SWEPT BLENDS AND SURFACE MERGE (SU4_WILDFIRE3)

Tutorial Lesson 2 - Create a Swept Blend

** To begin the faucet construction, we will first create a swept blend from the datum curves given to us. The trajectory is a sketched spline, while the other 3 sections are sketched datum curves as well. See following image for curve selection. **

Sketch Start Point 3

Sketch Start Point 2 Curve 1

Sketch Start Point 1

Section 2

Section 1

Section 3

Start Point

** Make sure Datum Planes and Datum Points are displayed. **

FILE Menu: #Open, <faucet.prt>, #Open

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INSERT Menu: #Swept Blend, [select curve 1], #Sections, [select Sketch Start Point 1], #Sketch SKETCH Pull Down: #Edge, #Use, [select section1 curves], # Sections Tab: #Insert, [select Sketch Start Point 2], #Sketch SKETCH Pull Down: #Edge, #Use, [select section2 curves], # Sections Tab: #Insert, [select Sketch Start Point 3], #Sketch SKETCH Pull Down: #Edge, #Use, [select section3 curves], Dashboard: VIEW Pull Down: #Default Orientation

** IMPORTANT The start points for each section must match up properly, meaning they need to be on the same vertex for each section. If you need to change the start point, you can do this by editing the sketch in sketcher. Select the sketched edge and hold down the right mouse button to select Start Point. **

** Also Note: section 2 can be moved along the trajectory of the curve by modifying the value of PNT0. Once completed, your surface should look similar to the following image. **

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** Now we will create variable rounds along the top edges of the surface and constant rounds along the bottom edges. See following image for curve selection **

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Curve 2

Curve 1

Curve 3 Curve 4

Screen: [select Curve 1], hold down Right Mouse button, #Round Edges Dashboard: #Sets, hold down Right Mouse button down near Radius value (see image), #Add Radius

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