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Hello,
I'm having a problem with a round bar that needs to be bent in two directions. See pic below.
I thought Creo (3.0 M030) had a 3D sketch feature, which could be used in this case to make a sweep, but I can't seem to find it. Maybe I'm thinking of another program.
Any ideas?
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Create points at each intersection.
Create datum curve thru points (it gives you options on spline or with radius, use the radius option)
Create sweep using that curve.
Create points at each intersection.
Create datum curve thru points (it gives you options on spline or with radius, use the radius option)
Create sweep using that curve.
Thanks, that did the trick indeed. I used two sketches to outline the thing, placed points on each corner, made a curve tr' points and swept it.
One additional question however: is it possible to make a "flat pattern" of this? It's not sheet metal of course, but I need to find out the length of the bar for production.
Just measure the curve length before the sweep.
It's simply the centerline length on tubulars. It's not like sheetmetal where you account for stretch.