what method do i use to place random holes on the part file attached.how do i place the holes with the correct angle?I`m unsure on how to perform the task of placing the holes randomly around the part with correct angle.how can i do this please for 3mm holes?
Pete
2012 Edu
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Hi petdem,
You can use a work axis to define an intrsection point, and then use the point to create a hole, as described at this link:
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Extruding-or-making-holes-with-angles/m-p/3034486
I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com
sorry i did not explain very well.i reattached part with hole.how can i now scatter holes all over the ball region.maybe about 50 holes randomly scattered around the ball region of the part.thanxs
Pete
2012 edu
@Anonymous wrote:
Please how can I create this pattern
Are you looking for random or are you looling for pattern.
Also - your part isn't spherical, but it looks like maybe you intended for it to be spherical.
The R40 arc center point isn't on the axis of revolution.
If you are looking for a pattern - then curve driven pattern might give you a solution.
If you are looking for randum - there is no Easy Button, you will have to simply start creating pierce points (I didn't check Curtis' post but I assume that is what is demonstrated.
I suspect there might be a way to caculate random points on a sphere (if you had a sphere) and bring them in from an Excel spread sheet but I don't know what the equation would be. If you find one and need help in getting holes from the points - post back.
The corrected file is attached.I will look to use patterns A sample picture is attached.My problem is how will i get the holes at the correct angle as i move the pattern of holes towards the ends of the sphere.The number of holes also decreases as the pattern moves towards the ends of the sphere
inventor 2012 file attached and a picture of the hole patterns i need to model
Pete
OK,i attempted to add the holes using the circular pattern and mirror features.I was not very successful in getting the holes in the correct angle through the sphere.I need some help on how to do the following
1. how do i get the holes at the correct angle going through the sphere
2. how to have even spaces between each circular pattern feature as i move towards the top of the sphere
I`m sure one of you much more experienced users would have a better way of performing this then the way i created the holes.
I have attached my quick example anyway
Pete
I was looking for something else and came across this, so excuse me if this seems a little late.
From the picture included later, the pattern is not random (and the part is not quite spherical, but that's a whole other kettle of fish - although it might be very relevant if you were actually manufacturing these). So anyway I came up with something that I think approximates the part in the picture.
But why I really wanted to respond to this, as I was trying to make a regular pattern around a sphere it suddenly hit me - Buckminster Fuller!
Now I have seen a jpeg of a soccerball made in inventor so I know it can be done - but can it be done easily? What would be the ways to make a.) a soccer ball, and b.) "equally" (vertices and centers, or one or the other?) spaced holes around a sphere in Inventor? (If it's something where you go "Aha!" but if it's going to take a ton of complicated construction then I'll just muddle on my own through it when I have time to play.)
Hi dan_inv09,
Thom Tremblay has a nice video that falls in line with this idea:
I hope this helps.
Best of luck to you in all of your Inventor pursuits,
Curtis
http://inventortrenches.blogspot.com
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/parabolic-reflector/td-p/2976844
Post 13 has a link to the football inventor files if these are of help.
Regards
Martin
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