Sweep

[Lentezza]

Hello,

 

been posting a view times already during this project....

 

Here is what I am working on:

 

 

For being able to retrieve dimensions and angles from the drawing I started by redrawing the back rails of the bench with an rectangle profle.

 

This is where the problem appeared....

 

Sweeping worked perfectly for the lower two of the rails:

 

 

But it didn´t for the upper one....:

 

 

As you can see in the drawing

 

Sweeeep.dwg

 

I put the profile on both ends of the rail. I tried sweeping from both ends - same result. (Instead when I did the drawing with the true profile of the rails sweeping worked fine only from one of the endings...)

 

 

?????

 

 

Looking forward for your suggestions!!

 

Len

[ReMark]

I would just extrude the profile using the path option and be done with it. Why make it more complicated than it needs to be?

[Lentezza]

Thank you again, ReMark!! You are right, why make it more complicated.....

 

Still I would be curious to find out why the SWEEP of this one part did not work....

[ReMark]

I don't know what causes Sweep to sometimes produce less than the expected result. It's mystery I haven't got the time to try and solve. When I am retired and have nothing better to do maybe I'll delve into it. Until then it is a matter of getting the job done as quickly as one can with the tools available to us. When one tool fails it's time to try another.

[Lentezza]

I understand.

[hoss]

Use Rotate3d and pick the end profile ( rectanagle)

use mid of top and mid of buttom line and rotate by 180

then use sweep

worked for me

[ReMark]

No rotation. Extrude. Done.

[Lentezza]

For a rookie like me it´s good to see that working with CAD needs the use of workarounds even if you have reached a higher level of dominating it...(-;

[f700es]

Oh there are usually 3 to 4 ways to complete a task. Figuring out the best way for "you" is the trick at times.