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CW_95875747-Bedrock
7-Bedrock
Nov 16, 2022 2:32 AM UTC
Question

Internal Framework (AFX) end cap

Hi,

 

I'm trying to create internal end caps on a framework assembly I generated using AFX. I'm used to being able to do this in SolidWorks (see documentation) but I can't find the equivalent in Creo - can someone please show me where I'm going wrong? Does this exist in a different menu?

The closest I've found is the 'New Equipment Element', but this only generates external end caps and with a chamfer, not a radius. I'm expecting the tool to grab the radius from the RHS profile definition and able to be set internal/external dynamically.

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I've tried setting the 'T' parameter negative to achieve something similar but to no avail.

Any help will be much appreciated, thank you!

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EdvinTailwind13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
Nov 16, 2022 7:26 AM UTC

If you uncheck "With chamfer" you can use Round on the corners afterwards, as the generated end cap is a solid. It's a manual operation but returns a nice result.

 

Ideally though, there should be two options in the end cap generator: "With chamfer" and "With radius".

 

 

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SamuelBrantner
SamuelBrantner16-Pearl
16-Pearl
Nov 16, 2022 10:37 AM UTC

Hi @CW_9587574 ,

 

thanks for the input. We are thinking about putting this in one of the next AFX releases.

 

If you need this in advance or are willing to test it then please contact me directly so we can discuss the details.

 

Greetings Sam

 

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Greetings Sam
    CW_95875747-BedrockAuthor
    7-Bedrock
    Nov 17, 2022 8:25 AM UTC

    Thanks @SamuelBrantner , happy to hear you are working on this already. To be honest I probably don't use framework enough to be a good test subject, but that is also why I thought I was just looking in the wrong menu.

     

    @EdvinTailwind thanks for the suggestion but my main point was I wanted to find a way to create 'internal' end caps, i.e. those that exist wholly within the profile, which in this case would have also necessitated a radius. Adding a radius to an external end cap would not produce the desired result.

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    CW_95875747-BedrockAuthor
    7-Bedrock
    Dec 14, 2022 2:02 AM UTC

    On this topic, PTC have just rolled out this functionality in Onshape.

     

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    What's New 1.157 - Frame End Caps

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