Chords instead of smooth curves along a sweep.

tom_legel

I am a relatively new user. I am trying to sweep a rail profile along a simple curve and the sweep keeps producing a series of straight chords instead of a smooth curved profile. What am I doing wrong?

S1mon

It's just a display artifact - there's nothing wrong with the geometry. You can either temporarily increase the view quality (hit Shift-R) or you can change the quality of the parts.

Default:

After Shift-R:

To change the quality of the part, right click on the part and select "Edit appearance…" then change the "Tessellation quality" until it is good enough for you:

S1mon

It's hard to say without a screen shot or a shared public document, but it's possible this is just a display issue.

tom_legel

here is a link to the document: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/e88059df2e6738e23d8c847c/w/99e89853e4bb10f792d75cd4/e/8c9af6728f111c437f876ccb?renderMode=0&uiState=695820d6a6b4795fb3916b64

S1mon

It's just a display artifact - there's nothing wrong with the geometry. You can either temporarily increase the view quality (hit Shift-R) or you can change the quality of the parts.

Default:

After Shift-R:

To change the quality of the part, right click on the part and select "Edit appearance…" then change the "Tessellation quality" until it is good enough for you:

tom_legel

Thank you.!