Fusion 360 | V-groove on non-planar frame 

Could you not perhaps split the body using the offset surface. Apply chamfer to both bodies and then combine back together?

I love all your videos, especially the case studies. For this one, I probably would have used the sweep command after creating a v profile on a plane normal to the edge.

I wonder if using the path with guiderails (the top and bottom inside edges) during the sweep would have produced better results?

Awesome as always.

You'll need a guide surface for the sweep Try sweeping along a coil and you'll see how wrong stuff goes without the guide surface. If you coil a triangular profile the do an offset face of the flat portion of a triangle then you'd be able to sweep as expected on a coil. Same applies here you'll just use offset face to make that guide surface and you shouldn't really need to define that inner line but this does assume that that distance between the two faces does actually stay consistent.

Great video! Thanks!

I am no expert but if you really wanted the sweep to work, I was wondering if you could use the rail option and select the top edge to get the sweep to cut better. Maybe also sweep one half of the body by splitting it with the offset?

Perhaps offsetting the inside face before sweeping would compensate for the curvature variations? For an injection mould application that sharp edge would be a ejection challenge regardless.

I am just a cnc operator, and use fusion only for hobby at home. But, i think maybe the second method is better with lofting profile through rails? But i would go for your first method. Thanks for all your sharing :) EDIT: And after reading comments, i would go for chamfer to :D hehe

I split the body using the offset surface and then added a 2.5mm chamfer to each part, then re-combined them

Could you not do both lofts as one operation?

yup. would have tried split body/sweep 1st as well. Never bet against @Trippylighting :)

My first thought was using the move face feature. Could you do that after splitting the face and rotate each face?

Does it work better if you don't mirror the rh line on the triangle and instead coincident like the lh line?

How can I submit a topic I'd love for you to cover? I have objects I 3D print with text on the surface. I print the text separately and glue them in later. My workflow for a flat surface is.. 1. Extrude the text as a slight cut 2. Extrude the text again as "new body" 3. Offset the original cut so the text will fit after printing or 1. Extrude the text into the surface as a "new body" 2. use the Combine tool to cut into the surface keeping the cutting tools (text) 3. Offset the cut so the text will fit after printing I now need to do this on a curved surface like a cylinder. The emboss command does not allow me to create it as a "New Body." I just can't figure out a workflow to do what I want. It has to be an Emboss as the extrude feature on a curved surface distorts the text. I've experimented with a surface offset as a cutting tool but that isn't working for me. HELP!