Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
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Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
I am designing a foam cutout for a flight case to store my drone in.
Hence I need a way to assembly parts of a drone and batteries and then "remove" this material from a virtual block of foam.
Is this possible with any of the assembly tools? I am looking in detail at Assembly 3 right now but can't see a way.
Thanks a lot.
Hence I need a way to assembly parts of a drone and batteries and then "remove" this material from a virtual block of foam.
Is this possible with any of the assembly tools? I am looking in detail at Assembly 3 right now but can't see a way.
Thanks a lot.
Re: Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
You could export the assembly and use it as a cutting tool. I guess a shapebinder would work too. I can't test it myself at the moment.
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Re: Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
No, if shapebinder isn't working, I'd look into using Part_SimpleCopy
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Re: Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
What's wrong with using sub-shape binders and links?
(and yes - assembly 3)
If you get stuck - share a file/files
(and yes - assembly 3)
If you get stuck - share a file/files
Re: Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
A, a link is a very good idea too.
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Re: Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
We've the wiki for such things PartDesign_SubShapeBinder
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Re: Does Assembly 3 support boolean operations? How about A2+ or Assembly 4?
if exporting, you should use STEP. Else, I'd use Part copy. In both cases, the result will be frozen, independent from the original form. If you want to keep association you should use SubShapeBinder, but I think it's more complicated.exsolvespacer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:19 pmAre you suggesting exporting as an STL then use that as a cutting tool? There are a lot of different export formats. Thanks.