Creating Adaptive Swept Surfaces

Adaptive Sweep lets you create the swept surfaces that use an implicit profile and its constraints along a guiding curve.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin:

Create a 3D shape containing a surface, curves and sketches.

 

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Create an Adaptive Swept Surface

You can create adaptive swept surface.

  1. In the Guiding Curve box, select a guiding curve.
    If no guiding curve already exists, use the context menu in the Guiding curve box to create either a line or a boundary.
  2. In the Spine box, select a spine if you want it to be different from the guiding curve.
    Important: By default, the spine is the guiding curve.
  3. In the Sketch box, select a sketch or a profile to be swept along the guiding curve .
    An axis-system is displayed defining the plane in which the first section is created.
    Important: The axis system is positioned normal to the reference surface.
  4. Select the end point of the guiding curve to create another section.
    The axis-system is displayed at this new section.
  5. Click Sweep sections preview to have a quick wireframe preview of the adaptive sweep surface.
  6. In the Deviation box, enter the deviation value.
  7. Select the Angular correction check box to smooth the sweeping motion along the reference surface.
  8. Click Preview.
  9. Select the Parents tab to display the elements making up the sweep.
  10. Click the Parameters tab to display and redefine the constraints on a given section.
  11. Change the constraint value to 5mm, and click Preview.
  12. Click OK to create the swept surface.