How to cut off a corner?

[mario52]

hi

here other idea experiment on destructive subelement modifier




mario

[Technicus]

Hey there, I followed this tutorial: < https://wiki.freecadweb.org/Whiffle_Ball_tutorial >.

I am wondering though -- what is the math for figuring out how big to make the cut away boxes, where to place them, and at what angle to position them.

Is there a formula to calculate all of that?

What calculations must be computed to accommodate for different size cuts and different size boxes to cut from?

Is there a tool in the Part workbench specifically for this operation, or a macro maybe?

[TheMarkster]

Parametric proposal. Modify the dd object properties.

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I was going to attach the sketch to a datum plane, but I don't see the advantage of a datum plane in this instance and prefer to have as few objects in the tree as possible.

[Dushyant007]

As @jmaustpc suggests, there are many ways to do this and is indeed true. So here is the other way to do it using Slice Apart !

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