Solids Builder - Sweep

Sweep - creates a solid by sweeping a plane figure ( circle or polyline) into a one curve:

The Sweep activity is typically used to create longitudinal, or linear, devices where the section is constant:

The Sweep activity has the following properties:

• Identification
  • Name - name of the activity
    The name of the scan must follow the naming rules
  • Sweep Figure - name of the flat curve to be extruded ( circle or polyline).
    Note, ideally the section should be aligned with the healing path.
    To do this, you can use the example schema, using the activity Align:
    
    
    Also notice that Civil 3D deforms the pipe section, doing something like this:
    
    
    For small slopes this is not important, but in water descents, it makes a lot of difference. In these cases, you can calculate a deformed height that takes into account the slope, or align the section with the slope
  • Path Curve - name of the curve where the section will be slid
  • Object Visible - indicates whether or not the point should be drawn in the preview

If the text gets too big/small, or the sphere that represents the point gets too big or small, use the buttons ( A, a, , ) at the top of the screen to change the preview