Mike Twining Posted July 5, 2006 Share Posted July 5, 2006 (edited) I have a cross section which has been created, which is basically a 1/2 ellipse with a straight, tangent line attached to it (see bad immage below...which actually shows the ellipse converted into a spline, but you get the idea) I am trying to use this path as both a guide curve for a sweep and as a path for a "Link along curve" operation (it is going to be a curved ladder...). Anyway, I took the 2D sketch, converted it to a 3D line, and proceeded to produce the sweep with no problems. When I trying to work the "Link along 3D curve", I am getting interesting results. The "rungs" will not follow both sections of curve. I can either get them to go in a straight line forever (they bypass the turn...), or (if I reverse the 3D curve direction), I can get them to follow the ellipse (in which they will continue along the elliptical path which has been trimmed away). I can not ever get them to do both. I have tried everything I can think of, (I even tried converting the ellipse part of the curve to a spline using a little double-offset action in 2D), with no luck. So... am I doing something wrong here or what? Edit: P.S.; for some reason the site "crashed" (for me anyway) when I tried to upload a *.JPG image, which I assure you, looked a lot better. Edit Edit: It looks like *.jpeg works fine, but *.JPG dosen't.... FYI Edited July 6, 2006 by Mike Twining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary OConnor Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 It does not see it as a single curve for some reason. Do a merge curve (merge the straight with the ellipse). Then it will see it as a single curve (suppress the original first). Cary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Twining Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Doh!.... That seems pretty obvious now that you mention it. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlehnhaeuser Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Mike, I like your IronCAD Color Scheme. What element did you change to get the Icons to have a blue background? Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Twining Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 It's my windows theme colors. I am a backwards kinda guy, so I like the backwards colors. Only drawback is that lots of programmers out there define white backgrounds and "automatic" text color, which makes things kinda hard to read sometimes. I can send you the .theme file if you want, but it won't let me attach it to the post. Note to programmers: If you specify a text color, specify a background color as well. If you set automatic text color, set automatic background color as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsulli555357 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Doh!.... That seems pretty obvious now that you mention it. Thanks. 14783[/snapback] Okay, we now know why you have that avatar....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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