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Tooltip: SolidBySweeping

Creates a solid from a set of planar cross-sections and optional path curves. Capping surfaces are created at the ends of the solid when needed.

This interface is similar to Surface by Sweeping.

The cross-section curves:

  • Must be planar, but do not need to be coplanar

  • Must be oriented in the same direction to avoid a twist in the surface

  • Must each have the same number of vertices

  • Must be closed

The paths curves:

  • Do not need to be planar

  • Must touch the cross-section curves unless there is only one path curve

  • Must each have the same number of vertices

The capping faces are:

  • Planar surfaces positioned at and bounded by the first and last cross-section curves

  • Merged to the main surface, creating the solid

  • Not created if the path curves are closed

The following example shows one planar cross-section curve swept along two open path curves. Capping faces at each end are automatically used to create the closed surfaces of the solid.

The following example shows a torus with a closed cross-section and closed path curve. No capping faces are needed:

Required Input

Planar cross-sections

Optional Input

Path curves

Output

Solid

GC Solid by Sweeping Ribbon

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