Making a more complex shape

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Hi, thanks in advance for the help, I’ve been trying to construct this shape for a few days now so I really appreciate it!
I have included some reference points to make the geometry clearer. There are a few things I’ll clear up:

  • The faces with dots, crosses and lines are all flat and orthogonal. Also, the dotted faces have the same geometry.
  • The line that traces through point R is circular.
  • From P to Q the line goes down (in the y) AND back (in the x).

Thanks heaps, as i said I really do appreciate the help. This has been stumping me for a while!

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Is this what you are attempting to draw?

Draw the rectangular prism and on its bottom, draw and arc with the 2-Point Arc Tool. Make the bulge of the arc 2.

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Select the vertical and top horizontal edges as shown.

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Get the Follow Me tool and click on the face inside the arc.

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Finished.

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3 tutorials all starting with a box.

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Wow that was actually quite easy. Thank you so much!!

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Hey Dave, on one of the sides it’s putting in heaps of lines, any idea how to erase them without also erasing the surface?

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It looks like your curve is exploded. How did you draw that curve? Certainly not with the 2-Point Arc Tool as I described. It also looks like your curve is a wee bit too deep.

Also, how big is this? What units?

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You’re right, I instead used the bottom of a circle. Is this an issue? It worked for the right hand side okay.

The length is ~150mm

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What do you mean by “the bottom of a circle”? If it was part of a circle, it would have equal length segments which you don’t have.

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No worries i figure it out, I had an extra little arc on the LHS which it was fitting to. I appreciate all the help Dave!

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