Need Basic Help

cut-revolve

Or use a smart feature (only in 2006).

You can also choose the end of the shaft as a sketch plane and sketch a circle of the INSIDE diameter of the groove. Then you do a Cut-Extrude choosing the Offset option (in the "From" scroll box) and setting the offset to be the distance from the end that you want the groove to start. Set the width of the groove as the value under "Blind" and select "Flip side to cut".

'Sporky'

John Kreutzberger wrote:

I still must be missing something. I cut a slice from the part, somehow I'm not getting the bottom of the groove.

"SWX-VAR-JP" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

A cut revolve groove as a configurable library feature is also a handy thing to have around, for those times when a smart feature isn't applicable.

Ahoy Marvy,

Aye, ye could use a revolved cut quick and dirty like. Ye could use a configurable library feature constructed from a revolved cut. Takes a bit o savvy. Ye could slap the whole bloomin configurable snap ring part itself with a smart feature that follows the configuration o the snap ring. And that maddog will update if you change the config. Usually requires a savvy navigator that....

Arrrrrrrr

Marvin There are at least three simple ways to do this. A simple revolve might be best for beginners such as we. Just make a sketch of the shaft and groove to the dimensions that you require, of half of the shaft and on the unfinished half of the sketch, draw a vertical centerline. Exit the sketch and choose Features, Revolve, and you should be Golden.