Importing points to make a curve for revolve

[bboyhoola]

I have a matlab code that generates points in a .pts document. The points (10000 of them) make a curve and I want to revolve that on Pro E to make a bottle-like shape.

What I did was:

Insert>Model Datum>Points>Offset Coordinate System

and uploaded the .pts file with csys as reference.

This uploaded all the points.

Then I did:

Insert>Model Datum>Curve>Thru Points

with Spine and Whole Array selected.

This creates a curve through all the points I uploaded but afterward when I try to revolve it does not work.

The error I get is:
The selected geometry can not be used by this tool. Please select new references.

After I make the curve by tracing the points, what should I do in order to make a revolve?

Is there a different way?

Thanks in advance.

 

[jebiselucka]

Whatyou want to do ?
Solid or surface ?

Wildfire is very nice, if you know,
how work with him

 

[bboyhoola]

I would like to make a surface by revolving it? Is my approach the right approach? If so what steps should I take next?

 

[bboyhoola]

By the way, my points are in this form:

0 0 0
1 2 0
2 5 0

etc etc

and it makes a curve similar to a cubic equation


To clarify, I would like to import those points and revolve it to make a bottleneck kind of shape.

Thanks in advance

 

[PheasantPlucker]

Why 10,000 points? What's the distance between them? Maybe too many points in relation to the tolerance. Have you tried curve from file using an .ibl file?

 

[bboyhoola]

the distance between the points are very minimal

Example:
x y z
8.8899995e+000 2.0261072e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899994e+000 2.0259040e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899993e+000 2.0257008e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899993e+000 2.0254976e+001 0.0000000e+000
8.8899992e+000 2.0252944e+001 0.0000000e+000

I am unsure how to use .ibl files.
Can you clarify and perhaps explain the steps to take?

 

[bboyhoola]

after doing some research i found out how to use .ibl...
i put it in this form:
Open Curve
Begin section ! 1
Begin curve ! 0
then points
Begin section ! 2
Begin curve ! 1
more points.

However I still have the same problem I was facing with my 10000points method. I have the curve down but I can't revolve it. I don't want to use spline manually and try to trace the line. I would like pro e to trace the curve in sketch mode so that I can revolve it.

The picture I post shows a blue curve line. Lines drawn in sketch mode are yellow.

 

[bboyhoola]

forgot to attach picture
here it is:

 

[PheasantPlucker]

Try deleting four or five contiguous point groups between each point that you keep.
From the sample, the x points are .0000001 apart, and I hope that's in English, not Metric. It seems like a ridiculous amount of points.
Use ibl to create the curve, then create a rotate feature and copy the spline created. You are revolving it about a centerline, correct?
Can you upload the file?

 

[bboyhoola]

I am trying to revolve it around the Y axis to make a bottleneck shape. I feel like there is a way for pro e to trace the blue line created by uploaded the .ibl file on the sketch mode so that I can actually revolve it.

Here is the .ibl file.

 

[bboyhoola]

by the way the end product should look something like this (this was done by just using Spline tool and tracing it by hand):

 

[PheasantPlucker]

Use revolve, make sure you choose surface, not solid. Create an axis of revolution first and import the points. It works for me.

 

[bboyhoola]

I am beginning to think I am doing this incorrectly.

What I am doing is first draw a line in sketch mode on front plane.
Then upload ibl by
Insert>Model Datum>Curve>File>Select csys

Then I select the curve and do revolve. It tells me to select a sketch but I can't select the curve.

Are these the steps you took?

 

[PeterStock]

Try creating the revolve with its own sketch. Then use the curve (in wf3- Sketch; Edge; Use) to create the sketch.

Peter Stockhausen
Senior Design Analyst (Checker)
Infotech Aerospace Services

http://www.infotechpr.net

 

[PheasantPlucker]

Try this...

 

[bboyhoola]

Woo hooo! Thank you so much Pheasant and Peter! Finally got it!