Creating a Styling Sweep

From the Creation section of the action bar, click Styling Sweep .
Select the sweep type.
- Simple sweep : Creates a surface based on two curves (profile and spine).
- Sweep and snap : Creates a surface based on three curves (profile, spine, and guide). The swept surface is relimited to the guiding curve. There is no deformation of the swept profile according to the guiding curve.
  
  Note: If the profile is extrapolated half its length, and is no longer in contact with the guide, the calculation of the sweep stops.
- Sweep and fit : Creates a surface based on three curves (profile, spine, and guide). The swept profile is deformed onto the guiding curve. There is no relimitation of the swept surface to the guiding curve.
- Sweep near profiles : Creates a surface based on at least four curves (profile, spine, guide, and one or more reference profiles). The swept profile is deformed onto the guiding curve. Moreover, tangency conditions are taken into account at the contact points between the reference profiles and spine and guiding curve.
Select curves as profile, spine, and guide as required.
Styling sweeps cannot be created using canonical profiles.
Optional: Click <<Settings to define the parameters.
- Order V: Maximum V order, the U order being defined by the profile curve's order.
- Max. deviation: Maximum deviation between the exact surface and the resulting surface, in order to decrease the number of control points and segments on the resulting swept surface.
Optional: Click the values to edit them.
Click Selection>> , then Display>>, and information to display the tags.
Optional: Activate the moving frame.
The moving frame is used to define how the profile is swept along the spine.
To edit the moving frame, do one of the following:
- In the work area, click the moving frame to change its type.
- Shift+ click to move back.
- Right-click to display the context menu.
These moving frame types are available:
- Translation: The profile is translated along the spine.
- On contour: The profile translation is recomputed at every point of the spine so that the profile follows the spine contour. The spine should not have inflexion points.
- Fixed direction: The profile is translated according to the Robot orientation.
- Tangent to contour: The profile is translated according to the Robot orientation, while constantly remaining tangent to the spine.
  In the moving frame representation:
  - T is the tangent to the spine at the current point.
  - B is the vectorial product between T and the Robot direction.
  - N is the vectorial product between T and B.
The current type is displayed when passing the cursor over the moving frame. You can move the frame along the spine using the handle at the moving frame's origin.
Optional: For the Fixed direction and Tangent to contour types, set the direction according to the Robot orientation definition by doing either of the following:
- Drag and drop the Robot onto the geometry.
- Use the quick Robot orientation capability (F5).
The Robot should not be tangent to the curve.
Optional: Activate the limit points to redefine the surface limits on the spine/guide.
Thes limit points show up only when the surface extends beyond the reference profile when selected, and are limited by the spine or guide's length.
Optional: Right-click a limit point to open the context menu.
Click OK.

You can also select surface edges as the spine and guide. Set the type of continuity to be kept (point, tangency, or curvature) using the context menu on the displayed information, provided that Continuity is active in the App Options panel.
Note: The continuities are available depending on the selected sweep type and the geometry itself.
Click Contact Points in the App Options panel to display the handle on the surface and modify its limits.

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