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Old 02-03-2009, 09:19 AM   #17
Spooky
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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Default Re: SolidWorks & wings

Quote: Originally Posted by Mithrandir
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canopies are always fun... how would you do a 3 bounday surface in SW?
For the canopy, I usually make a solid body close to the shape I want, then trim/fillet the shape to my liking and shell it out to whatever thickness.
As far as a 3 boundary surface, you can extrude it, or use separate sketch's and loft it, then use the thicken feature to get your desired thickness .

Yeah, I haven't made the canopy on the above model yet, it still needs finishing, but that one is pretty easy to make, unlike a Bearcat canopy with that funky bubble shape... that one needed a little more thought.

Hope that helps.
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