Help with wrench on Solidworks

[YoYoBabyYo]

I am stuck on my wrench design. So far, this is what I came up with so far, but I am trying to get the arm aligned to the center of the wrench head arc surface. Is there anyway I can move the arm?

Or is there any better way to design the hex 24 wrench??

 

[habib89]

can't you just sketch the profile of it, then extrude it? i've never used solidworks, so i don't really konw, but that's how i would do it in pro/e

 

[YoYoBabyYo]

Originally posted by: habib89
can't you just sketch the profile of it, then extrude it? i've never used solidworks, so i don't really konw, but that's how i would do it in pro/e

I could, but the head is 6mm deep while the arm is 3mm deep. When you mention sketching the profile, did you mean sketching the wrench as a whole on a plane?

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: YoYoBabyYo

Originally posted by: habib89
can't you just sketch the profile of it, then extrude it? i've never used solidworks, so i don't really konw, but that's how i would do it in pro/e

I could, but the head is 6mm deep while the arm is 3mm deep. When you mention sketching the profile, did you mean sketching the wrench as a whole on a plane?

yeah. That's how I'd start in inventor, you can trim the middle down later, once you get the basic shape roughed out.