Convert PRT to SKEL

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
March 6, 2018
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Hi,
I got "Master" file (prt) and I want to convert it to skel without external ref.

Is it possible?

General

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TomD.inPDX

17-Peridot

There is no easy answer for this but for the most part, fabrication of fitted pipes is pretty much what the Creo operations do. For normal edges you need to have the sheet metal functionality. That might be another fish you don't want to fry. I'd say scribe the inside and the outside and run a sweep through both.

B

BHOoi

16-Pearl

Please share your file in Creo2 or in step/iges so that I can understand better your intent. Thanks

W

Wilson

Author

1-Visitor

Here it is. The one from the picture (worst case) and another with a more common geometry.

Forgot to say I'm using Creo 4.

1_pipe_models.zip

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BHOoi

16-Pearl

I approached this using surfaces:

1. Create the outer surface of the pipe

2. trim sut using the outer edge

3. Thicken it to the correct thickness (1.25). With this , the cut is perfectly normal to both outer and inner surface.

Is this what you wanted to do?

I attached here the Creo2 files for your reference.

1_chassi_pipes.zip

Patriot_1776

22-Sapphire II

What you're talking about is NOT always normal to the surface if you mean the surface of the tube you have shown. It's more a boolian operation of a cylinder removed from the tube shown in the diamater of the tube it mates with that you haven't shown. This should be easy if the tubes are of a constant round cross section. I would model all these tubes top-down using trajectory curves in the center of the circular cross section that you can use later to sweep cuts along to get the shapes you want.