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Moving a part of this solid to another location

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:15:12 GMT

Is there a simple method of moving this piece of a solid to the indicated location? I tried with direct edit but didn't succeed

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WHolzwarth — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:30:18 GMT

DE should have worked, but sometimes it's surprising.

Here's a workaround (2019 IPT)

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

Xun.Zhang — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 07:49:01 GMT

Here is another solution.

Hope it helps!

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

Frederick_Law — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 12:00:19 GMT

Direct edit depends on what you selected. You might need to select more than you think you need.

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

WHolzwarth — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:20:18 GMT

I believe, there's no luck in this special case. Or could you show it?

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

Frederick_Law — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:40:46 GMT

What version is the file? I have access to 2017.

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

WHolzwarth — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:17:25 GMT

Here's a 2017 IPT, after STEPOut - STEPIn

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

Frederick_Law — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:39:13 GMT

Could just attach the STEP.

Thanks.

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

WHolzwarth — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:45:58 GMT

STEP in Zip attached.

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

Frederick_Law — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:12:34 GMT

So far nothing works.

Can't move both.

Could move one if the other one is removed with Delete Face and heal.

Can't delete radius and heal.

Doesn't work in SolidWorks either.

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

johnsonshiue — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 21:54:37 GMT

Hi Guys,

I think there are some issues on the small blend faces. A quick trick is to use Delete Face -> Heal to remove the filleted faces. Move the desirable face and reapply the fillets.

Many thanks!

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

WHolzwarth — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 22:04:35 GMT

Looks like a simple method, Johnson

But what are the sizes of the fillets to be re-applied?

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

Xun.Zhang — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 01:10:48 GMT

Met the same problem for adding back the fillets so that my solution is not Move face.

Re: Moving a part of this solid to another location

kelly.young — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 05:01:47 GMT

@Anonymous here is an obscure way of doing it that worked pretty well.

Pattern Solids as Create New Bodies.
Create a 2D Sketch on a face that will be helpful to isolate the part you want to duplicate.
Draw large rectangle spanning the piece.
Draw a small rectangle covering the part you want to duplicate.
Extrude Cut the big portion out of the new body.
Extrude Cut the small portion out of the original body.
Combine the bodies.

Hope that helps!

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