How to model a parametric hook?

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Christoph
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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Hi,

sorry for the late response, working week was quite busy. Here ist the original FreeCAD file (outdated now)
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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@Wilfried: I tried curves Workbench, but decided to keep the whole modeling process within Part Design next to avoid problems mixing different workbenches. To improve the look of the sweep, I changed the whole design by using a loft between the transition of the eyelet and the sweep. Furthermore, I used B-Splines instead of the slot-tool. The sweep is not perfect, but much better then before and the whole body doesn't have the ungly plane sufaces on the eyelet.

Especially the placing of Datum-Planes is now much more professional!

I attach the new file.

I recorded a new video, which can be found here:
phpBB [video]


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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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Thanks Christoph for that great educational video.
Following it without sound is easy enough, google auto-subtitle + auto-translate is pretty funny (pun intended), as in you kept using the "laughing tool" :lol:

While I'm trying to reproduce, I run into issues with the loft:
- the first point used seems to be off ans thus the result is twisting, is there a way to avoid it
- the loft is not following the tangent of the ring (not smooth), I don't see any options to tell it to follow the original surface

Your result on the left, mine on the right.
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Thanks for you help and tips.
Cheers!

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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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Hi dbcad,

I applied constraints to all the sketches in your file and the loft worked out. But I coudn't find the solution why the loft wasn't working on your original file.
Regards
Christoph
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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Christoph wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 6:02 pm Hi dbcad,

I applied constraints to all the sketches in your file and the loft worked out. But I coudn't find the solution why the loft wasn't working on your original file.
Regards
Christoph
I can tell you why it's going wrong. All sketches must have the startpoint at the same side. So you have to move the two sketches under 90° in the sketcher, so please delete the vertical constraint, rotate with the mouse and then set a new vertical or horizontel constraint, and dimension the elipse. Then you will see that the loft will work.
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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Thanks Christoph for your check and confirming my problem!
freecad-heini-1 wrote: Sun Apr 22, 2018 7:38 pm I can tell you why it's going wrong. All sketches must have the startpoint at the same side. So you have to move the two sketches under 90° in the sketcher, so please delete the vertical constraint, rotate with the mouse and then set a new vertical or horizontel constraint, and dimension the elipse. Then you will see that the loft will work.
Thanks Heini, that is what i kind of figure out when looking at the "seam line on the surface" and reading how the loft was working (https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Part_Lo ... al_Details), the problem is that these ellipses have a dominant (larger) axes so to get similar shape as Christoph I cannot really turn 90degrees and get the same aspect ratio.
Maybe, would it be possible to define a % from the first point for the location of the seam for each slice instead of relying on the "random" location of this first point? I could submit a ticket if you think it's a worthy feature. I feel that the current loft is a bit restricted right now.
Thanks!
Cheers
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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dbecad wrote: Mon Apr 23, 2018 4:29 amthe problem is that these ellipses have a dominant (larger) axes so to get similar shape as Christoph I cannot really turn 90degrees and get the same aspect ratio.
Maybe, would it be possible to define a % from the first point for the location of the seam for each slice instead of relying on the "random" location of this first point? I could submit a ticket if you think it's a worthy feature.
My guess is that the seam comes from the OCC kernel and FreeCAD cannot change it. So it's not worth a ticket. If you need more control over the elliptical segments you have to divide the ellipse itself into different pieces.
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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In old features of creo related probles exist with circular or elipse that it don't know where to cut the sketches. so you have to do it youreself in the sketch...
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Re: How to model a parametric hook?

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Thanks all for your comments,
so for future reference, I changed the ellipses to splines and then manually aligned the first points (top right) to get the correct result (bottom right, the seam is straight).

I understand FC might not control the first point, but it does make figuring out where that point is on a curve difficult. You have to exit the sketch mode to see it (unless I missed an option?) and the first point of the ring bottom face is what looks like a single black pixel on my screen (see left screen-shot).
Could we have an option to mark first point more visibly maybe?
Cheers
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