I’m new to shapr3d, I have searched the tutorials and the forums for something close but haven’t found anything.
I’m trying to create a hanger that has x,y, and z axis angles to it. My plan was to sketch and create a sweep. is there a way of creating a sketch that is connected together on all three planes? Basically a single line that connects on x,y,z axis? I can’t seem to figure out a way to do that… maybe it’s not possible…
Watch the “Mastering the sweep tool” video on the Shapr3D YouTube channel, it shows how to do this. It’s done using planes and projections.
Here is a quick example I made up just now. Hope it helps.
Glorious!!
Creating the guide curves as a group of edges on a solid body is another solution. That way you don’t need to align sketches on different planes while continuity is also easier to manage
@KPeter’s approach is a great solution and one that many of us use.
Here is another solution which is a more simplistic approach and one I use occasionally.
You’ll notice that I create my tubular structures by chamfering an extruded box section. This is a favourite method of mine.
Hi Steve,
Nice method. If I may, I did a variation of yours without the use of chamfering and aligns.
This is another great solution. Thanks @TigerMike.
However, I deliberately created the square profile just to demonstrate a completely different method that some might not have thought of.
I often use this approach to create cylinders and spheres in-situ where they would normally be difficult to position or align with other models or where tight bends won’t permit the use of the sweep tool.
Here is a rather unlikely scenario but one where I found my method a little quicker and easier than the standard method of creating guide to sweep a circle…
In fact, using the sweep method, I wasn’t able to sweep around the tight bend between the middle rectangle and the cylinder. However, with my method I was easily able to ‘form’ the pipe in the corner between the two.
And it can be really fast too…
And Shapr wants me to “pick” the solution… LOL. Wow. Very good solutions all!!
