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:
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Must be planar, but do not need to be coplanar
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Must be oriented in the same direction to avoid a twist in the surface
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Must each have the same number of vertices
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Must be closed
The paths curves:
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Do not need to be planar
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Must touch the cross-section curves unless there is only one path curve
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Must each have the same number of vertices
The capping faces are:
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Planar surfaces positioned at and bounded by the first and last cross-section curves
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Merged to the main surface, creating the solid
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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 |
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