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3D sketch question: simplifying the process

3D sketch question: simplifying the process

3D sketch question: simplifying the process

(OP)
Hi, my name is spencer.  Im fairly green when it comes to solidworks and im having trouble finding an easy way to build a chair for the company that i work for. The chair's seat is going to be constructed of an 1/8" steel wire mesh, and has a fair number of compound curves.  What im wondering is if there is an easier way to construct a series (or array rather?) of sweeps.  Right now ive started by lofting a surface for the seat, and then used the face curves tool to extract an array of 3d sketches to use as paths in sweeps. But then i have to create a plane normal to each sketch, and sketch profiles for each individual sweep and its very time consuming. Is there a way i can simplify that process, and also simplify the design tree, having 50 some odd sketches doesn't seem right.  Any help you can give me would be much appreciated, thanks.

-Spence

RE: 3D sketch question: simplifying the process

That sounds like the way to do it if you need that much model complexity.  Is this like a Bertoia chair or something?  If not, can you stick with the non-wired model and use a surface with an applied texture?  (Just wondering how much detail you truly need in the model.)

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

RE: 3D sketch question: simplifying the process

(OP)
Yeah, Bertoia is exactly the idea. Well, im glad to know ive got the right idea, thanks a bunch for the advice.

-spence

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