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Solidworks help!
What's the best way to cut a circular groove around the outside diameter of a shaft in Solidworks? Think a round o-ring groove on a shaft. I've been playing around with fillet and chamfer tools with no success. Any idea?
It seems like I should be able to draw a circle and revolve it around the shaft to cut, but then I can't draw the circle on the plane that is parallel to the axis of the shaft...
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Can you do a boolean?
Torus slipped over the shaft.
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In Unigraphics NX, there is a tool for this simply called "Groove". You specify the cylindrical surface, the depth of groove, shape of grove, width of grove, and the positioning on the shaft. And it create it as a feature.
As for solidworks...
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Yall are all smarter than I. I suggest carving the groove with a grinder
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