Creating Swept Surfaces

Creating Swept Surfaces Using a Conical Profile

Sweep lets you create swept surfaces that use an implicit conical profile, such as parabolas, hyperbolas or ellipses.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Create a 3D shape containing sketches and curves.

 

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Two guide curves

You can create swept surfaces that use an implicit conical profile by defining two guide curves.

  1. Click the Conic icon in the Subtype list and select Two guide curves.
  2. Select two guide curves and their tangency supports, indicating an angle value in relation to the support, if required
  3. In the Parameter box, enter the parameter value or use the arrows to change the value.
  4. Optional: In the Spine box, select a spine to specify a spine different from the first guide curve or center curve.

    If the plane normal to the spine intersects one of the guiding curves at different points, it is advised to use the closest point to the spine point for coupling.

  5. Click OK to create the swept surface.