SOLIDWORKS: Design Intentionally with Non-Analytic Geometry
Summary
While simple extrudes or cuts may be less cumbersome to mentally map out, non-analytic geometry, commonly achieved by Sweeps, can be a loftier goal. By this standard, we wouldn’t be able to make subtle changes in a given radius of curvature or arc length without affecting the shape as a whole. Instead, I chose only the top profile sketch region and proceeded to select the path and guide curves. While this aspect is not needed for this example, we instead take advantage of the quick ability to gradually shape our model with one three-dimensional feature and strictly use two-dimensional sketches. As shown above, we were able to create our desired ring shape with a single feature in less time and with fewer sketches than a sweep would call for.
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