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How to edit this solid?

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Message 1 of 21
gjowen2255
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How to edit this solid?

I have this cube that needs to taper into the round solid at the left. I would like to subtract the 4 slivers in the corners using that plane I revolved to slice through thanks

baluster draft.jpg

 

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Message 2 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Use SLICE command

Message 3 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Plane wasn't the right word to use, sorry. It is not flat, I didn't think slice work on this?

 

 

baluster draft 2.jpg

Message 4 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Let's see your .dwg, it looks simple to do (maybe)

Message 5 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Here is the dwg

 

baluster draft 4.jpg

Message 6 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Like this?

 

Capture.JPG

Message 7 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Thats it! Now how did you do that, lol

Message 8 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Slice command, click on the cube, then watch the prompt, it will ask for SURFACE, use surface to slice the cube.

Message 9 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Got it to work here on my end, thanks again

Message 10 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: gjowen2255

I have another solid that I can't seem to slice. I keep getting 'the slicing plane is not intersecting' error.

 

balusterslice.jpg

Message 11 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Where do you want it to slice? into 2 equal parts?

Message 12 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Yes please using that dashed line as the plane
Message 13 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Like this?

 

Capture.JPG

Message 14 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Perfect, whats the trick to getting that to work?

Message 15 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Copy the dash line to a different Z , Loft them, Slice using surface.

Message 16 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

Awesome, that works!

Message 17 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: gjowen2255

The reason I wanted to slice this pc is because autocad adds a weird spiky artifact to one side when I STLOUT. I wanted to slice the pc in half, delete the side with the spike, mirror over the good side, and union. When I do that with the above file dwg, I get an 'inconsistent graph vertices' error, any ideas how to get around that?

Message 18 of 21
Patchy
in reply to: gjowen2255

Which side is bad when STLOUT?  if the part is mirrored, the peg hole will not match what you have now.

Message 19 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: Patchy

The left side is the bad side.

Message 20 of 21
gjowen2255
in reply to: gjowen2255

Just wondering if you have had a chance to look at this, I can't get these guys to union no matter what I try, thanks.

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