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Making a part follow a 2D sketch
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I am not sure if this will make much sense. I want to make my cable trays follow a 2D sketch, but I am not sure if that is possible, please let me know.
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Please post a link to your document so we can see what you have. - Scotty
Place your sketch and parts within an assembly, you can use the Tangent mate paired with some other mates to have objects follow a path. The tangent mate doesn't support animations at this time, so if you want your part to be animated, you will have to have a guide part that pushes your trays along the path.
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I don't have a link right now to show you I just would like to know if it is possible to make a part (derived) follow a 2D sketch
Could you possibly looking for the sweep tool? Hard to say without a visual what your asking for.
So, I tried the tangent mate and it's not exactly doing what I want it to do my cable tray placements are all 90-degree bends and the tangent mate doesn't allow you to rotate your part is there any other way? I want to be able to manipulate my part just telling it follow this sketch and then place that into an assembly.
Sounds possible, but will need a link to the document to provide more specific help. Ensure you turn on link sharing and enable copy permissions.
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