Challenge. How would you solve this?

[rtches]

Just out of curiosity, and in case you’re up for some thinking, how would you solve this? I wanted to create these pieces, and after several attempts using extensions like Artisan2 and Joint PushPull, I ended up opting for a solid intersection. I tried intersecting faces with the model, but it didn’t turn out well.

puzzle_v0.skp (569.8 KB)

[DaveR]

Intersect from Solid Tools is a good option. I would copy the curved surface group and paste copies of it in place after each Intersect Operation completes. Before I did that I would cleanup the excess geometry.