Need some direction . . .

[nick.seman]

I would like to take a solid and place x (variable) number of work planes / sketches on y (variable) interval along one of its dimensions.  Each sketch would have an outline graphic created by the "Project Cut Edges" command on it.  Though use of a Form I would be able to change the x and y values.   I can use the Rectangular Pattern command to array the work plane but not the sketch.  Any way to automate this short of writing code ?

Thanks in advance,

Nick

[SharkDesign]

Show what you have got so far, your description is hard to understand. 

[j.palmeL29YX]

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@nick.seman wrote:

 automate this short of writing code ?

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IMHO not possible without of programming. 

[mcgyvr]

I too am a bit confused as to what you want..

Can you post a part file where you have started this manually?

Sometimes I find its also best to post specifics about the problem you are actually trying to solve/task you are attempting to achieve and not just what you think the solution should be.  Like what is all of these workplanes/sketches for.. what are you hoping to achieve with them once created.

[nick.seman]

Hello - 

Thanks for responding.  Hopefully this will clear up my intent.

Say I have a lofted shape and I need a series of cross sections illustrating the limits of the shape.  I have attached a simple model with three sections.

What I would like to do is to via a form, input the number of sections I would like and the distance between them and have Inventor create that number of workplanes\sketches for me.  For example I may want 20 sections at height/(20 +1) interval.

Thanks;

Nick

[SharkDesign]

Are they all the same spacing?

You could just do that with a pattern. 

[nick.seman]

From what I can see a pattern will only allow me to replicate the work plane - not the sketch that is on it.  I could use the pattern command as desired and have all the work planes I need but would then need to manually create the sketch on each.  Hoping to do this automatically.

Nick

[SharkDesign]

Why would you want to duplicate the sketch? Your would just get the same
profile. You might as well just extrude it one the first place.

[nick.seman]

The purpose of the individual work planes/sketches is to have a cross section of the body at each location that will ultimately be exported to another application.  If you move the work plane in the sample drawing I supplied, the sketch updates the cross-section automatically.

Currently the process is to manually create each work plane, manually create a sketch on each work plane, and then manually run the Project Cut Edges on each sketch.  I want to automate that process.  I may have 500 cross sections to create, I don't want to do that manually.

[mcgyvr]

 Well isn't that interesting...graphics glitch what....  NFT available soon 😁

[SharkDesign]

Sorry, you explained all that in your first post, I was getting confused with another one I'd read about lofting.

Without using iLogic (and I don't know if you can) there's no way to do this that I can think of.

[nick.seman]

I pretty much have arrived at the same conclusion.  Thanks to everyone who has looked at and considered my question.

Nick

[JDMather]

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@nick.seman wrote:

... that will ultimately be exported to another application. 

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@nick.seman 

Section Analysis is so close...

to what you are after.

[nick.seman]

J.D. - you are not kidding that is so close . . .

If I could only take those outside boundary lines and change them into 3D sketches I would be set.

Thanks;

Nick

[johnsonshiue]

Hi Nick,

I believe there are ways to do this. To create uneven spaced workplanes, you can create a 2D/3D sketch with uneven spaced points. Then populate the workplane at the points using Sketch Driven Pattern.

Regarding Project Cut Edges, you can create a 3D Sketch and then use Intersection Curve command to create such curves between the workplanes and the Loft body.

Many thanks!

[j.palmeL29YX]

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@nick.seman wrote:

... and change them into 3D sketches 

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Why 3D sketches? 

As far as I understand you're looking for 2D sketches on each of the workplanes (?).