-Use the project tool, to make a gude line on the cylinder suface
draw a small rectangle on the end of the guide line, then sweep
-You can draw the sweeped cross section on a construction plane at “perp to curve at point”
Yes JST, I tried the sweep and it didn’t work for me … it might in the future if they add a constant feature to follow the path if that makes sense and I’m sure it didn’t
Anyhooo I used the revolve … I used 360 degrees with 8 revolutions … I trimmed the excess of the revolve feature by using subtraction … I copied the feature with the transform tool 2 times or 120 degrees around the tube … I did tweak the face of the revolved feature using the transform tool for a better looking fit to the tube…
I did explore lofting with an array of patterns but that didn’t work all that good…
I’m sure there’s propbably a better technique but that’s how I did this one…