How do you sketch on a round surface?

How do you sketch on a round surface?

SuzukiGS750EZ
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How do you sketch on a round surface?

SuzukiGS750EZ
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Say for instance you want to make a lid of some sort and have a tab coming off the side of it. How would you sketch on the rounded side surface?

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davebYYPCU
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Not possible.  
Sketch the top or front view, and extrude that sketch.

 

Might help…

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jhackney1972
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You can normally only sketch on a planar

surface, a face of body or a construction plane.  So you could create a Tangent Construction plane on the round surface and create a sketch on it.

 

John Hackney, Retired
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laughingcreek
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got a pic or sketch of what you want to do?

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johnsonshiue
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Hi! You will need to project the 2D curves to the cylindrical face.

Many thanks!



Johnson Shiue (johnson.shiue@autodesk.com)
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jeff_strater
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Community Manager

Use Emboss


Jeff Strater
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SuzukiGS750EZ
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I will try to get to these responses this weekend and see what I can do! It’s been hectic lately

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