Newbie question - Relating 2 different sketches in different planes

Eric_92

Hi,
I'm trying to do something that would seems very basic. Example, trying to use the sweep command. Basically trying to create the initial conditions in the sweep tutorial. You need a profile one one plane, and a sweep path on a different plane. No matter what I try I can't seem to get my sketch for the path line to relate to say, the midpoint of a circle in a different sketch / plain.
Any help please? Thanks

jakeramsley

To make sure the center of a circle is on the path, use a pierce constraint after selecting the path and the center point.  A pierce constraint will make sure that the point is at the point where the path intersects your sketch plane.




If you want the circle to be normal to the end of the curve, then make a construction plane using curve point like Lou has shown and sketch on that.  From there, you can either use a pierce constraint on the curve or make it coincident with the end point of the line since the end point lays on the same plane.

lougallo

You can create a plane using the curve point option using the endpoint and sweep entity.  then you can sketch on that plane your profile.  Usually coincident or pierce are common constraints to use.

jakeramsley

To make sure the center of a circle is on the path, use a pierce constraint after selecting the path and the center point.  A pierce constraint will make sure that the point is at the point where the path intersects your sketch plane.




If you want the circle to be normal to the end of the curve, then make a construction plane using curve point like Lou has shown and sketch on that.  From there, you can either use a pierce constraint on the curve or make it coincident with the end point of the line since the end point lays on the same plane.