Need a suggestion

[doobes]

So,

I'm designing some new fan shrouds for my 3D printer. And, I'm stuck.

I want this vertical edge in the photo to be smoothed into the curve on the right and the angles surface on the left.

I had forced fit a loft cut, but it's home made ugly:

And my SolidWorks-fu has completely failed me.

I've attached a file below. It's v23.

And my SolidWorks-fu has completely failed me.

I've attached a Swx file below. It's v23.

Any ideas are welcome.

cheers

[SPerman]

I don't know if this is quite what you are looking for. I applied a variable radius fillet to the three corners.

[AlexB]

If you could show what this is supposed to attach to, that may help. It's difficult to picture what you're going for without knowing what it's intended application looks like.

[doobes]

OK,

This is the assembly. There are two fan shrouds, one is a mirror of the other:

And then the backside:

cheers

[doobes]

I don't know if this is quite what you are looking for. I applied a variable radius fillet to the three corners.

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Definitely a possibility.

Thanks

[doobes]

OPk,

Based upon sperman's suggestion, I applied a variable fillet to the vertical edge, and then another larger fillet to smooth everything out.,

This will work.

Thanks!

[len_1962]

hows this

[doobes]

hows this

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Wow.

That's sweet.

Your applications of surfaces was very cool.

Thank you

[len_1962]

Wow.

That's sweet.

Your applications of surfaces was very cool.

Thank you

Well Doobes thats what I've had to do as a model makers since 85, first we used our hands to create ID models, then wire frame CAD then once desktop 3D CAD a whole new world.
I also machine CNC prototypes and of course the world of 3D printers can grow the stuff that can't be machined without 5 axis.

Thanks to guys like Mark Biasotti that help get better surfacing in SW, I was one of his model makers when he was a ID designer at IDEO from 91-92.