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Extruding with an angle

Nauris47 — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:55:53 GMT

Hello,

I am making a bracket which is pretty straight forward, circle shaped with 5 connector pins, ( pins pointing to each of pentagon edges). Those pins should be bent 18 degrees downwards, and im having trouble to do so. I've tried using Loft, and Sweep tools with rails made at 18 degrees, but it wont let me extrude it that way. Ill add a couple of pictures in case my explaining didn't made sense, sorry for my bad english, and thanks in advance !

Explaining the picture: So the circle should be straight, and the 5 pins should be bend with a 18 degree angle from the place where the circle's circumference is, or in other words where the circle is ending. Any idea how to do that ?

Betreff: Extruding with an angle

Lucas.dolinarVFXZU — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:42:32 GMT

it really depends on what you're looking for...

do you want the bend to be in a circular shape? or can the center piece be a pentagon with circular cut off corners?
(do you want the five pins to be flat?)

i think what you are looking for is a full 360deg rotate of the shape you sketched, and then cut the extra material away. you could also create a surface body and thicken it to make sure you have the same thickness in the radius.

Betreff: Extruding with an angle

cidhelp — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:46:24 GMT

Hi @Nauris47

you can use sheetmetal features.

Sketch a circle with a polygon

and create a sheetmetal Face

Now create a sheetmatal Flange at one of the staight edges

and pattern the flange

You can unfold this part.

Betreff: Extruding with an angle

Nauris47 — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 09:13:51 GMT

Thank You ! I didn't even knew about this function sheet metal 😀.