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I have a very interesting challenge regarding the creation ofa sweep in Solidworks and I offer $100 dollars to the first person that posts or emails me with a working solution.
The challenge involves a bevel on a hole made into an elliptical head.
First, what we know to work... First create an elliptical head by drawinga sketch on the front plane as shown in the image
. Revolve the sketch along its vertical centerline.
Draw a circle on the top plane with its center at the origin, and dimension it to 500mm in diameter. Extrude Cut this circle through the body of the head.
Now, draw a sketch using the front plane on the outer edge of the newly made hole. See the image attachment
for a reference. Next, create a Swept Cut using the new profile sketch as the profile, the inner edge of the hole as the path, and the outer edge of the hole as the first guide line (Use follow path and first guide line as the orientation/twist type). This new cut, or bevel, is what we want and what we are after. The problem is when the hole is not centered.
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">For the challenge...[/I] Repeat the steps above but when you create the sketch for the Extruded Cut, this time however, set the center of the circle off to theleft of the origin, as shown in the image
. Re-create the profile and the Swept Cut on the holes new location and watch what happens...
The resulting bevel is NOT what we are after. In various combinations of the settings, the Sweep Cut flares in an unnecessary way, comes off the path of the hole, or just doesn't solve at all. Also, the further the hole isfrom the centerof the head, or the bigger the head, the more pronounced the problem is. To really see this, try creating the above steps on alarger head.
We are looking for a solution to this problem. There must be a way to have the profile sketch follow the path of the hole more accurately. Do you know the way?
Good Luck,
Ahmed
fficeffice" />I have a very interesting challenge regarding the creation ofa sweep in Solidworks and I offer $100 dollars to the first person that posts or emails me with a working solution.
The challenge involves a bevel on a hole made into an elliptical head.
First, what we know to work... First create an elliptical head by drawinga sketch on the front plane as shown in the image
. Revolve the sketch along its vertical centerline.Draw a circle on the top plane with its center at the origin, and dimension it to 500mm in diameter. Extrude Cut this circle through the body of the head.
Now, draw a sketch using the front plane on the outer edge of the newly made hole. See the image attachment
for a reference. Next, create a Swept Cut using the new profile sketch as the profile, the inner edge of the hole as the path, and the outer edge of the hole as the first guide line (Use follow path and first guide line as the orientation/twist type). This new cut, or bevel, is what we want and what we are after. The problem is when the hole is not centered.<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">For the challenge...[/I] Repeat the steps above but when you create the sketch for the Extruded Cut, this time however, set the center of the circle off to theleft of the origin, as shown in the image
. Re-create the profile and the Swept Cut on the holes new location and watch what happens...The resulting bevel is NOT what we are after. In various combinations of the settings, the Sweep Cut flares in an unnecessary way, comes off the path of the hole, or just doesn't solve at all. Also, the further the hole isfrom the centerof the head, or the bigger the head, the more pronounced the problem is. To really see this, try creating the above steps on alarger head.
We are looking for a solution to this problem. There must be a way to have the profile sketch follow the path of the hole more accurately. Do you know the way?
Good Luck,
Ahmed
