Importing points to make a curve for revolve
Importing points to make a curve for revolve
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I have a matlab code that generates points in a .pts document. The points (10000 of them) make a curve and I want to revolve that on Pro E to make a bottle-like shape.
What I did was:
Insert>Model Datum>Points>Offset Coordinate System
and uploaded the .pts file with csys as reference.
This uploaded all the points.
Then I did:
Insert>Model Datum>Curve>Thru Points
with Spine and Whole Array selected.
This creates a curve through all the points I uploaded but afterward when I try to revolve it does not work.
The error I get is:
The selected geometry can not be used by this tool. Please select new references.
After I make the curve by tracing the points, what should I do in order to make a revolve?
Is there a different way?
Thanks in advance.
What I did was:
Insert>Model Datum>Points>Offset Coordinate System
and uploaded the .pts file with csys as reference.
This uploaded all the points.
Then I did:
Insert>Model Datum>Curve>Thru Points
with Spine and Whole Array selected.
This creates a curve through all the points I uploaded but afterward when I try to revolve it does not work.
The error I get is:
The selected geometry can not be used by this tool. Please select new references.
After I make the curve by tracing the points, what should I do in order to make a revolve?
Is there a different way?
Thanks in advance.





RE: Importing points to make a curve for revolve
Solid or surface ?
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0 0 0
1 2 0
2 5 0
etc etc
and it makes a curve similar to a cubic equation
To clarify, I would like to import those points and revolve it to make a bottleneck kind of shape.
Thanks in advance
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Example:
x y z
8.8899995e+000 2.0261072e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899994e+000 2.0259040e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899993e+000 2.0257008e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899993e+000 2.0254976e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899992e+000 2.0252944e+001 0.0000000e+000
I am unsure how to use .ibl files.
Can you clarify and perhaps explain the steps to take?
RE: Importing points to make a curve for revolve
i put it in this form:
Open Curve
Begin section ! 1
Begin curve ! 0
then points
Begin section ! 2
Begin curve ! 1
more points.
However I still have the same problem I was facing with my 10000points method. I have the curve down but I can't revolve it. I don't want to use spline manually and try to trace the line. I would like pro e to trace the curve in sketch mode so that I can revolve it.
The picture I post shows a blue curve line. Lines drawn in sketch mode are yellow.
RE: Importing points to make a curve for revolve
here it is:
RE: Importing points to make a curve for revolve
From the sample, the x points are .0000001 apart, and I hope that's in English, not Metric. It seems like a ridiculous amount of points.
Use ibl to create the curve, then create a rotate feature and copy the spline created. You are revolving it about a centerline, correct?
Can you upload the file?
RE: Importing points to make a curve for revolve
Here is the .ibl file.
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What I am doing is first draw a line in sketch mode on front plane.
Then upload ibl by
Insert>Model Datum>Curve>File>Select csys
Then I select the curve and do revolve. It tells me to select a sketch but I can't select the curve.
Are these the steps you took?
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