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Sweep Bodies along the Path

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Sweep bodies along the specified path.

A body can be created by sweeping a profile of sheet or wire body along a path.

Procedure

 

  1. Create a profile of the pipe with a sheet or wire body. 
     

 

  1. Create a path with a wire body starting at the perimeter of the profile.
     

  2. The path is not allowed to be in parallel to the profile.
     

  3. The path is required to be a single wire body. Therefore, convert multiple wire bodies to a single wire body if necessary.
    See "Wire Body Conversion" for the detail.

  1. On the [Model] tab, go to



    and click Select Body at .
     

 

  1. On the [Model] tab, go to

    ,

    and click ▼ at the side of [Extrude] . Select [Sweep bodies along the specified path] on the submenu.

    (Alternatively, right click the mouse. On the appearing menu, select
    [Deform]-[Sweep])
     

 

  1. Select the profile.

  1. Click and activate the list box for [Path body] in the parameter input dialog box.

 

  1. Select a wire body for the path.

     

  1. Click in the parameter input dialog box.

 

  1. The model has been completed.