Help and Suggestion

[Anonymous]

I need some help and suggestions.

I have a flat item that is 10" wide x 65" long. All 4 edges of this item
have a serpentine profile removed from the square edge. The edges must mesh
if laid next to one another so that the short edges are tangent. The left
edge mates with the right edge and so on. This serpentine profile is on a
2" sine wave with the distance between the high and low points being 1/8"
and it must be 10" wide from low spot to high spot. I have successfully
created this edge on 1 side and need to produce the other side.

Mirror produces an identical profile.

I can not offset the profile because its made up of tangent circles and not
a spline.

I tried creating an assembly with 2 of the same parts mated, but it will not
work. I also tried saving a copy as another file name and creating the
assembly that way. I can do so, but seem to be unable to mate the profiled
edge to the next profiled edge (make sense). It may be something simple but
I am bug eyed after a long day in front of the screen.

[Anonymous]

do the plate in 2 halfs, make the jagged profile longer than it needs to be
then on one half offset it from the edge, then on the other half make it
flush with the edge so that eliminates the meshing problem. Then assembly
those 2 halfs together and derive that assembly into one full plate.......

Maybe....;-)

Brian



"Ltspd" wrote in message
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> I need some help and suggestions.
>
> I have a flat item that is 10" wide x 65" long. All 4 edges of this item
> have a serpentine profile removed from the square edge. The edges must
mesh
> if laid next to one another so that the short edges are tangent. The left
> edge mates with the right edge and so on. This serpentine profile is on a
> 2" sine wave with the distance between the high and low points being 1/8"
> and it must be 10" wide from low spot to high spot. I have successfully
> created this edge on 1 side and need to produce the other side.
>
> Mirror produces an identical profile.
>
> I can not offset the profile because its made up of tangent circles and
not
> a spline.
>
> I tried creating an assembly with 2 of the same parts mated, but it will
not
> work. I also tried saving a copy as another file name and creating the
> assembly that way. I can do so, but seem to be unable to mate the
profiled
> edge to the next profiled edge (make sense). It may be something simple
but
> I am bug eyed after a long day in front of the screen.
>
>
>
>