Pipe Profile Inputing Co-ordinates
Pipe Profile Inputing Co-ordinates
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Is there a way to generate a profile of a pipe using co-ordinates.
I have the co-ordinates taken from 24 locations around the circumference of the pipe and over a set distance.
Is there a way of inputing this data into SolidWorks to generate a 3D image of the pipe?
I have the co-ordinates taken from 24 locations around the circumference of the pipe and over a set distance.
Is there a way of inputing this data into SolidWorks to generate a 3D image of the pipe?






RE: Pipe Profile Inputing Co-ordinates
RE: Pipe Profile Inputing Co-ordinates
the way I have discovered so far is to generate the 24 points at one position in the pipe on a plane, copy the sketch onto 5 new planes representing the pipe length and created a surface-loft.
This works, but there are 1118 data points for this particular example. Is there a way of using an excel spreadsheet to input the data?
RE: Pipe Profile Inputing Co-ordinates
If you want it automated, There are macros for importing the points as a 3D sketch -
These might be useful: GrabCad Text Macro GrabCad Excel Macro
But I suppose you would still have to create curves through the points and generate a loft, so it wouldnt be fully automated.
a step in the right direction perhaps?
RE: Pipe Profile Inputing Co-ordinates