Hello,

I just started learning SolidWorks, so my question is likely very simple. I need some help designing a cone with "teeth" cut outs at the base. It will need to be a 3D version of this 2D picture:

http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm185/vace117/cone2d.jpg

The only idea I have so far is using the Wrap tool and then ebossing the teeth patern all the way through the cone walls. Will that work?

The part I am not sure about is how to match the size of the teeth sketch to the size of the cone. Obviously the width of the unfolded cone can be calculated, but I am sure that SolidWorks can do this calculation for me... I am also not sure how to create a Sketch plane that would be tangential to the cone.

Is there a way to start with sketch based on the picture above, and then wrap it around a cone of the correct size for that specific sketch?

Any advice would be appreciated.