HOW TO EXTRUDE A FEATURE ALONG A TUBE
HOW TO EXTRUDE A FEATURE ALONG A TUBE
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I can't figure this out for the life of me lol. I am trying to re-create corrugate fep tubing in solidworks 2010, see attached. I want the corrugate to be tangent to the tubing along the path as it would in real life. I can pattern it using sketch driven but the corrugated bumps won't stay tangent to the path as it patterns, it won't let me. Can anyone help






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StrykerTECH Engineering Staff
Milwaukee, WI
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RE: HOW TO EXTRUDE A FEATURE ALONG A TUBE
Basically make a 2d sketch on a plane for your profile, then a 3d sketch as your path. For the 3d sketch, make sure it intersects your profile. If you need to control twist, make a 2nd 3d sketch just like the first and use that as a guide curve.
Should be able to do that in any recent versions of SW.
James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
RE: HOW TO EXTRUDE A FEATURE ALONG A TUBE
A few notes:
For any type of pattern like this to work, the profiles need to be dead nuts from one to the next. Ie, if you need to make a second 3d sketch for your pattern path, convert the existing path from the other. You may need to start the nub feature at the start of the tube profile, and then extend the profiles after the fact from the nubs.
From looking at the model, don't just fix the base 3d sketch in space, use the origin to define the start point. You can fully dimension and define, even the most complex curves with construction lines, angles, and curve distances.
Start by cleaning up what you've got and it may just work.
James Spisich
Design Engineer, CSWP
RE: HOW TO EXTRUDE A FEATURE ALONG A TUBE
RE: HOW TO EXTRUDE A FEATURE ALONG A TUBE
(Unsuppress everything to see the model)
Cheers
Itrans
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