SolidWorks Curves Split Lines – Silhouette| SolidWorks Tutorials 42

Hai friends, welcome to SolidWorks Tutorial for beginners and in this how to tutorial, you are going to learn solidworks curves – Split lines features. This is one of the very helpful feature which helps to create more complex curves or shapes for applying Sweep or Loft command.  In this SolidWorks tutorial, you will see how to use Split lines command and different types of application in simple way.

What is SolidWorks Curves Split Lines?

SolidWorks curves feature is one of the useful tool which helps to make complex shapes for designing. From the curves, Split line is one of the finest one helps to make complex shapes for the application of Loft boss/cut or sweep boss/cut features. Split line command enables to project a normal sketch to planar or curved surface and also make them to split into two or more than two faces. It contains three options , which are Silhouette, Projection and Intersection.

Silhouette enables to create split line on cylindrical part. Projection Split line helps to project sketch into planar or curved surface and split either in one direction or both. Intersection enables to split faces within intersecting solid, face, plane, or surface.

Let’s see each one of these SolidWorks curves features in detail.

How to Use SolidWorks Curves Split Line – Silhouette Tutorial -Part-1

For the purpose of tutorial, going make solid surface like rectangular box, sphere, cylinder using the features like extrude boss, revolve boss, circle, rectangle and lines.

Step-1: Create New Part File

First you have to create new part file. Go to file menu and select New from the drop-down menu. Select Part from the dialogue box and click on OK. From the user interface, you have to select “Top Plane” which shown below.

Step-2: Create a Cylindrical Model

For applying Silhouette, you need to make cylindrical model or surface. For that, go to sketch and select “Midpoint Line Sketch Tool” from sketch command manager. Draw it like as shown below.

Also, you have to make an axis line for applying revolve boss in next step. For that, you have to select “centerline sketch tool” and draw through origin as shown below.

Step-3: Apply revolve Boss or Base Feature Tool

To make the cylindrical tube, apply “Revolve Boss or Base Tool” from the features command manager.

First “Exit The Sketch” and select the line sketch from the FeatureManager design tree.

Go to Features command manager and select revolve boss/base. Apply as image shown below.

Step-4: Apply Split Line Silhouette Tool

First select one plane which is parallel to the cylinder axis. Here, you can select either Top plane or right plane. Front plane is not applicable due to geometric conditions.

Select “right plane”.

Go to features command manager and click on curves. From the drop down menu , select “Split line” tool.

You can see Split Line property manager on the left side. Select “Silhouette” and Select “Right Plane” as direction of pull.

Also, select the face to pull as “cylinder circumference” as shown below.

Click on the green tick button to create Silhouette split line on the cylindrical surface.

SolidWorks curves help you to create split the curve surface for application of the advanced features like loft or sweep features. Silhouette makes split line on the cylindrical surface.

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