To Create a Swept Blend Segment
1. Click Model > Shapes > Swept Blend. The Swept Blend tab opens.
2. For a first segment, type a value for the segment thickness or accept the default value. Click to flip the thickness direction.
3. The References tab is open by default. Define a trajectory and at least two sections for the swept blend.
4. Click Sections. The Sections tab opens. Perform any of the following operations:
Click Sketched Sections or Selected Sections, and then define Section 1. Click Sketch to open the Sketch tab.
If Sketched Sections is selected, then you need to define the Section Location.
If Selected Sections is selected, then you can click Details to open the Chain dialog box where you select Standard or Rule-based references.
If Rule-based is selected, then you can select Tangent, Partial loop, Complete loop, or All curves in feature. Click OK to exit.
Click Add Blend Vertex to add a blend vertex in the active section.
5. Click Tangency. The Tangency tab opens. Perform any of the following operations:
Click Start Section and then select Free, Tangent, or Normal from the Condition list.
Repeat the above for End Section.
6. To set board-specific options, click Options. The Options tab opens. Perform any of the following operations:
Click Add bends on sharp edges to round sharp edges when the sketch includes nontangent geometry. Set the value of the radius and the location for dimensioning the radius.
Click Set driving surface opposite blended surface to flip the driving surface. This option is not available for a first segment.
Click Merge to model to merge the segment with intersecting segments.
To keep the new segment edges from merging with existing intersecting segments, click Keep merged edges.
8. Click .