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Creating a Basic Sweep

To create a sweep:
1. Sketch a closed, non-intersecting profile on a plane or a face.
If you use guide curves:
 Create the path first if you want to add pierce relations between the path and a
sketch point on the profile.
 Create the guide curve first if you want to add pierce relations between the guide
curves and a sketch point on the profile.
2. Create the path for the profile to follow. Use a sketch, existing model edges, or curves.

1 = Profile
2 = Path
3. Click one of the following:

 Swept Boss/Base on the Features toolbar or Insert > Boss/Base > Sweep

 Swept Cut on the Features toolbar or Insert > Cut > Sweep

 Swept Surface on the Surfaces toolbar or Insert > Surface > Sweep
4. In the PropertyManager:

 Select a sketch in the graphics area for Profile .


 Select a sketch in the graphics area for Path .
5. Set the other PropertyManager options.

6. Click OK .

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