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January 27, 2022
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What does determine directions of dropped curves in the Style tool?

  • January 27, 2022
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Hello. I model a car using the Style tool. I'm trying to make a rooftop but faced some problems. My way of creating the rooftop is to create two surfaces and make an intersect curve. After that, I use The Offset Tool to offset this intersect curve twice for each of the two surfaces. Thus, I create two curves on each surface and am able to trim these two surfaces and create a blend between them. Here's a picture to make it clear for you.

 

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As you can see, for some reason the lower offset curve has a direction (from the top to the bottom) that doesn't match the direction of the offset curve higher(from the bottom to the top). I know that I can convert curves and flip their directions, but how to fix this issue without converting? Maybe I have some problems with the datum planes and references of my curves to them? Thank You in advance.

Best answer by tbraxton

Refer to the solution posted in this thread. There is a video that explains the options to deal with this.

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Why-Does-Curve-Direction-Flip-After-Dropping-It-on-a-Surface-in/m-p/771908 

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22-Sapphire II
January 27, 2022

Refer to the solution posted in this thread. There is a video that explains the options to deal with this.

 

https://community.ptc.com/t5/3D-Part-Assembly-Design/Why-Does-Curve-Direction-Flip-After-Dropping-It-on-a-Surface-in/m-p/771908