mgajewski Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 I am creating a closed swept surface using two closed loop guide curves and (trying but failing) one closed profile. I managed to create two separate surfaces but do not know how to turn them into a parent curve editable solid. The whole thing should be simple and clean but for some reason I cannot get it done. Help is not much help... Attached pictures illustrate the issue. I'd appreciate some pointers or is there a book or website available that explains ICAD surface creation in depth? Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Lohman Posted October 11, 2004 Share Posted October 11, 2004 They didn't turn into a solid because they're not a closed volume. It's still just a single sided ribbon. You have to close the sides in order for it to become a solid. There is no surfacing resource. I'm sure that IronKevin will have more useful info for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgajewski Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 They didn't turn into a solid because they're not a closed volume. It's still just a single sided ribbon. You have to close the sides in order for it to become a solid. I figured that - but I was hoping for more specific information on how to overcome that and also how to: 1. make a closed profile for a sweep (ICAD seems to resist that) and 2. how to sweep a closed profile along two closed loop paths. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IronKevin Posted October 12, 2004 Share Posted October 12, 2004 To finish a solid of your part, make two Sweep shapes, one with the lower section of the cross section then the next with the upper line of the cross section using the "Add as IntelliShape" option on the second sweep shape. See the attached file. IK Closed_Sweep.ics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgajewski Posted October 12, 2004 Author Share Posted October 12, 2004 Thanks, Kevin. BTW - it may help everyone to know that changing your part to a Parasolid was needed before I could fillet the edges (it refused to get filleted as an ACIS part). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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