Sweeping Question???
Sweeping Question???
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Good morning, I have a sketch with a line and it is piercing one end of a single loop helix and then another line pierces the other end of the helix. Then I drew a fully defined circle on the end of the first line an tried to sweep the entire profile, but SW can not do it. It can only be done if I make three separate circle profiles and sweep one section at a time. Right now this is just a pain, but when I get to the complex bent tubes, it will be a nightmare, not to mention if an engineer makes a change in the tubing dimensions. The million dollar question, is there a way to sweep the entire profile in one pass? Thank you are any help rendered.






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Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Sweeping Question???
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
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Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
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RE: Sweeping Question???
post an image of what you're after. I find it hard to believe it's a software limitation because I'm modeled exhaust manifolds with no problems. Please give us as much information as possible so we can try to help you. That's what we're here for.
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." - Henry Ford
RE: Sweeping Question???
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: Sweeping Question???
RE: Sweeping Question???
Best Regards,
Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NIVIDA Quadro FX 1400
o
_`\(,_
(_)/ (_)
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." - Henry Ford
RE: Sweeping Question???
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I hope this is right, well this is the easy one, so it has a one loop helix and two lines one pierceing each end of the helix. It is tube and I get many different sizes and bend designs. Some have several helixes and bends in them. This one that you see has three profiles in it, one for each section. I used just a standard sweep to make this. Thank you again for the help.
RE: Sweeping Question???
Take the helix and two lines and make it into a Compsite curve then sweep the profile and the composite curve.
You can find a model on my website like this "composite Curve"
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
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"Sweep resulted in topologically invalid body"
Any thoughts on this one? Thank you again for the help.
RE: Sweeping Question???
RE: Sweeping Question???
Helpful SW websites FAQ559-520
How to get answers to your SW questions FAQ559-1091
RE: Sweeping Question???