topic Re: Modeling Help in Inventor Forum

Modeling Help

Anonymous — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:35:00 GMT

Hi all, I'm quite new to inventor (come from 20 years ProE!!) so I am in need of some help.

I am trying to model a bayonet style fitting and am struggling to think of how to model this feature:-

Can anyone please advise of the best way, I am assuming some kind of sweep though unsure of how to achive this in inventor

WHolzwarth — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:55:30 GMT

IMO, best way for doing these Pin-in-slot tasks is thickening of a mid-surface. 2014 file attached.

Walter

Later: End fillet is changed now

PaulMunford — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:36:36 GMT

You could model the negative as a new body and do a boolean cut?

hncarle — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:56:44 GMT

You could also sketch on say a plane, xy or whatever and extrude cut it out.

WHolzwarth — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 23:03:22 GMT

This can be done, if tolerances are big enough.

But for a tight fit between pin and slot, thickeniing of a mid surface is the best way.