cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Hi All, I have been following this tutorial http://www.dailycad.com/2008/06/auto...threaded-bolt/ But seem to be stuck on the sweeping of the triangle (3 side poly),Have followed the tut to the letter but no luck,I have also experimented with alternatives but again no success (still very new to 3d acad). Has anyone else had similar prob's and might be able to help?? As alway's any help is greatly appreciated. Have included my attempt for reference. Quote
JD Mather Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Lets start the SWEEP command and select the triangle. Use the Alignment option and set it to No. I don't have time to check that tutorial right now, but try this one and see how it works for you - http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/CAD238/AutoCAD%202007%20Tutorial%204.pdf Quote
shift1313 Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 do you have a picture of your triangle/path. did you align the triangle with the path first? If you dont then you leave it up to the software to align it and it may not be as you envisioned. here is another post where i put a screen shot of a path with a triangle http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=35008&page=2 Quote
cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 I don't have time to check that tutorial right now, but try this one and see how it works for you - http://home.pct.edu/~jmather/content/CAD238/AutoCAD%202007%20Tutorial%204.pdf Hi, Thank's for your response,I tried that and no luck. Quote
JD Mather Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Hi, Thank's for your response,I tried that and no luck. Attach your resulting file here. (for both attempts) Quote
cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 do you have a picture of your triangle/path. did you align the triangle with the path first? If you dont then you leave it up to the software to align it and it may not be as you envisioned. here is another post where i put a screen shot of a path with a triangle http://www.cadtutor.net/forum/showthread.php?t=35008&page=2 Hi, I do remember that the triangle was not touching the helix,But was exactly the same as the view in the tut before the sweep(my helix did not come round as far towards the triangle as the tut's did.I will try again with the triangle touching the helix. Many Thank's. Quote
shift1313 Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Did the tutorial have you alter the Alignment or Twist options? Quote
cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 Attach your resulting file here. (for both attempts) Hi, I did not save an original copy of my dwg, only after i had rendered it did i save it:oops:.Also there is only 1 file as i had originaly tried your align suggestion before posting here.Can you tell me how to go back to before the sweep as undo will not work when i open this file and nor do i expect it to, so if there is another way i would be gratefull if you could help me on that one:). P.S will try that tutrial ,Look's good. Quote
cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 Did the tutorial have you alter the Alignment or Twist options? Hi, yes i put no for align, But did not touch twist. Quote
JD Mather Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Hi, I did not save an original copy of my dwg, ... Start over. Perhaps the best way to learn is to compare attempts. Until you can reproduce results and explain why, you have not understood the techniques. Quote
cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 Start over. Perhaps the best way to learn is to compare attempts. Until you can reproduce results and explain why, you have not understood the techniques. O.k Will post my next attempt. Quote
JD Mather Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 O.k Will post my next attempt. Make sure to set delobj=0 and preserve all 2d construction geometry on a hidden layer so that others can figure out where you are having difficulty. Quote
cad_student Posted April 21, 2009 Author Posted April 21, 2009 AAAAAA-HA ,Got it at last!!!, Many thank's for everyone's help,It turn's out it was a ucs prob on my part:?,And here it is... Quote
kencaz Posted April 22, 2009 Posted April 22, 2009 AAAAAA-HA ,Got it at last!!!, Many thank's for everyone's help,It turn's out it was a ucs prob on my part:?,And here it is... Looks great... I was going to suggest try changing the base point of the swept object and even rotating it will give you different results. KC Quote
cad_student Posted April 22, 2009 Author Posted April 22, 2009 What's Steve Coogan got to do with it? AAAA-HA, And of course that look!!:DPriceless. Quote
cad_student Posted April 22, 2009 Author Posted April 22, 2009 Looks great... I was going to suggest try changing the base point of the swept object and even rotating it will give you different results. KC Many thank's, you should have. Quote
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