Walt,
Thank you for your instructions. I followed them with success!!!
Ivan Vegvary
"Walt Jaquith" wrote in message
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Off the top of my head here's how I'd approach it
-Model the dome as a complete, solid sphere by revolving a half-sphere 360
degrees
-Model the flange, also as a revolve
-Chop the sphere to get rid of everything below the flange
-Chop the sphere again above the flange to create the flat for mounting the
socket
-Add fillets as appropriate to the top of the part
-Shell the part to the thickness of the flange, removing the bottom face.
The flange will be preserved, becasue it's the same thickness as the shell
I had to model the part to make sure my flow was good, so here's a
screencap. In my version I used a single shared sketch for all the
different extrusions. That's just something I do a lot; individual sketches
for each feature work fine as well.
Now that I've done it, I see that I could have saved a couple steps by just
sketching the upper dome and flange together, and revolving them with
nothing below the flange. The browser would be a bit cleaner that way, but
it's not a huge deal. This way has the advantage of being very easy and
quick to sketch.
Cheers,
Walt
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