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
-Spence






RE: 3D sketch question: simplifying the process
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RE: 3D sketch question: simplifying the process
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