designing a component that fits a fluid shape

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

I am working on a project that i cannot share photos of, as i signed a NDA. but i am having issues with a portion of the design. basically, i have an opening of a fluid shape. i need to make a cover that would fit snugly over this opening. i am having a hard time figuring out how to design this portion.

below is a picture of some car on grabcad. in a nutshell i need to make something similar to the windshield, where as i need to fill a 3 dimensional hole in a model with a seperate shape.

the only difference is instead of actually filling the void i need it to sit overtop the frame. so basically extend and sit on top of the supports.

i hope i explained this good enough

any help would be appreciated.

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@CuttingEdgeManufacturing wrote:

I am working on a project that i cannot share photos of, as i signed a NDA.

below is a picture of some car on grabcad.

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No picture?

Can you create a dummy mock-up file to demonstrate the same behavior/Design Intent, without violating NDA?

I am thinking Patch and Thicken.

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

yikes i stopped the browser after i clicked post but it must of been too late. i reposted it already here is link

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-design-validate/help-with-modeling/td-p/9612366

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

im not sure patch would work as that fills the void not sits on top and extends over the frame. ill give it a go though.

[jeff_strater]

I think this is a duplicate post with this one:  help-with-modeling 

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

yes it is. i linked it to the other post myself in my first reply!

[TheCADWhisperer]

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@CuttingEdgeManufacturing wrote:

im not sure patch would work as that fills the void not sits on top and extends over the frame. ill give it a go though.

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Surface Patch

Offset

Thicken

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

basically i need it to protrude outward, almost like dome out for clearance. can that be done with the work flow you mentioned?

currently i am projecting all the surfaces, and extruding. and doing this in 3 different axis, gets me a rough shape.

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Patch Offset Thicken

[CuttingEdgeManufacturing]

works perfectly. thank you! i rarely have used the patch workspace!

im used to more dimensional designs. and primarily programming so this was a task!