Multi-Color Wood Turning Project
In Alibre Design I want to design a woodworking project that is turned on the lathe. I would like the final assembly to have the shape that I desire, which of coarse is just a revolve, but I want several different colors of wood to show.
For example I create a part that is a pie section, and then duplicate it in 4 different colors to represent 4 different types of wood. In an assembly I align all the pie sections to make a complete cylinder, with a pattern of slices with the colors that I want. But now, I want to turn this assembly of different colored slices into a shape that I desire, such as a bowl.
My first attempt was to create a single revolved part with the desired shape. Then I tried to do an intersect Boolean operation between the part with the desired shape and the assembly with the desired color pattern of pie slices. I found out this does not work because the result is a part, not an assembly.
Is there a way to create an assembly with the results that I want? If the assembly mode had a Boolean operation with an assembly result, then I think I would get what I want. But I do not see this as an option in assembly mode. Do you have any suggestions on how I can accomplish my objective?
It would be nice to do a revolve cut on an assembly, similar to how one cuts wood from an assembly of small pieces on a lathe. Any advice on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Douglas Sykora
In Alibre Design I want to design a woodworking project that is turned on the lathe. I would like the final assembly to have the shape that I desire, which of coarse is just a revolve, but I want several different colors of wood to show.
For example I create a part that is a pie section, and then duplicate it in 4 different colors to represent 4 different types of wood. In an assembly I align all the pie sections to make a complete cylinder, with a pattern of slices with the colors that I want. But now, I want to turn this assembly of different colored slices into a shape that I desire, such as a bowl.
My first attempt was to create a single revolved part with the desired shape. Then I tried to do an intersect Boolean operation between the part with the desired shape and the assembly with the desired color pattern of pie slices. I found out this does not work because the result is a part, not an assembly.
Is there a way to create an assembly with the results that I want? If the assembly mode had a Boolean operation with an assembly result, then I think I would get what I want. But I do not see this as an option in assembly mode. Do you have any suggestions on how I can accomplish my objective?
It would be nice to do a revolve cut on an assembly, similar to how one cuts wood from an assembly of small pieces on a lathe. Any advice on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Douglas Sykora