Hi scott, also another note:

> To create the part to begin with I drew a profile with polyline and then extruded it. Was
> there a better way I should created it to begin with to avoid this mess?

Also I'm note entirely sure if this spot here you wanted to follow the same exact circular shape as the cylinders:




If you did want that to have the same circular shape as the cylinder that pokes out from it, (just at a larger diameter), then you'd want to use one of the arc drawing tools for drawing that part (Draw curve > arc), and not the freeform curve drawing tool for that particular section.

Also sometimes it can be more convenient to draw in a big circle and then use Edit > Trim to cut it with a line rather than drawing in an arc. In the case here if you wanted to have a certain thickness that goes around the cylinder it might be convenient to generate the circle by selecting the cylinder's edge and then running Construct > Offset to make an offset curve from that and then that will give you the bigger circle to trim with a crossing line.

- Michael