Pocket and slot at an angle

[TheMarkster]

This is indeed not for the newbie! The MapPath is always only on the edge, that's why I used the whole outer circle.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding. If the edge is an arc you can use a negative value or something greater than 1, for example 1.25 to move the attached sketch beyond the arc but still on the circle.

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[Shalmeneser]

I did something similar in the other topic with the cylindrical cutout.

Yes, I've seen it. Twice the same day !
Where have you discovered this trick ?

[chrisb]

Perhaps I am misunderstanding.

I was not precise: A MapPath-value between 0 and 1 is always on the edge, 0 at the start, 1 at the end.

[chrisb]

Where have you discovered this trick ?

I had tried to understand how attachment works, and played with the various attachment modes by creating appropriate models. However, i didn't have the feeling to fully understand attachment, and thus I haven't written yet about it.

[hogshead]

Well, I did it (I think). Very inelegant, I know. I freehanded the slot. I could not figure out how to constrain it. I "eyeballed" the pocket depth. I have no idea what is going on with that. I had a devil of a time making it pocket from the right direction. It always wanted to do it from the inside out. Everyone had the pocket and slot on the wrong sides. My drawing is correct in that regard.