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How can I make this cylinder always tangent to the arc of this cover no matter the size.
How can I make this cylinder always tangent to the arc of this cover no matter the size.
I need help being able to make the edge of this cylinder always tangent to the inside of this cover no matter what diameter either of them have. I tried doing some fancy things with offset planes at the distance to an equation using the cord of dome shape of the cover and it got me close but I feel like there has to be a simpler way. Thanks!
If I were to make that domed cap and cylinder, and they would always go together as pairs, I would make a multi body solid.
one of the issues I see is the corner radius, the transition from the cylinder to the dome, that would cause you issues with a tangent constraint assuming you could get it to work.
I needed to make the metal cylinder into a sheet metal contour rolled part so I can cut out that face on the burn table. I will see about the corner radius, thank you.
you can make the multi body part into individual ipt files, then convert the one you want to flatten to a sheet metal part, cut the cylinder so it can be flattened.
What I ended up doing was going to the cover and just drew a construction line to reference the diameter of the cylindrical piece and made a reference dimension of the height to create an offset plane. In the assembly I am going to constrain the top of the cylinder to that plane so it is always tangent to the dome. I really overcomploicated it with trying to do all these cord and sagitta prolbems by hand. It was really quite an easy thing to do after taking a break. Thanks!
