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Ken Youssefi Mechanical Engineering Dept. 1 Sweep Command in SW Sweep using a profile, path and Follow Path option Path Profil e
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Sweep Command in SWSweep using a profile, path and Follow Path option
Path
Profile
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Sweep Command in SWSweeps using different Options
Follow Path
Keep normal constant
Twisted
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Sweep Command in SWSweep using a profile, path and one guide
Path
Profile
Guide curve 1
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Sweep Command in SWSweep using a profile, path and two guides
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Sweep Command in SW
Sweep using Merge Smooth Faces option
Path
Guide curve
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Sweep Command in SW
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Loft Command in SWLoft command creates a surface or a solid using two or more different profiles.
List of profiles
List of Guides
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Loft Command in SW
Profile normal to the plane at the end
Profile normal to the plane at the start
Star and End Constraints options
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Loft Command in SW
Loft using a single Guide Curve.
Profile
Profile
Guide
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Loft Command in SWLoft using many Guide Curves.
Guide 1
Guide 2
Guide 4Guide 3Guides 1,2
Guides 1,2,3
Guides 1,2,3,4
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Loft Command in SW
Merging a Loft with a feature
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Sweep Command – Sweep along a Guide
Guide
Section
Insert → Sweep → Sweep along Guide
Or select Sweep along from the toolbar
Sweep along a Guide requires sketching a section (profile) and a sweep guide.
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Sweep Command – Sweep along a Guide
Select Guide string and OK.The offset could be used to hollow out the object
First Offset set at 2 mm
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Sweep Command – SweptSwept command creates a solid body or a sheet by sweeping one or more section strings along one, two, or three guide strings
Sweep and blend using up to three guides.
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Swept Command – two sections and one guide
Select Swept and choose both sections and the guide
Sketch two different sections
Note the direction and location of the arrows for both sections
Bottom layers are swept to the top
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Swept Command – two sections and one guide
To change the alignment manually, select By Point from Alignment Method
The 4 alignment line could be manipulated by dragging the 4 end points
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Swept Command – two sections and three guidesSketch the third guide.
Guide 3
Guide 2
Section 2
Section 1
Guide 1
Select both sections, make sure the arrows are pointing in the same direction
Section 1
Section 2
Select all three guides
Guide 1
Guide 1
Guide 1
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Swept Command – two sections and three guides
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Use this command to create a solid or sheet body feature that sweeps a master cross section variably along a path. The master cross section should be created using the Sketch on Path option in the Sketcher.
Sweep Command – Variational Sweep
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Sweep Command – Variational Sweep
6 – Sketch the master cross section, apply constraints as desired, dimension the legs
Master profile
Rails
Attachment points to the rails
You can control the length of the sweep by specifying start and end values. You can also control the sweep by adding or removing constraints from the master cross section sketch
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Sweep Command – Variational Sweep
Surface model
The surface could be thickened
