Help with Angling screw inserts and order of operations

[jampotlabel]

Hi all,

I am partway through modelling a Keyboard case (see below snip).

I eventually want the keyboard case to be angled downwards (i.e. there will be a slope so that the height of the front of the case is less than that of the top of the case- approximately 3 degrees). I know I can do this by constructing an offset plane at the desired angle, drawing a sketch, extruding to cut the flat portion of the keyboard case, and then deleting the resulting shape.

However, the circuit board is held to the case by threaded inserts. If the circuit board is angled, these inserts will need to be angled also to ensure the screws fit corectly.

My question is: what is the best way to achieve this goal? Is there a way to create vertical threaded inserts, but later to angle them to the correct degree?

Thanks in advance 🙂

[jhackney1972]

It sounds like the best method would be to create an angled workplane, using the final angle of the circuit board, and create your insert sketches on it.

[aliobidi]

Hi , 

see this

this is my old work and this is the result 

 

[Warmingup1953]

Why not create a Plane at Angle (Horizontal to start)?... and sketch/model on that for your threaded inserts etc. Then once you ascertain the desired angle go back and set that plane to that angle.