First steps into design
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Hi all, been a long time lurker but thought I'd join to show how I would approach this.
I've been using Onshape for some time now. It does have a bit of a learning curve but there are a lot of very useful resources out there, that will teach you how to use it.
I've not been using half of the available functionality but have been very satisfied with what I have achieved so far.
I would start with a basic layout sketch that is a square with some fillets, a notch that has been replicated around as a circular pattern.
Which then gets extruded.
Another sketch defines the ribs
That are also extruded
And then the hole created as another extrusion but removing instead of adding
The tabs are formed from another extrusion from the second sketch
Which are then chamfered
Obviously dimensions are wrong and I would round everything off with some fillets but I think you can see how I broke down the problem into a number of steps. I tend to think of it in the same way that I would approach the design of a computer programme, what steps are needed to reach the desired goal.
I don't think it's very far from what @ChaiLatte showed and as he said you now have a repeatable design that can be varied to produce insert for multiple variations.
Anyway, hope that is of interest.
Edited to add that I notice now that the original has some 'overhangs' on the tabs that would need adding so the final chamfer of my design would be replaced by the addition of those.
I've been using Onshape for some time now. It does have a bit of a learning curve but there are a lot of very useful resources out there, that will teach you how to use it.
I've not been using half of the available functionality but have been very satisfied with what I have achieved so far.
I would start with a basic layout sketch that is a square with some fillets, a notch that has been replicated around as a circular pattern.
Which then gets extruded.
Another sketch defines the ribs
That are also extruded
And then the hole created as another extrusion but removing instead of adding
The tabs are formed from another extrusion from the second sketch
Which are then chamfered
Obviously dimensions are wrong and I would round everything off with some fillets but I think you can see how I broke down the problem into a number of steps. I tend to think of it in the same way that I would approach the design of a computer programme, what steps are needed to reach the desired goal.
I don't think it's very far from what @ChaiLatte showed and as he said you now have a repeatable design that can be varied to produce insert for multiple variations.
Anyway, hope that is of interest.
Edited to add that I notice now that the original has some 'overhangs' on the tabs that would need adding so the final chamfer of my design would be replaced by the addition of those.
