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Use a Composite Curve Twice
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Use a Composite Curve Twice

Use a Composite Curve Twice

(OP)
Good after noon, I have a scetch when a line, a tangent ark and another line and then I turned it into a composite curve.  I place a plane at the end of the line and I swept extruded the composite curve.  Now about half down each line I placed a plane and at one end I inseerted a hex on the plane and then I tried and failed to swept cut between the planes with the hex.  This is simply two round larger ends with a smaller hex mid-section.  Is the a way to use the same composite curve twice?  Now it is telling me that the composite curve is owned by another feature and it won't let me use the original scetch to generate and composite curve.  Tahnk you in advance for any assistance.

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

You may have to make the secondary feature in parts using the sketches that make up the composite curve not the composite curve itself.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
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RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

(OP)
Thanks for the response, Heckler, but it won't let me use the original sketch, that is why I was asking, rather than make two separate sketches.

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

This is one place where a Skeleton/Layout sketch would be helpful. The skeleton sketch is dedicated for producing other geometry... rather than actual features.

cheers

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

(OP)
Thanks for the response CorBlimeyLimey, but on Earth is a skeleton layout?  It is not even listed in Help.  Any place where I can find out about them?  

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

If you could post a picture of what you're trying to do.  Because I just create three sweeps.  The first using a composite curve. the other two using the sketches from the composite curve.

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
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

(OP)
Thanks again for the response, I got it to finally almost work, except that it is currently the reverse of what I need.  it trimed out the inside instead of the outside, leaving a hex on the outside.

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

(OP)
Heckler, it does not look like any thing like it is supposed to.  It is a simple 1/4 NPT female 90 degree elbow.  It has a .812 dia X .125 long at each end and it has 11/16 hex sweeping the profile.  Right now instead of triming the ooutside on a sweep cut, it trimed the inside, instead.  It now looks like it has six slots in it.  Any suggestions will be deeply appreaciated.  thanks for all of the help.

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

I meant the actual SolidWorks file ... so that we can open it to see what's actually happening.

cheers

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

It looks to me like you can sketch a large circle around your swept hex profile to tell SW which specific area to remove with the swept cut.

However, the quick/best way to achieve this is to simply sweep your hex form as the initial solid (instead of sweeping a round form for the elbow, and then shaping it with a hex profile).

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

One problem is that the points of your hex are larger than the initial diameter of your first sweep--so they cut through the outer surfaces.

What do you really want this part to look like, specifically?  Have you done a quick sketch of the part in perspective/isometric to see what you need?

Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all.  And awe trumps reason.

RE: Use a Composite Curve Twice

(OP)
Thanks CorBlimeyLimey, that is exactly what I was looking for.  It is kind of fun, but last night I was thinking that maybe I was making the model wrong and I shouold probably put the hex on soon.  Go figure.  Thanks again and have a real good one.

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