segment/slice to parts

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I'm improving my skills of designing by Inventor over more realistic problems by designing and then machining out of wood and now I've stopped on one of my tests, hope find help here.

Constraint:

my machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqBa4OFbhKs

can not cut thicker than 60mm, so I have to slice to parts if the design has height over 60mm.

design of problem:

1. as you can see in the attachment, I have a bowl with top and down face a polygon of 16 sides

2. I sweep the base polygon along the central axis, to upper face, with say, 300mm height

3. Now I need to command Inventor to slice it to thickness of 50mm max, or any needed slice, but adaptive to non verticals: the central axis, and the surface of bowl

I don't imagine how best to make this. Sure I can sit and for 300mm slice one by one, but that is not for what Inventor is invented!

Also, I don't imagine how I can slice it to individual parts or features (what I don't know), so that to then get separated drawing from each and go to g-code and cnc (what I know).

I'm not native English speaker, sorry for possible inaccuracy in description. Please point me to what I have to explain more clear.

Please guide me to the right technique to use to slice to features/parts automatically.

[PaulMunford · Accepted solution]

Either create a secnd sketch on the perpendicular plane and rcreate sketch geometry to drive your split - or use a patterened work plane. Make sure that you click the 'Make Solid' button.

When you are done, use tha make components tool to spit out the parts.

[Anonymous]

Yes, that is the solution! Thank you!

[rajeshindi]

Can u post the final solved part model please.

[Anonymous]

Here you are

[PaulMunford]

Great! Glad I could help 🙂