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How can I wrap a sketch that I want to use as an extrusion path to a cyilnder?

jeremy_lee540jeremy_lee540 Member Posts: 9 PRO
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I have a curved cooling surface that will have tubing welded to it and there doesn't seem to be a way to lay the extrusion path sketch onto the surface with the wrap tool. Something I'm missing?

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  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,790 PRO
    I'm not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do. Can you share a link to your document or something similar? 

    It sounds like you need the Sweep feature. Or Sweep normal by @mahir.

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  • jeremy_lee540jeremy_lee540 Member Posts: 9 PRO
    I will eventually be sweeping the path but I can't figure out how to lay the path on a cylindrical surface first. Unfortunately the design is proprietary so I can't show it, but an example would be a 4ft diameter cylinder with a very long continuous piece of 1" tubing running around the outside of it in different directions. I guess I'm surprised this isn't an option in the wrap tool, unless it is and I'm just missing something.
  • steve_shubinsteve_shubin Member Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2022 Answer ✓
    @jeremy_lee540

    Does this help

    https://cad.onshape.com/documents/39ff0172b030db66660327d7/w/c6dcc00f28fe2ba63ec4f6ae/e/b47fb2eeb2e072eee4227418

    Wrap needs an enclosed area within a sketch to wrap





  • MichaelPascoeMichaelPascoe Member Posts: 2,790 PRO
    Thanks @steve_shubin, I imagine that is what he was looking for.

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  • steve_shubinsteve_shubin Member Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭✭
    @MichaelPascoe

    Well I think it's good you brought up SWEEP right off the bat

  • jeremy_lee540jeremy_lee540 Member Posts: 9 PRO
    That is what I was getting at. I didn't think of terminating the inlets and outlets to form an enclosed area. Thanks! both of you
  • S1monS1mon Member Posts: 4,017 PRO
    If you need to do anything where the wrapped thing isn't going to split the surface (not and enclosed sketch), you might want to loop at Sketch wrapper. It creates a curve, not a Solid, Surface or Split (which the built in Wrap does).

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