to subtract the
    .0001mm. No gap.
    Ray


    "Walt Jaquith" wrote in message
    news:6323995@discussion.autodesk.com...
    Cory's solution is very elegant. Here's a quick and dirty attempt. It
    results in some unnecessary geometry; a small gap in the washer since the
    emboss command won't close. With a bit of tweaking there's probably a way
    to make this one cleaner, but I haven't got the time to play with it this
    morning.

    Cheers,
    Walt
    Please use plain text.