Stretching/forming question
Stretching/forming question
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I'm trying to perform what I thought was a simple sketch proceedure and I'm running into a road block. I'm trying to take a 5" circle(sketch) and distort/stretch it into a teardrop shape but I need to maintan the circumference(using SW 2010). Is this even possible or am I just making it up in my head? I know I could just sketch arcs and radii until I get what I need I just thought there was a more simple way to accomplish this task and I cannot seem to get it done :(
In the end I intend to print off the final sketch as a 1:1 drawing so I can lay it over a block of wood and carve out the shape to make a simple die set that will allow me to take a thin wall(20gauge) 5" steel tube and compress it into that rough teardrop shape in a hydraulic press.
thanks folks!
In the end I intend to print off the final sketch as a 1:1 drawing so I can lay it over a block of wood and carve out the shape to make a simple die set that will allow me to take a thin wall(20gauge) 5" steel tube and compress it into that rough teardrop shape in a hydraulic press.
thanks folks!






RE: Stretching/forming question
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RE: Stretching/forming question
I thought there was a way to set some constraints to lock the circumference and then set a few points that you could drag around where SW would retain the set constraints(Ie circumference in this case) as you moved the points to the new desired shape.
Thanks for the assistance sir!
RE: Stretching/forming question
You can set arclength as a constant. I've done it.