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3D sketch (or curve)? 2

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pkelecy

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Again, I'm working through a SW tutorial where a rack is made by drawing a 3D curve and then sweeping a profile (circle in this case) along it (the rack is basically a rod with some bends in it). This is something Cobalt could do very easily also. I'm sure SE can as well (it's such a common case) but it's not clear to me how to draw the 3D path for the sweep. SW actually has a 3D sketch tool, but I don't see anything comparable in SE. So how is this done?

Thanks again for the help.

Pat
 
If you use the swept protrusion method (path is in more than one plane), you have 2 solutions:
1) do it using consecutive swept protrusion features
2) group the path in a unique entity using 'derived curve' before starting the swept protrusion.

As per the MS interface, it definitely as flaws... I hope it's just a start. I'm sure the SE development will improve it for a CAD application like SE (1- switching between ribbon bar tabs and 2- sharing the space between the edgebar and the command bar are the 2 main issues in my opinion).

Fred
 
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