Thank you for the help. Seems obvious in retrospect!
Attached is the final design I was after. I used the model of the fillister head as a digital "mold" (with a tiny offset) to make a fitted thumb screw. I 3D printed it and it works great!
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- Mon Jan 21, 2019 3:38 am
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: how to create half sphere on choosen face of a 3d object?
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- Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:42 pm
- Forum: Assembly
- Topic: FreeCAD 0.18 Expressions: text completion for constraints not working?
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FreeCAD 0.18 Expressions: text completion for constraints not working?
Hello! I am using the latest version of FreeCAD 0.18 released with Assembly 3 on GitHub OS: Windows 10 Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.18.14369 (Git) Build type: Release Branch: (HEAD detached at FETCH_HEAD) Hash: 45b39e8ff6861d15f4277f9759d012b41aae071f Python versio...
- Fri Dec 21, 2018 11:12 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: how to create half sphere on choosen face of a 3d object?
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Re: how to create half sphere on choosen face of a 3d object?
Hi There, I am trying to create a fillister slotted screw head ( https://www.amesweb.info/Fasteners/Machine-Screws/Slotted-Fillister-Head.aspx ) and I am having a heck of a time creating the partial spherical cap. I have tried to revolve a cross section but I get an error saying that the axis of rot...