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How to solve this sweep
simon_vold
Member Posts: 3 ✭
hi all, hopefully there is anyone here that can help me solve this issue i have with sweeping a profile. I am not a professional, just a hobbyist.
I have tried to sweep the profile along a curve, and in the start it follows just fine, but due to the profile and curves, it does not look good at the other end. It's supposed to be a cover to snap in between two aluminium extrusions. Is ther any other trick to do this in a nice manner, or must i do someting with several extrusions and merge them all together in the end maybe?
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8a8fa7cc2486aeaaf888aad9/w/d1f5e8be4d8eb839518ed93a/e/1e5d4f98a022c3821f39c4ca?renderMode=0&uiState=6874f5d28febda307c62d0e3
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'not look good' is subjective. what do you want it to look like. I did this with move face, 2 splits and a boolean.
It is a surprisingly odd shape for sure…
A loft with guide seems like a better match but it still doesn't really follow perfectly but by making it interfere intentionally and using a boolean to remove the excess it's at least closer, adding a profile in the middle might help.
This would probably be best done using surfacing techniques (might try again alter if I have time…)
Note that your really made your life way harder than it should with all the transforms and extrudes:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8ca73998d28734eea0ae3fa6/w/d17681089106c5708023ad69/e/ca5d6075c0ce2a58cff59eab
Gave it another shot to get something nicer looking:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/8ca73998d28734eea0ae3fa6/w/d17681089106c5708023ad69/e/88c24cdf964c3dde2f9d3217?renderMode=0&tangentEdgeStyle=1&uiState=68767a12ebf2025809253e4e
It's been a while, but I created a FS that is better at keeping the profile oriented relative to a reference surface.
Sweep Normal
Started this last night and was doing fine until the lights went out. Seemed like a good time for bed.
This version is done with frames tool. Works out well.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/22f8d18cc04c0e95e3a13b8b/w/f1f0cc8f2f49f43e38357f77/e/21d276e344b1510e937f0c21
Oops. The corner piece does not work as a frame since it would have to transition from 90 deg to flat. Cannot be a sweep. Better as a loft if you can figure out how to manufacture.