topic Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

Smoothen/Simplify solid

haraldZXTDW — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:35:16 GMT

Hi,

I have a solid which is the result of a body rotated around an arbitrary axis (the solid consists of 40 merged bodies):

I want to smoothen the solid's surface, to get rid of the steps between the bodies. What is the best way to achieve this?

Regards,

Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid

jeff_strater — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:27:35 GMT

Have you tried Solid Sweep? This option to Sweep allows you to sweep a solid body along a path, and does the "smoothing" for you. Create a circular path, instead of an axis to Revolve around, and use Sweep, selecting "Solid Sweep" as the option.

Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid

haraldZXTDW — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:42:00 GMT

Is there a way to control the angle around the rotation axis? For the rotation method in the first post I used +/-20°.

Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid

haraldZXTDW — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:51:03 GMT

Attached is a f3d file which shows how the solid is created.

Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid

jeff_strater — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:57:56 GMT

The easiest way to control the sweep is using the path. Just make a circular arc that goes 20degrees in each direction. You may have to do two solid sweeps - I'm not sure just now whether solid sweep supports two directions in one sweep.

Unfortunately, I don't have time right now to play with your model, but it should be relatively straightforward.

Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid

TrippyLighting — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:41:18 GMT

What you attached isn't a single solid.

Attached is a version with a solid sweep, that took some workaround past a solid sweep fail.

Re: Smoothen/Simplify solid

haraldZXTDW — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:02:12 GMT

Thanks a lot for the example.