Sphere creation

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Ludovic
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Sphere creation

Post by Ludovic »

Hello,

I'm quite new to FreeCad...
I'm trying to do a sphere (on the last sketch) and it doesn't work.

I want to do half a revolution (on the vertical axis by the center of the circle) of my last sketch...

I think I don't know how to give it the right axis...

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If you can help, thank you.

Best regards,
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dcapeletti
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Re: Sphere creation

Post by dcapeletti »

Hey, I've been going over your sketch. You have a line that does not produce a body. I frame it in the image. You can pass that line in build mode.

To create a revolution, you take the sketch and select the axis in which you want the revolution to be made. I attach the new file.

Greetings
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Re: Sphere creation

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If you want to create a sphere by a revolution you have to model only half a circle. Otherwise you have so called self intersections.
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Re: Sphere creation

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Hello,

Thank you very much.
I'm sorry, I didn't explain very well what I'm trying to do.
Let's see the "manual" document.

Best regards,
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Re: Sphere creation

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chrisb wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2019 10:27 pm If you want to create a sphere by a revolution you have to model only half a circle. Otherwise you have so called self intersections.
Hello,

Thank you.
I'm sorry, I tried to cut the circle... but it seems it doesn't work.

Best regards
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Re: Sphere creation

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I can have a look at this tomorrow - if nobody else replies.
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Re: Sphere creation

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You need to use an arc instead of a circle if you only want half the sphere. In the video I put the circle into construction mode, then make an arc. The revolve axis is the construction line that was already there.



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Re: Sphere creation

Post by chrisb »

There are two more things to say about your model:
- The DatumPlane is unattached, which can make things attached to it unreliable or unpredictable
- The sketch for the sphere contains a 0mm horizontal distance constraint. Use vertical alignment constraint instead. It is in general recommended to prefer geometric constraints over dimensions.
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Re: Sphere creation

Post by Ludovic »

TheMarkster wrote: Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:57 pm You need to use an arc instead of a circle if you only want half the sphere. In the video I put the circle into construction mode, then make an arc. The revolve axis is the construction line that was already there.



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Hello,

Thank you very much.

Best regards
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Re: Sphere creation

Post by Ludovic »

chrisb wrote: Fri Aug 09, 2019 5:16 am There are two more things to say about your model:
- The DatumPlane is unattached, which can make things attached to it unreliable or unpredictable
- The sketch for the sphere contains a 0mm horizontal distance constraint. Use vertical alignment constraint instead. It is in general recommended to prefer geometric constraints over dimensions.
Hello,

Thank you, I change the constraint to vertical. I was searching for a better solution, and you gave it to me ;-)

I don't know how to attach the plan...

Best regards,
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