Curves in 2 planes

[Anonymous]

Hi Guys.

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

Help please 

Thanks

Malcolm 

[jeff_strater]

Hi @Anonymous,

Here is how I would go about something like this.

1. start with a torus

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):

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

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

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

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

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

I have also attached the f3d file just FYI

Hope this helps

Jeff Strater (Fusion development)

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jeff .
I will give it a try .
Malcolm

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

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