Hi,
I wondered if anyone has a good advise on merging multiple sketch segments into a continuous line so to avoid surfaces with multiple faces.
I have attached a little diagram on how I try to use Fit Spline but it makes me nervous when relations to reference geometry are lost.
Thank you,
Anton
When you use the fit spline, you can still edit the original sketch.
Hi Tony,
you are correct. I can edit the original sketch but the derived sketch (the one created with Fit Spline)doesn't update anymore.
Hi Anton,
Like Tony mentions, you can edit the underlying sketch geometry. My process is If I know I want to do this, I first dimension the arcs, conics, lines etc. to drive them and then Do a Fit spline over them. Remember that you can always use "Select other" when selecting two pieces of geometry that are on top of each other (like Fit Spline) in order to dimension or control them.
Mark
Why are you trying to avoid multiple faces?
If you are making a loft, you can merge faces within the loft feature.
Hi Roland,
it will speed up my workflow a little bit and it will keep the model cleaner looking. It will make it easier when I create boundary surfaces to select one edge vs. clicking on multiple edges to select one profile.
My Fit Spline does update. However my "best" practice when working with complex curves is to have two or more separate sketches to control in what order they update. In your case I would make the line segments in Sketch1 and then create Sketch2 containing Fit Spline.
Also when having line/arc segments connected by splines in the same sketch, I sometimes experience that they somehow counteract each other. In such a case I make one sketch with lines/arcs - one with ONLY the splines - one final one with Convert Entities.
Thank you all for your feedback and sharing your workflow. I learned a lot from you.
My Fit Spline does update. However my "best" practice when working with complex curves is to have two or more separate sketches to control in what order they update. In your case I would make the line segments in Sketch1 and then create Sketch2 containing Fit Spline.
Also when having line/arc segments connected by splines in the same sketch, I sometimes experience that they somehow counteract each other. In such a case I make one sketch with lines/arcs - one with ONLY the splines - one final one with Convert Entities.