Editing an auto cylinder

[Josh Seiden]

Would someone please tell me the quickest way to edit an auto cylinder? Imagine you're looking down on the cylinder. It has a 10mm depth. 2 circles for the cylinder. I want the first diameter to be 2.5mm from the top. I want the second diameter to be 2.5mm from the bottom. I want both diameters to start at 12 o'clock and go clockwise.

Thank you all.

[A-machine-insp]

That would be the "Depth" and "Ending Offset" in the auto feature dialogue window. See highlighted areas in the screenshot.

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[Josh Seiden]

Thank you very much.

[Douglas]

J -0.0000 makes me twitch a little

[A-machine-insp]

Douglas Me too. That was a print based part that our engineering department made the CAD for. Perfectly imperfect.

[Rich P]

contact path properties depth/ending offset after clicking on feature, check the length to see how your model checks length, diameter and you can edit start end

[Josh Seiden]

Thank you for the help.

[VinniUSMC]

You cannot force both circles to start and end at the same place though, or measure in the same direction. For example, with 4 hits per level, 2 levels, and 0 to 360: The bottom circle will measure 12, 3, 6, 9 o'clock, and then the top will measure 9, 6, 3, 12. Like a patch scan, it zig-zags for each level. You could use two auto-circles and construct a cylinder from that. Or use vector points and paste with pattern. Plenty of ways to skin the cat, if you need it that specific.

[Josh Seiden]

Thank you. I think I can live with that.

[Douglas]

yes you can if you go in and move the hits around, user defined hits in the auto feature

[VinniUSMC]

Sure, but I just fiddled around with it, and it does some crazy stuff with the point order. At least, visually according to the hit targets. And, you can't maintain the original perfect spacing.

[ThePudds]

You cannot force both circles to start and end at the same place though, or measure in the same direction. For example, with 4 hits per level, 2 levels, and 0 to 360: The bottom circle will measure 12, 3, 6, 9 o'clock, and then the top will measure 9, 6, 3, 12. Like a patch scan, it zig-zags for each level. You could use two auto-circles and construct a cylinder from that. Or use vector points and paste with pattern. Plenty of ways to skin the cat, if you need it that specific.

+1 I do this a lot. Sometimes it's just the easiest thing to do.