Surface contrinuity

[tajger8]

I have a cam profile which is composed of several curved faces. Is there a way to join all those faces into one continuous profile?
Thanks

 

[RyanVLee]

This may be an over simplified answer but if all surfaces are touching you could just sew them if you could take a snap shot might be able to give you a better soultion.

Ryan Lee
Design Engineer
Constar International Inc.

 

[JohnRBaker]

OK, try this.

Using...

Insert -> Curve from Curves -> Join...

...and setting the 'Output Curve Type' to 'General', select the profile curves of the cam. This will result in a single continous curve. Now use THIS curve to sweep out a new cam. This time there should only be a single face for the cam surface.

John R. Baker, P.E.
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Product Design Solutions
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA

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