I’ve created this test project to see if I can get a component to cut a hole. It is one flat piece and one smaller, translucent. If I move this onto the flat piece it is supposed to cut a hole but it doesn’t seem to do that. What’s the problem?
test.skp (212.3 KB)
Well, you haven’t given the component the gluing property to start with.
Enable gluing.
In order for the component to cut the opening you have to put it inside the component called x. Since the slot component has no faces, you’ll just see the interior of the x component. Keep in mind that the component can only cut one face. There’s an extension called Double Cut that you could use if you need. Look in the Extension Warehouse.
DaveR
I updated the project but I can’t get it to work. It still doesn’t cut an opening.
test.skp (82.8 KB)
BTW, what does it mean that it only cuts one face? Does it cut this upper face and the bottom face?
Yes it does cut the opening on the top face.
Please read what I wrote in my previous post.
You have to open the “plate” component for editing and insert the hole component.
Exactly that. A hole cutting component can only cut one face. With the way your component is set up it will only cut the top face if you place the component on the top face. It will not cut the bottom, too.
No!
You still have no faces on the sides of the hole so you still see the interior of the plate component when the holes is cut.
Also, the hole is not a “real” hole. It’s sort of an optical illusion in that if you remove the component or move it off the face, the hole will be removed.
OK, I got it. I opened the X for editing and inserted the slot from the default tray components and it works, so this is how it’s done. Thanks.