Cut with margin/padding

Cut with margin/padding

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Cut with margin/padding

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What's the easiest way to oversize the cut of one body into another? For the purpose of 3d printing parts that are supposed to be assembled after printing, it would be super helpful to be able to build the parts with connectors, put them into their final configuration, and then "cut" the connectors with some extra amount of margin.

Imagine a 25x25x10mm cube and a 6x30 cylinder I want to pass thru the cube, but I want a .04mm clearance on either side of the cylinder. This is easy enough to simply project the cylinder onto the cube and use an offset. But for more complex shapes it can be incredibly fiddly.

 
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davebYYPCU
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Surface > Create > Offset set to zero.

Create > Thicken > set to clearance.

Solid > Modify > Combine Cut with original and thicken bodies as tools.

 

Might help....