Topics created by jon bondy

@khai said:

for my vote, it's the Logitech Performance MX
comfy and configurable. I won't use anything else.. (had the MX revolution until it's battery pack died.. when my Perfomance dies, I'll goto the MX Master....)

I had the revolution myself but didn't like the performance. It was somehow the same, but everything was slightly different wich made me feel awkward. The m705 is even better than the revolution. No battery recharge, reactive, all buttons configurable, cheaper, very easy to travel with yet large enough for desktop and confortable. It might not be the case for people with bigger hands than mine... for me it's perfect.

You might want to check out the nice Curve Maker / Taper Maker from Draw Metal

Free download here: http://www.drawmetal.com/home

Could you upload the components so we can look at the problem?

It sounds like you are moving the cube away from the axis of the component. The bounding box normally hugs the component but if you move the cube or rotate it within the component then the bounding box will expand.

Hi

Since you want to create an object that maintains two ends with variable distance between then split into four as you have drawn, the half cylinder ends as per attachment, the trick is to build cutting holes top, bottom and side, hide any lines not needed to be seen (outline of hole), add outlines or faces (e1,e2 you can delete these for your project) as required. See my models on warehouse...cylinder, pcmoor

the rectangle sides should be no problem, hide the lines at the joins. The position of components can be tricky, but i let you give it ago, let us know if you need further help

Cheers
Philip

half cylinder.skp

A DC Component may have three different names.

Definition-name
Instance-name [optional]
DC-name

You can edit these using the Component Browser, Entity Info and DC Editor respectively...

You might also need to do this to nested DC parts too?

Note how a Group that is part of a DC is similar, but its Definition-name remains pretty well hidden and inaccessible, except via the API, but then only its Group-name [a Group is an Instance of a special kind of Definition] is relevant anyway...

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another approach using FredoScale and ShapeBender which sort of mimics the 'flow' approach in moi or rhino.

(the shape bender step takes a few minutes to process but it will complete so hang in there 😉 )

helixtorus2.jpg

-- draw the profile shape and push/pull it along the red axis to any length.. draw a straight line underneath the profile..

make a 1/4 circle path being sure that the 'arc' begins and ends at a midpoint of a segment..

2)-- use FredoScale's twisting option to twist the shape 180º

3)-- use ShapeBender to apply the shape to the 1/4 circle

4)-- copy/rotate to form a circle.