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EXTRUDE CUT 7 SEGMENT SEGMENT FROM BODY

s.kishore1998 — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:19:25 GMT

I am trying to design a clock. It has 6 seven segment led. I have imported the PCB. On the front side of the box i would like to make 6 cut such that the led are only visible. If i select the display it i need to make 9 selection for each led. segment. How could I do this easily ?

Re: EXTRUDE CUT 7 SEGMENT SEGMENT FROM BODY

yqliu — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 14:38:10 GMT

Hi @s.kishore1998 ,

You can try the following steps:

First create a new sketch, project the boundaries of the 6 LEDs onto this new sketch:

Now you get

Then you extrude the sketch and cut the clock case:

The result would be

Re: EXTRUDE CUT 7 SEGMENT SEGMENT FROM BODY

ritste20 — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 20:31:26 GMT

This is also why you use Fusion over Eagle for cases exactly like this. (pun intended)