Synopsis
The swept solid is the volume enclosed by taking a profile curve or surface and sweeping it along a guide curve. It is a more generic construct than either the extrusion or revolution. An extrusion can be created by using a line as a guide curve, and a revolved solid can be created by using an arc as a guide curve.
Canonicals
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| curves | list | List of C0 curves to sweep. The list does not have to make a closed profile, nor do the curves have to be in any particular order. |
| guide | part | Guide curve for the sweep. The swept solid will use the guide curve's shape and orientation to create the sweep, but it does not have to be positioned on or in the profile curves. |
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| profile | part | Instead of providing the curves: list directly, a PlanarProfile or a Face can be used as the profile for the sweep. |
| alignment | name | Describes if the profile normal should be aligned with the tangent of the guide curve (normal), or if the profile orientation should be kept constant during the sweep (parallel). The default value is normal. |
Group Rules
<curves_only (curves)> Substitutes the curves input for the profile's curves.
Example 1
| Name: | SweepSolid_Ex01 | |
| Design: | Block BasePart acDrawingDocument | |
| Name | Type | Formula |
| height | number | 10 |
| length | number | 6 |
| width | number | 0.88 |
| ptList | list | {Point(width * 0.05, length, 0), Point(width * 0.5, 0.2 * length, 0), Point(0, 0, 0), Point(-width * 0.5, 0.2 * length, 0), Point(-width * 0.05, length, 0)} |
| Child Name: | sideCurve_1 | |
| Child Design: | :SplineCurve | |
| Name | Type | Supplied |
| pointList | list | Me.ptList |
| Child Name: | sideCurve_2 | |
| Child Design: | :Line | |
| Name | Type | Supplied |
| thruPoint1 | point | sideCurve_1.startPoint |
| thruPoint2 | point | sideCurve_1.endPoint |
| Child Name: | guideCurve | |
| Child Design: | :SplineCurve | |
| Name | Type | Supplied |
| pointList | list | {Point(0, 0, 0), Point(0, 0.07 * length, 0.65 * height), Point(0, 0, height)} |
| Child Name: | result | |
| Child Design: | :SweepSolid | |
| Name | Type | Supplied |
| cueves | list | {sideCurve_1, sideCurve_2} |
| guide | part | guideCurve |
| color | string | "jungle green" |