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Issues with sweeping along a helix projected onto a curved surface.

shiara_roseshiara_rose Member Posts: 2

I have a cylinder that has been cut into it so it curves in the centre. I then projected a helix onto it and am I attempting to cut a half circle out of it along the helix all the way up the face of the part. However, the sweep is usually non manifold and if I play with it for a bit and get it to cut, finally the half circle twists out in odd ways and doesn't just cut along the face. I've linked my doc as I'm terrible at explaining, but I was wondering if I can get some help with why the sweep won't cut into the part (part 2) properly. The curve im using as my sweep path is curve 2

https://cad.onshape.com/documents/92be5ced2e4b0300e652616b/w/5d7e63384fa8ac284e45a7d6/e/ee8a337dd74a4ca37428ef17?renderMode=0&uiState=66f6c4ab884f3c59a41fc0ba


Thank you for any aid :3

Comments

  • Oliver_CouchOliver_Couch Member Posts: 110 PRO

    Sketch 6 is the issue. The sketch region is... weird.

  • rafael_telgmannrafael_telgmann Member Posts: 97 ✭✭✭

    is this what you want to achieve?

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/04888fcb0c91aacc3067aed3/w/a10855f7018960219e0b2701/e/ec5d20da8f1363b834e1942e?renderMode=0&tangentEdgeStyle=1&uiState=66f6d59d21760f44330cb4f7

  • GregBrownGregBrown Member, Onshape Employees Posts: 179

    Yes Sketch 6 needs cleaning up. Mine has a simpler/cleaner sketch
    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/efdb717c6541e20e2af15477/w/a2eeaf31dfba7e6f43e7484e/e/74911ea780858347b520051a

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