beveled cut out on the back of a strat

[mrmdk187]

I have been working with Inventor for about a year now and I have yet to learn how to make a good smooth bevel. 

I need to do the cut out on the back of a startocaster. 

Pictures and IPT included. 

I looked on you tube and could no

t find what I was looking for. 

Thanks 

Mark

[JDMather]

You could Sweep a line along the arc creating a surface body that you could then use to Sculpt the bevel.

Post back if you can't figure out this solution, or if this solution isn't appropriate.

I recommend that you also install Service Packs 1 & 2 for 2014.

As I looked over the model I also noticed there were a fairly large number of missing Tangent Constraints (in my opinion) in Sketch2.

I would expect this to cause problems later on.

[mrmdk187]

My training is very basic so alot of the basics get missed. 

I will constrain the nodes you pointed out. 

When you say "You could Sweep a line along the arc creating a surface body"

I am thinking a drawing then revolve cut.... I am going to do it now and see how it turns out. 

I did notice that I am unable to flit th top face of the guitar. Is that because of the constraints?

Thanks for the help. 

Mark

[JDMather]

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mrmdk187 wrote: 

I did notice that I am unable to fillet the top face of the guitar. Is that because of the constraints?

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That, and the fact that you have double arcs not meeting at endpoints.

Unfortunately - it will be very difficult to fix now.  You need to develop a disciplined modeling approach that resolves problems as you create each sketch entity, rather than creating a whole bunch of stuff and then try to fix the problems.

Get lazy - do it right the first time.  There is no economy in skipping steps.

[mrmdk187]

I started from scratch and fixed every issue I could find. 

Thanks for the help. 

I am trying to filet the edges and can not seem to get them to work. 

I tried a sweep but am still having an issue. 

Any ideas?

How does my work flow look on this one? Any advice?

I have learned so much with this project.

I love learning. What a powerful tool. 

Mark

[mrmdk187]

Okey I downloaded the service packs but I seem to be missing the install program....?!  

I have looked through the help files. 

Can somone please point me to the download link for the install program.... I have no idea what happened to the original.