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drawing a table leg that is hexagon, with flat facets, how does one approach this? leg 36" tall x 2" thick

danwrnr11

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I am attempting to drawing this hexagonal leg and would like some input as to how to start. Should I draw details of of 1 of six sides and do an array or ??????
 

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NateLiquidGravity

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Like you mentioned: it could be done by making one wedge as an extrude, then cut leaving just a wedge, and then array it.
Perhaps it could be done by a single difficult loft. Or sections of lofts and revolved features where/if things are round. Instead of lofts you might be able to make this using extrudes with draft angle applied and stacked one on top of the next.
 

danwrnr11

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Like you mentioned: it could be done by making one wedge as an extrude, then cut leaving just a wedge, and then array it.
Perhaps it could be done by a single difficult loft. Or sections of lofts and revolved features where/if things are round. Instead of lofts you might be able to make this using extrudes with draft angle applied and stacked one on top of the next.
I have made an attempt @ your suggestion. I am uploading a preliminary attempt can you experiment with it and give feedback?
 

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HaroldL

Alibre Super User
It doesn't make sense to create an assembly of segments if the leg is only 2 inches across. Sketch a hexagon that is 2 inches across then extrude it to 36 inches. Then sketch on a plane that crosses the axis of the leg and create a Revolve Cut to give it the shape you want. You can insert the image you attached to you OP and trace that for the details of the leg.
 
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NateLiquidGravity

Alibre Super User
Who mentioned an assembly?

After some testing I found the circular array didn't like trying to array the left over material of the wedge. It was better to start with a hex shaped extrusion and extrude cut one side of it and do a circular array (feature in the part) of that cut. I have attached an example, but I think I have a newer version than you do - so you may not be able to open it. Maybe the screenshot will help.
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It is hard to tell in the photo if some of those areas are revolve cut or if the entire thing has 6 sides. I opted to make it six sided in my example.
 

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danwrnr11

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Who mentioned an assembly?

After some testing I found the circular array didn't like trying to array the left over material of the wedge. It was better to start with a hex shaped extrusion and extrude cut one side of it and do a circular array (feature in the part) of that cut. I have attached an example, but I think I have a newer version than you do - so you may not be able to open it. Maybe the screenshot will help.
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It is hard to tell in the photo if some of those areas are revolve cut or if the entire thing has 6 sides. I opted to make it six sided in my example.
Thank you that was Steller it works great
 

Ken226

Alibre Super User
I played around with it, using lofts and revolves..

The hard part was going back and forth between the pic above and my Alibre model, to get them to look similar. I suck at art. I need dimensions.

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