Sweep a tubular shape through multiple planes?

don_whitmire968

I have spent the past day or so trying various methods of creating a cylinder that will bend and live in various planes. Just feel like there must be an easier way to get much better results.  

owen_sparks

Have you tried a sweep along a the example featurescript 3D spline tool?

Regards,
Owen S

don_whitmire968

I have not.  I will investigate to find a tutorial and give it a shot.  Thanks for the help..

don_whitmire968

Wow...this is a pain..  Any other ideas on how else to make a connected tubular, segments or continuous, multi plane component?  Any guidance on how to sketch in multi planes as well?  

ilya_baran

We might be able to help you better if you posted an example of the types of geometry you're trying to achieve (hand-drawn if you can't get it in Onshape at all).  I assume the "pain" is creating the points through which the 3D spline needs to pass or is it something else?

don_whitmire968

Ok, so I am working on a new tool that has an offset handle component that is living in 3 planes from the origin.  The finished result would be completely fixed and machined from a single billet.  The base of the handle where it interfaces with the tool would be a rectangle and then sweep into a round cylinder further up the handle, none of which is the issue.  The issue is being able to sketch and build in all 3 planes with a single wire sketch.  The "pain" was in reference to using the FeatureScript to make this happen.  
I am needing to figure out how to draw individual sketched line segments in different planes, joining those lines together and then sweeping a shape to run consistently from one end to the other.  

  

don_whitmire968

How would someone draw out a hard line hydraulic assembly with all of the bends without having to segment multiple pieces together?  If there was even a way to sketch this all out in a 2D flat, then sweep the overall shape and then mate to the part to the main component with a angled interface I could make that work even.  This is just really frustrating thats all.  

michael3424

You might get more help if you publicly share your file, not just the screen grab.