ARC603  Drawing II, Digital

Lecture: Formz sweeps

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A sweep is a special form of extrusion. It requires at least two components:
  • An element to be swept, or extruded, called the source.
  • A path along which to extrude, or sweep, the selected element.

Both the course and the path can be open or closed. Sweeps with more than one element are possible. Sweeps with more than one path are possible.

After picking the sweep tool, the first pick is the source and the second is the path.

The source shape may be

  • a surface object
  • a 2D enclosure
  • a segment
  • an outline
  • a face of an object

All but the 2D inclosure may also be used as paths.

The sweep works with planar and non planar paths, exept that boundary sweeps require planar paths.

There are four types of sweeps:

  • axial sweeps
  • two source sweeps
  • two path sweeps
  • boundary sweeps
Axial sweep
axial sweep directedImage showing how direction affects a sweep. [ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Axial sweep along a non-planar path.

axial sweep along a non planar path[ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Scaling and rotating a sweep.

axial sweep showing scaling and rotating[ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Axial sweeps perpendicular to a plane.

Axial sweeps perpendicular to a plane.[ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Alignment

Sweep alignment options [ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Sweeping multiple sources.

Sweeping multiple sources.[ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Two source sweeps with open and closed paths.

Two source sweeps with open and closed paths.[ Click on the image for a large image. ]
Editing a sweep:
formz sweep edit screenThe formZ sweep edit screen. [ Click on the image for a large image. ]
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