issue with sweeping curves

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• NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,913

  August 2019

  You need to make the radii on the path bigger (or the profile smaller) to prevent the sweep from self-intersecting.

  Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA

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• table38 Member Posts: 14 EDU

  August 2019 edited August 2019

  NeilCooke said:

  You need to make the radii on the path bigger (or the profile smaller) to prevent the sweep from self-intersecting.

  CancelThe Intersect option doesn't work I rather it be intersecting.

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• NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,913

  August 2019

  Not sure I understand? I am not referring to the Intersect option in the dialog. 
  
  At at the bend in the path you are asking the sweep geometry to go inside itself (“self-intersecting”) which is physically impossible. 

  Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA

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• table38 Member Posts: 14 EDU

  August 2019 edited August 2019

  Changed the diameter of leads and the issue is the leads aren't solid body with rest of the part.
  
  The sweep feature was made as Add and using Union to merge the 2 parts will still leave a gap between part and leads.

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• NeilCooke Moderator, Onshape Employees Posts: 5,913

  August 2019

  That's because the diameter of the sweep is 0.01mm smaller than the ball shape. Change that to be bigger and make the R0.4 bigger in the path so that it doesn't self intersect - like this:
  
  https://cad.onshape.com/documents/33ac0357d7e57ad543b9cc02/w/cb782a56667e53da5edfef95/e/265c2c8714d42495ede5bffa
  

  Senior Director, Technical Services, EMEA

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• table38 Member Posts: 14 EDU

  August 2019

  That resolved the issue, its a solid part with leads.

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