Hi all! I am trying to make a part using a swept cut. I am having trouble making a swept cut with the rest of the part though (Picture below). If someone could help me figure this out that would be greatly appreciated. Also tips on my modeling strategies please!
Thanks!
Hi Dawson,
Here's how I would do it...........
First, delete what you have attempted so far with the sweep so that your feature tree looks like this....
Now create a sketch on the left raised face and use 'convert entities' on that face so that you get it's outline as a sketch. Save that sketch.
Now create a new sketch on the FRONT plane and draw your half circle as I have shown below. Ensure that this sketch is being done on the same raised piece as the previous step was done on. Save this sketch also.
Now use the 'Swept Cut' feature and use the last sketch you created as the profile and the sketch you created prior to that as the path (see below). Press okay.
This should be your result...........
Now use the 'Mirror' Feature. Select the RIGHT plane as the mirror plane and select the swept cut you just created as the feature to mirror. Press okay.
Result should be this..........
As you will see, this has taken far less steps than the method you were attempting, and hopefully the result is exactly what you needed. Please let me know if you have any difficulties.
Dave.
Dave Bear wrote:
Now create a sketch on the left raised face and use 'convert entities' on that face so that you get it's outline as a sketch. Save that sketch.
You do not need to create the sketch for the path as you can use the edges as the path using selection manager.
Deepak Gupta wrote:
Dave Bear wrote:
Now create a sketch on the left raised face and use 'convert entities' on that face so that you get it's outline as a sketch. Save that sketch.
You do not need to create the sketch for the path as you can use the edges as the path using selection manager.
G'day Deepak
For some reason I always thought the path had to be defined by a sketch. Thanks for the heads up!
Dave.
Thank you so much! This worked amazingly!
quick fix is to at "cut-sweep17", when selecting your path - just rmb and click 'selection manager'. Then choose the option "select group", and click all the edges. This worked for me...
Thank you so much! I tried this too, and I'm happy to be more enlightened!
Hi Dawson,
Here's how I would do it...........
First, delete what you have attempted so far with the sweep so that your feature tree looks like this....
Now create a sketch on the left raised face and use 'convert entities' on that face so that you get it's outline as a sketch. Save that sketch.
Now create a new sketch on the FRONT plane and draw your half circle as I have shown below. Ensure that this sketch is being done on the same raised piece as the previous step was done on. Save this sketch also.
Now use the 'Swept Cut' feature and use the last sketch you created as the profile and the sketch you created prior to that as the path (see below). Press okay.
This should be your result...........
Now use the 'Mirror' Feature. Select the RIGHT plane as the mirror plane and select the swept cut you just created as the feature to mirror. Press okay.
Result should be this..........
As you will see, this has taken far less steps than the method you were attempting, and hopefully the result is exactly what you needed. Please let me know if you have any difficulties.
Dave.