PartDesign SubtractivePipe
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Menu location |
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Part Design → Create a substractive feature → Subtractive pipe |
Workbenches |
PartDesign |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
0.17 |
See also |
PartDesign AdditivePipe, PartDesign SubtractiveLoft |
Description
Subtractive Pipe creates a subtractive solid in the active Body by sweeping one or more sketches (also referred to as cross-sections) along an open or closed path. Its shape is then subtracted from the existing solid. SubtractivePipe is often used in connection with Part Helix and PartDesign ShapeBinder to create a thread; see the Thread for Screw Tutorial for details.
Usage
- There are several ways to invoke the tool:
- Press the
Subtractive pipe button.
- Select the PartDesign → Create an substractive feature →
Subtractive pipe option from the menu.
- Press the
- In the Select feature dialog, select a sketch to be used as first cross-section and click OK.
- Alternatively, a sketch or a face of a 3D object (introduced in version 0.20) can be selected before starting the tool. You will not get this dialog then.
- In the Pipe parameters under Profile, press the Object button.
- Select the sketch to be used as path in the 3D view:
- Alternatively, edges of the body can be selected by pressing Add Edge and selecting edges in the 3D view.
- To use more than one cross-section, under Section transformation set the Transform mode to Multisection; press Add Section then select a sketch in the 3D view. Repeat for each additional cross-section.
- Set options if needed and click OK.
Options
Section Transformation:
- Select Constant to use a single profile
- Select Multisection to use multiple profiles
Section Orientation:
- Standard
- This keeps the cross section shape perpendicular to the path. This is the default setting.
- Fixed
- Orientation set by first profile and constant throughout. This deactivates the alignment to the path normal vector. That means that the cross-section shape will not rotate with the path. Sweep along a circle to see the effect.
- Frenet
- Create minimum possible twisting of profile. For more info, see Frenet-Serret Formulas
- Auxiliary
- Specify secondary path to guide pipe.
- For each point P along the sweep path, there will be a corresponding point Q on the auxiliary path.
- As the profile is swept, it will be transformed such that the PQ line is the normal of the sweep path.
- If Curvelinear equivalence is set, then the Q points are scaled proportionally along the sweep path, regardless of is length.
- Binormal
- Specify binormal vector in X, Y and Z
Corner Transition
- Transformed
- Right
- Rounded
Properties
- DataLabel: name given to the operation, this name can be changed at convenience.
- DataRefine: true or false. If set to true, cleans the solid from residual edges left by features. See Part RefineShape for more details.
- DataSections: lists the sections used.
- DataSpine Tangent: true or false (default). True extends the path to include tangent edges.
- DataAuxiliary Spine Tangent: true or false (default). True extends the auxiliary path to include tangent edges.
- DataAuxiliary Curvelinear: true or false (default). True calculates normal between equidistant points on both spines.
- DataMode: profile mode. See Options.
- DataBinormal: binormal vector for corresponding orientation mode.
- DataTransition: transition mode. Options are Transformed, Right Corner or Round Corner.
- DataTransformation: Constant uses a single cross-section. Multisection uses two or more cross-sections. Linear, S-shape and Interpolation are currently not functional.
Notes
- To better control the shape of the pipe, it is recommended that all cross-sections have the same number of segments. For example, for a pipe between a rectangle and a circle, the circle should be broken down into 4 connected arcs.
- You can pipe from or toward a single vertex from a sketch or the body. introduced in version 0.20
- When you select a vertex as section, it must in most cases be the last section of the pipe. You can change the order of the sections by dragging them in the list.
- The path can only be from a single sketch, feature or ShapeBinder. In case you want to sweep along several edges from different sketches, use a
SubShapeBinder.
- The path must not contain branches or T-junctions etc. Loops are allowed.
- It can lead to issues if the cross-section is not perpendicular to the path in 3D.
- A cross-section cannot lie on the same plane as the one immediately preceding it.
- The cross-sections must not contain disjoint or crossing loops.
- Structure tools: Part, Group
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- Modeling tools
- Datum tools: Create a datum point, Create a datum line, Create a datum plane, Create a local coordinate system, Create a shape binder, Create a sub-object(s) shape binder, Create a clone
- Additive tools: Pad, Revolution, Additive loft, Additive pipe, Additive helix, Additive box, Additive cylinder, Additive sphere, Additive cone, Additive ellipsoid, Additive torus, Additive prism, Additive wedge
- Subtractive tools: Pocket, Hole, Groove, Subtractive loft, Subtractive pipe, Subtractive helix, Subtractive box, Subtractive cylinder, Subtractive sphere, Subtractive cone, Subtractive ellipsoid, Subtractive torus, Subtractive prism, Subtractive wedge
- Transformation tools: Mirrored, Linear Pattern, Polar Pattern, Create MultiTransform, Scaled
- Dress-up tools: Fillet, Chamfer, Draft, Thickness
- Boolean: Boolean operation
- Extras: Migrate, Sprocket, Involute gear, Shaft design wizard
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