Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
(OP)
I am trying to create a symmetrical sheetmetal part using Lofted Bend in SW'06 SP5.1. I understand that when you select the sketches it depends where you select them to define the path from sketch to sketch. I would assume that I need to define more than one path. Problem is....It twists the side that is not defined. (I want my part symmetrical!) i.e. I have two sketches. One is a curled mustache shape with a flat bottom that curls up with radius' on each end. The other is (2) full radius' with the gap at the top.






RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Stugots
Mechanical Designer
SW '06 SP5.1
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Here is the link to the part file.
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Stugots
Mechanical Designer
SW '06 SP5.1
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Kinda like how the lofted extrusion feature doesn't make straight lines from one sketch to the next..it seems to use a spline and curves the "straight edges".
Stugots
Mechanical Designer
SW '06 SP5.1
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Jeff Mirisola, CSWP
CAD Administrator
SW '07 SP2.0, Dell M90, Intel 2 Duo Core, 2GB RAM, nVidia 2500M
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
just wondering.
B. Long
Dell Precision 380
P 4 2.80 GHz
2.5 Gig Ram
Solidworks Office 2007 Sp. 2.2
AutoCAD 2005
RE: Lofted Bends (symetrical part)?
Coming from a Pro/E background, I guess its never been my practice to mirror within a "sketch". I didn't think of it at the time, but since have realized that SW treats mirred sketch entities differently. It recognized it as a single entity for some strange reason. Strange, but good to know.
Stugots
Mechanical Designer
SW '06 SP5.1