Tubing with variable profiles

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Hi. i'm new to solidworks and was wondering how i would create a tube with variable profiles. like for instance, from 2"diameter to a 4" with a smooth transition.

using structural members has been neat but limited to one profile. any help would be great. thanks.

 

[handleman]

I believe a loft would be your only option for that. You could use the weldment profiles/structural members to get all your sections with constant profile and then convert entities on both faces of the transition portion to get two sketches and loft between them.

 

[smcadman]

Use the Loft command.



Flores
SW06 SP4.1

 

[dubbed]

thanks for the quick response. i never tried the loft command yet. i'll go through it on the tutorial. thanks

 

[jdg268]

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You can use the loft command or the sweep command. The sweep has 1 profile with as many guide curves as you need. The loft will essentially give you more control than a sweep.

John Graham CSWP

Mechanical Design Engineer

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

If the tube is straight, it would be simpler to use the Revolved Boss/Base feature. This would be preferable to a Loft or Sweep as it would probably create a smaller file. It would also present less chance of unexpected blend anomalies.

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