Hi there,
I have been trying to CAD an impeller with radial blades, and intend to insert balance holes that cut through the disk (red outline in Capture represents the balance hole that has to cut through the impeller). The balance hole has to be inserted exactly midway between the two blades and then multiplied using polar array option so that there is a balance hole between every pair of two blades. I am reletively new to FreeCAD, so I am facing some trouble inserting these holes through impeller. Can somone help me with this?
The FreeCAD file has been attached.
OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.19.24267 +148 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: Branch_0.19.4
Hash: 476ecf091941bead59b14e44afa6064d5a66afa3
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.3
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Balance holes through impeller
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Balance holes through impeller
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Re: Balance holes through impeller
Make a Draft Polar Array of cylinders and cut them from the rest of the impeller.
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Re: Balance holes through impeller
Thank you! This makes sense. But then these holes are not located exactly midway between the blades.edwilliams16 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:06 am Make a Draft Polar Array of cylinders and cut them from the rest of the impeller.Screenshot 2023-02-08 at 5.05.10 PM.png
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You should have made the blades symmetrical extrusions, then they wouldn't be offset in angle. Set the symmetric property of Extrude to True.
You should have made the blades symmetrical extrusions, then they wouldn't be offset in angle. Set the symmetric property of Extrude to True.
Re: Balance holes through impeller
okay, seems it works. Thank you!!edwilliams16 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 09, 2023 3:42 am @ferris12
You should have made the blades symmetrical extrusions, then they wouldn't be offset in angle. Set the symmetric property of Extrude to True.Screenshot 2023-02-08 at 5.42.20 PM.png
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Re: Balance holes through impeller
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