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December 3, 2021
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How to do a 'swept volume' of a 3D shape

  • December 3, 2021
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I have a model that is in essence a rectangle with and elliptical surface on one side (this is representative of a flat plate that rotates a specified amount of degrees in the X axis). I am now wanting to rotate this 360 degrees (along the Y-Axis, ROTATE_CENTER, shown below)to create a full on 360 degree swept volume so I can understand the full volume this will occupy in the real world. Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

 

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16-Pearl
October 3, 2024

Volumetric helical sweep is what you want. You can define the shape of the cutter and sweep that along a helical trajectory.