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How to polar pattern a revolved surface? (sh.itjust.works)
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Hi everyone,

I have some prior experience with Solidworks, but I wanted to try out a FOSS alternative. I've been messing around in FreeCAD for a couple hours and I have the following question:

How do I polar pattern a revolved surface?

I want to accomplish something similar to what is described in this video (12:14 to 13:44).

My ideal workflow is as follows:

  1. Create sketch (e.g. square)
  2. Pad sketch to create body (e.g. cube)
  3. Create new sketch (e.g. line)
  4. Revolve sketch to create surface (e.g. disc)
  5. Polar pattern the surface to create multiple (e.g. 4) discs
  6. Slice apart cube by 4 discs to yield 9 separate bodies

I'm stuck on step 5. Is this possible in FreeCAD? If not, are there any recommended workarounds to achieve the same result?

Thanks in advance!

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[–] zksmk 2 points 11 months ago

I think you'd be better off using the Boolean XOR tool from the same Split submenu (if you approach it from the Part menubar in the Part workbench), on your cube and your array, instead of the Slice apart tool.

Then on the resultant XOR object use the Explode compound tool from the Compound submenu.

You'll get a folder with all your sliced parts in it.