creating multiple lofts that won't intersect

creating multiple lofts that won't intersect

gadg3ts
Participant Participant
557 Views
4 Replies
Message 1 of 5

creating multiple lofts that won't intersect

gadg3ts
Participant
Participant

I have two objects I'm trying to create lofts between and giving me a bit of a headache.
There are 4 quadrants going to 4 slots, each of which should be separate, but probably a bit curved around each other.

It's basically meant to be from a computer fan to a set of 4 enclosures for airflow.

Logically, it seems like it should be simple - create the outside, then the inside with a 1-1 relationship between the two sides and somehow they don't intersect. But for some reason, they all want to connect themselves together?..
Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

 

Thanks,

Sean

Screenshot 2020-02-09 22.13.48.png

0 Likes
558 Views
4 Replies
Replies (4)
Message 2 of 5

davebYYPCU
Consultant
Consultant

Wont work with quarters of the circle like that, 

 

Divide the circle into equal sized profiles, and it will do it.

 

fNDCT.PNG

 

Might help....

0 Likes
Message 3 of 5

gadg3ts
Participant
Participant

I did think of that, but the idea of the quadrants was so that each got an equal amount of airflow.
Although it has given me an idea...
If I transform the shape in stages, that might work.

0 Likes
Message 4 of 5

davebYYPCU
Consultant
Consultant

I divided the circle side profiles to be equal.  Division walls are constant thickness.

 

Eqlhls.PNG

0 Likes
Message 5 of 5

gadg3ts
Participant
Participant

Thanks for your input, however having tried something like that before, I'm not sure it would be suitable for what I'm trying to achieve.
In this context, on one side there's a 92mm computer fan, on the other 4 hard drives that need cooling. Previous experiments have shown that the 'outer' drives would be cooled less (they graph as warmer), as they see less of the fan - there's also the centre hub to take into account - hence the starting with quadrants and wanting to create equal-volume sweeping lofts to the rectangular openings.
I know I can physically draw the things out and make at least mock-ups, but I was hoping to utilise the 'power' of fusion360 to make this process easier.
I remembered yesterday that I actually have a friend who designs engines, so I'll see if they have any ideas about the industrial-design aspects and what they use for modelling airflows.

Thanks again,

Sean

0 Likes