Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
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Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
Hi,
FC 0.17, build 8264
Still didn't fully understand the new concept with body / parts in part design mode!
The problem:
1. Create one body;
2. Create second;
3. Perform boolean between them in part workbench -> get boolean result, that in no longer a body or part;
4. Want to work with that result in "part design" workbench, but at best it somehow copies one surface to a new body to create sketch on it, but it is separated from the actual thingy i want to work with...
FC 0.17, build 8264
Still didn't fully understand the new concept with body / parts in part design mode!
The problem:
1. Create one body;
2. Create second;
3. Perform boolean between them in part workbench -> get boolean result, that in no longer a body or part;
4. Want to work with that result in "part design" workbench, but at best it somehow copies one surface to a new body to create sketch on it, but it is separated from the actual thingy i want to work with...
Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
A PartDesign body is a single part in its own, all modeling steps are inclosed in it. Hence it is not intendet to be used the way you did. If you want to bool two bodies there is a special boolean tool for that in PartDesign, this allows to work further in the main body with a second one fused/cut in. But again, in general this is not the intended workflow for PartDesign.
It is of course possible to further use a body in PartWorkbench, but than you really should know what you are doing and what the consequences are.
It is of course possible to further use a body in PartWorkbench, but than you really should know what you are doing and what the consequences are.
Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
Let's assume I knowickby wrote:It is of course possible to further use a body in PartWorkbench, but than you really should know what you are doing and what the consequences are.

Now, how to properly do this?
Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
just select the fusion and create a new body.
And than rethink your modeling strategy as most likely there is a better way to do it
And than rethink your modeling strategy as most likely there is a better way to do it

Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
Great!ickby wrote:just select the fusion and create a new body.
Big thanx

I keep in mind different approaches, but in that particular case - i think it is the most optimal solution... )ickby wrote:And than rethink your modeling strategy as most likely there is a better way to do it
Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
I'm just curious here, as I don't actually have anything that needs booleans in PartDesign - but would like to understand the intended workflow anyway!ickby wrote:just select the fusion and create a new body.
And than rethink your modeling strategy as most likely there is a better way to do it
Let's imagine I want to make an object, which is a cube with a lofted shape subtracted from it. Is there some other approach you would suggest rather than booleans in that case?
Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
Yes, use PartDesign boolean.Brutha wrote: I'm just curious here, as I don't actually have anything that needs booleans in PartDesign - but would like to understand the intended workflow anyway!
Let's imagine I want to make an object, which is a cube with a lofted shape subtracted from it. Is there some other approach you would suggest rather than booleans in that case?
This topic is about 0.17 only and there there is no PArtOperation you cannot do in PartDesign.
Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
Part Offset for one thing. Part Section for another. Shall I continue?ickby wrote:This topic is about 0.17 only and there there is no PArtOperation you cannot do in PartDesign.

Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
NormandC wrote:Part Offset for one thing. Part Section for another. Shall I continue?ickby wrote:This topic is about 0.17 only and there there is no PArtOperation you cannot do in PartDesign.

Those two don't make much sense in PartDesign, as they don't produce solids, but in I'm quite sure you can find some weak spots. Let's say there are some missing tools which should be considered as bug

Re: Hot to work with boolean result in a part design mode in 0.17 version?
I beg to differ.ickby wrote:Those two don't make much sense in PartDesign, as they don't produce solids

Okay, I will make reports thenickby wrote:Let's say there are some missing tools which should be considered as bug

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