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I want to use revolve to create a full 360deg piece of Geometry in DesignModeler

Tagged: 19, Create Geometry, designmodeler, Extrude/Revolve/Sweep, General, structural-mechanics
    • May 15, 2023 at 8:32 am
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      If the geometry does not touch the centreline, then you can create a full 360deg revolve. If a vertex touches the centreline then you will have to create two 180deg revolve operations. You have the option to combine these two parts into a multibody part after. See attached example.

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      1. 2053293.zip

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