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Gordon21892
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sketching issues

Post by Gordon21892 »

Hello i am trying to sketch an egg like shape in freecad, i have the length width and height of the piece drawn out however im being hung up on making it into a solid piece. so i am currently trying tow make a surface on the part and im trying to select 3 intersecting ovals however it wont let me as it need to be just part of the ovals. basically i need to break the ovals each into 4 parts divided on the axes but i cant seem to find a way to simply break the lines at an intersection of two lines. for example i have two line forming an x shape there is two lines created but i want to break them into four separate segments at the intersection.
chrisb
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Re: sketching issues

Post by chrisb »

Hi and welcome to the forum!

If you have a sketch you can use the revolve tool to create a solid. Note that you must draw only half of the egg.
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TheMarkster
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Re: sketching issues

Post by TheMarkster »

You might be able to use a Part::Ellipsoid primitive. It has 3 radii properties.

Part Ellipsoid
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