[SOLVED] Sweep not sticking with dynamically generated sketch plane position

leecasey

So, I have this coil model, I need to allow input for the amount of turns. The top turn (grey) is different to the rest due to the "tail" part. I created a plane to sketch this top part on and created a formula to dynamically generate its height so that the top turn was always on top (#Turns*#Pitch). The plane moves but the sweep does not move with it. Does anyone know how I can achieve this? 

How it should look:


What happens when I increase the Turns.... the sketch plane moves to where it should be but the sweep that references it does not. 

John_P_Desilets

@leecasey Can you post a link to your document and share it as public? 

eric_pesty

My first thought would be to have the sweep go to the end and use a "move face" to create the tail.
Otherwise you could locate the start of the tail using an equation and/or variables that use the number of turns etc.

leecasey

Support figured out why it wasn't moving with the plane. The section (circle) of the sweep was referencing one of the patterned instance members. Thanks for your input guys.