Beginners Sweep Help

[DaveZ07]

I'm trying to create a variably curved path for a sweep. I'm new
to WildFire 2.0 and I don't know how to get started drawing the path
for the sweep function to follow. Can someone give me a
step-by-step tutorial?



Thanks!



The path looks something like the arms of the robot in the left frame:

 

[DaveZ07]

Oops, forgot to post the link:



[url]http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2003-06-09&res =l[/url]

 

[dr_gallup]

First, is it a 2D or 3D trajectory? If it is 2D, you just draw a sketched curve. You can use a spline for free-form shapes. If it is 3D you can either make some 2D segments and then connect them with a composite curve or make a datum point array and put a datum curve through the points.

If your swept section is strictly tubular you can make a pipe feature through you datum point array without a datum curve.

 

[DaveZ07]

It's going to be a 2D path. I know that I have to draw a sketch curve, but how do you do that?

 

[DaveZ07]

Never mind my last post. I found the path sketcher at the top of
the toolbar on the right. I've never really noticed it.
Thanks for the help anyway.