3D sketch (or curve)? 2

[pkelecy]

Again, I'm working through a SW tutorial where a rack is made by drawing a 3D curve and then sweeping a profile (circle in this case) along it (the rack is basically a rod with some bends in it). This is something Cobalt could do very easily also. I'm sure SE can as well (it's such a common case) but it's not clear to me how to draw the 3D path for the sweep. SW actually has a 3D sketch tool, but I don't see anything comparable in SE. So how is this done?

Thanks again for the help.

Pat

 

[fredericmenage]

If you use the swept protrusion method (path is in more than one plane), you have 2 solutions:
1) do it using consecutive swept protrusion features
2) group the path in a unique entity using 'derived curve' before starting the swept protrusion.

As per the MS interface, it definitely as flaws... I hope it's just a start. I'm sure the SE development will improve it for a CAD application like SE (1- switching between ribbon bar tabs and 2- sharing the space between the edgebar and the command bar are the 2 main issues in my opinion).

Fred