I am trying to create an adapter that goes from a 2 3/16 to 2 1/8 in a 90 degree bend while minimizing the vertical distance it must travel. Basically I want the adapter to start turning direction and "adapting" it's diameter right off of the one plane to the other, but when I try to run a loft it gives me errors and says it is self intersecting. I cannot to save my life get this radius to work. Any help would be appreciated in getting this part to work and I have my sketch geometry attached below. Thank you!
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Sweep with Path and Guide rail may be acceptable.
More rails for a Loft if that does not work for you. (Full solid with Shell)
Might help...
Hi,
try 2 rails for loft as @davebYYPCU recommended
1. Create intersection points in the sketch and connect them with a spline or lines/fillets
2. loft with 2 rails
3. Shell from body
günther
Following the screenshot in the OP you would not need a loft.
A sketch for a sweep profile and another sketch for a sweep path would be sufficient.
Hi,
@TrippyLighting wrote:
Following the screenshot in the OP you would not need a loft.
A sketch for a sweep profile and another sketch for a sweep path would be sufficient.
The diameters are (intentionally or not?) not identical.
günther
Hmmm..K, 3 sketches and a sweep with guide rail. Sketch 2 isn't really needed.
Can I loft along 4 rails to have the sides bellow out a little before sweeping down? And yes the diameters are not identical purposefully; is sketch 2 still not necessary?
to have the sides bellow out a little before sweeping down?
Yep, be careful what you ask for. My original Sweep with Guide Rail did not make the bulge, just adjusted the diameters on the way. The 2 side rails would likely need some tricky construction, unless you describe the limitations to the bulge.
Might help...
When I try to do the same intersect and connect with a spline it lets me select the circles to intersect but the purple snap points don't appear. I have tried in the existing sketch, a new one, and a new sketch on a plane parallel with the "bulge" feature. Not sure why I can't just do the same thing as before again just with a different shape of guide rail. Thanks for the help!
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