To Create a Sweep

1. Create or open a part with one or more sketched sections.

2. Select a sketched region, a sketch, or a curve. A Live Toolbar appears.

3. Click the arrow next to

Alternatively, click Home and then click the arrow next to

Sweep.

4. Select a template from the Templates gallery to specify the swept geometry type: solid, cut, or surface.

5. An Options Toolbar opens. Expand the Options Toolbar to open the Floating Dashboard.

6. Select a sketch, curve or an edge as the origin trajectory for the sweep. The

Sweep Trajectory icon is automatically activated on the Options Toolbar and a dragger appears in the graphics window. Drag the dragger to change the length or in the Length panel, specify a length value for the sweep.

• Make sure that the selected trajectory does not intersect the sketching plane.

• If you have selected a sketch as a trajectory, you cannot use the CTRL key to add more trajectories.

• If you have selected an edge as a trajectory, hold down the CTRL key to add adjacent edges to the trajectory.

7. Depending on the type of sweep you are creating, select one of the following options on the Options Toolbar or the expanded Floating Dashboard panel:

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—Click to create a solid sweep. Alternatively, select Solid in the Solid/Surface panel.

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—Click to create a surface sweep. Alternatively, select Surface in the Solid/Surface panel.

8. To create a sweep with closed trajectory, click

. Alternatively, select the Entire trajectory check box in the expanded Floating Dashboard.

This option is available only for curves or edges that form a closed loop.

9. To remove material along the sweep, click

, or select Remove in the Material handling panel.

10. The orientation of the sweep is based on the sketched section or the sketch and trajectory that you select. To change the orientation, in the Normal condition panel, select an option:

◦ Normal to Trajectory — Sweeps the sketched section normal to a trajectory.

◦ Constant Normal — Sweeps the sketched section along a trajectory keeping the section parallel to a plane. Select a reference plane for the projection.

11. Depending on the swept geometry type that you are creating, select one of the following options:

◦ For a swept cut, click

in the Material side panel to flip the side of the material to be removed.

◦ For a swept surface, select the Capped ends check box to close the ends of the swept surface. If the Floating Dashboard is collapsed, click

on the collapsed Options Toolbar to close the ends of the swept surface.