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Curves in 2 planes

Anonymous

Curves in 2 planes

Anonymous
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Hi Guys.

 

Trying to work out how to put the tapered ends onto this form.

 

Help please 

 

Thanks

 

Malcolm 

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jeff_strater
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Hi @Anonymous,

 

Here is how I would go about something like this.

 

1. start with a torus

curves in 2 planes 1.png

 

2. add a sketch in the midplane of the torus, and put some curves in this sketch (I used arcs and mirror, but any options are possible here, such as spline):

curves in 2 planes 2.png

 

3. add a Plane Along Path at the end of this curve:

curves in 2 planes 3.png

 

4. sketch on this plane, and put a cross-section sketch.  Again, I used arcs and mirror:

curves in 2 planes 4.png

 

5.  Switch to the Patch workspace, and use Sweep to create a surface body:

curves in 2 planes 5.png

 

6. Use Split Body to split the torus along this surface:

curves in 2 planes 6.png

 

I think this is pretty close to your desired geometry.  Here is another view:

curves in 2 planes 7.png

 

I have also attached the f3d file just FYI

 

Hope this helps

 

Jeff Strater (Fusion development)

 


Jeff Strater
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Anonymous
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Thanks Jeff .
I will give it a try .
Malcolm
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Anonymous
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Anonymous
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Hi Jeff, 

 

Tried a couple of methods , using the Torus , and starting from scratch with sketch , think sketch gave me more flexability to give a slightly better shape , 

Appreciate your help and comments welcome.

Malcolm

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