Cut-Sweep Procedure

When I am performing a Cut-Sweep on the top edges of a rectangle
extrusion, that is extruded to 1" in height, for example, it is
understood that I need a sketch normal to the top edge, of the
rectangle, drawn to the shape that I want, and I also need a path, for
this shape to follow, as in any sweep. My question is: Must I use the
top surface of the rectangle as a planar face to redraw the exact edges
of the rectangle thus creating another sketch to use as the path, or am
I somehow able to adjust the parameters and select the actual edges of
the rectangle as the given path?

G. De Angelis
De Angelis Tool
Valhalla Grafix

www.deangelistool.com

 

You could make a composite curve, convert entities into a 2D or 3D
sketch, or if all the edges are tangent, just use the edge the profile
touches as the path and use the Follow Tangent or whatever the switch is
called, and SW will automatically sweep along all tangent edges.