AutoCad 3D :: Create Series Of Trays In Shape Of Letters - Unable To Sweep 1 Selected Object
Aug 14, 2013
I need to create a series of "trays" that are in the shape of letters. I am having some success with certain letters, but zero success with others.
I am creating these letters using a curve brought in from illustrator, and sweeping the profile that I want to use around the curve to create the outside.I am then using presspull to create the base of the tray.
However, sometimes the sweep command will simply say "unable to sweep 1 selected object" with no explanation as to why.
Sometimes I will get the shape that I want, but it is facing the wrong way, and I cannot fix it. Other times it will simply stall and then delete both the curve and the profile.
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Jul 28, 2012
I've been following the Convert 2D to 3D video that is given in the Help section of AutoCAD 2012, and whenever I try to sweep the handle using the same methods that were used in the video it says that it is unable to sweep 1 selected object (when I select the path). I've attached the DWG file.
Also, when I went to use the 3D align feature I did exactly as the video did, but my handle wouldn't align with the side of the mug. It kept lining up with the side but never between the top and bottom of the mug like you'd expect. I kept having to move it to get it down where it needed to be.
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Dec 22, 2012
I am attempting to model an internal 1/8"-27 NPT thread, both the through hole and the tapered part of the hole are modeled, but after I draw the helix and the polygon and orient the polygon to the helix correctly, (or even if I don't, I have tried it) it keeps saying unable to sweep object. I am using Sweep with Alignment with the No option. If I select the polygon first, then click sweep, it works, but rotates the polygon so that what I get ends up looking nothing like a thread profile.
I have tried reducing the polygon radius down to a ridiculously small value, thinking it might have been interference due to a possible trig miscalculation, but with no success, still have the same issue. FYI, I am using a .037" turn height for 27 TPI and a polygon radius of .0214", with a helix small end radius of .177" and large end radius of .189".
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May 20, 2013
Just draw a rectangle and a circle, then give them different colors. Choose AI menu "Object | Blend | Make", before this step you could set "Specified steps" to an integer in "Blend Options...", now you get a series of blended arts. Using Direct Select Tool you can select the rectangle or circle you drawed at first.
how to know if the art object you selected is one part of the blended series? I looked into the document but cannot find a proper API to get the infomation in AIArtSuite.
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May 20, 2013
Just draw a rectangle and a circle, then give them different colors. Choose AI menu "Object | Blend | Make", before this step you could set "Specified steps" to an integer in "Blend Options...", now you get a series of blended arts. Using Direct Select Tool you can select the rectangle or circle you draw at first.
My question is, how to write code to know if the art object you selected is one part of the blended series? I looked into the document but cannot find a proper API to get the infomation in AIArtSuite. (for CS5 & CS6)
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May 29, 2012
Is there a way to make any number,letters, or a series of both or each as subscripts?
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May 11, 2011
I am getting the error message 'Path curve is coplanar with or tangent to the plane of the profile curve.Unable to extrude the selected object.'
when I try an extrude this shape around this rectangular shape below.
extrude.gif
extrude2.gif
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Oct 4, 2012
i am drawing a chamfered-counterbored cylinder... i meet the problem: unable to revolve the selected object ! After i convert the object i drawng to closed Polyline path with the Pedit command, it cant be revolve !
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Mar 3, 2007
Is there a way to stretch a selected object into a different shape?
For example, I'm working with a friend with a tattoo design and he wants his son's name to fit inside a BatMan symbol.
Like this, but with the letters stretched out to the points in the Batman symbol.
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Dec 21, 2013
I want to create a group for the object be selected. but the following code doesn't work.
[CommandMethod("gr")]
public static void SelectObjectsOnscreen()
{
//Get the current document and database
Document acDoc = Application.DocumentManager.MdiActiveDocument;
Database acCurDb = acDoc.Database;
[code]....
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Jan 5, 2013
I'm creating a bin model. I've hollowed it out, the thickness of the bin tapers from top to bottom. I have selected the edges at the bottom of the bin and just want to connect these to form a solid shape which can be the base of the bin. At the moment it's hollow all the way through.
When I select these edges, then select 'border' and 'cap', nothing happens. How do I make this selection into a simple circular base?
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Aug 30, 2012
Here's another video that shows how to make a box around a shape.
Have fun watching me goof up my words
(Note: I notice the forum chops off the right end of the video. Maybe you can save the swf and watch on your computer)
cs_setInnerHtml('video_2ce2321c-4a45-4fd1-9837-ebe8e6def303','');
"The best thing about learning is that it never stops, and the rabbit hole will go as deep as you let it. [URL].....
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Sep 21, 2013
My mindset doesn't work properly with shapes - more with lines and curves from point A to point B.
My normal usage of Xara is for banners and posters etc. not art or technical drawing. Anyway, I wanted to create a specific shape in Xara - it's not that I can't create it otherwise (it's very simple to create in CAD and export as PDF - import into Xara), it's that I can't create it in Xara - No matter what I try I cannot create this exact shape. I say exact specifically because I can close to fudge it, that's not the point. How would I go about creating this shape exactly.
Certified.xar
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Dec 29, 2011
the expression in question is part of larger lisp routine to create and rotate text based on the object selected and the viewtwist variable (we use dview twist to rotate our views when needed)
So the expression in question:
(< (/ pi 2) ang (* pi 1.5)
where ang is the total angle used to determine proper rotation of the text.
Now the problem. In most cases where ang = 90 (or 1.5708 radians) this works fine. the two exceptions i have encountered
in testing are a line at 70 degress, viewtwist 20, and line at 50, viewtwist 40. For whatever reason at these two conditions the expressoin evaulates True instead of nil and rotates the entire text object incorrectly (180 degrees). So question is how exactly is this being evaluated? i know its comparing ang (* pi 1.5) to (/ pi 2). is there some sort of rounding error? or maybe the expression needs a wee bit more definition? attached image and full lisp routine for reference of what is happening, blue text is angle of the line as created by routine at viewtwist 0.
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Jul 3, 2011
I am once again trying to get the hang of drawing a 3D spiral staircase and cannot seem to figure out the SWEEP command properly. I have a channel, or a rectangular tube shape which I want to use for the stringers. If I use a round tube, like when I do the handrail, there is no trouble. But when I use a channel or rectangular tube shape the SWEEP command causes the shape to bank and I end up with an unuseable shape.
In the attached drawing (ACAD-2007 format) I have shown a SPLINE which indicates the path I want the outside stringer to follow.
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Sep 4, 2011
I want to sweep the "cutting tool" through the helix to create a inner thread of my nut. When i set "Align" to "NO" it refuses to sweep. If i set "Align" to "Yes" it works perfectly but the result is of course totally wrong.
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Mar 26, 2012
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Apr 25, 2011
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M10x20.dwgSweep.jpg
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Mar 23, 2012
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Jul 13, 2011
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RTKIFIRFPKTLFATEDALEVRRQSLATKIQAAWRGFHWRQKFLRVKRSAICIQSWWRGTLGRRKAAKRKWAAQTIRRLIRGFILRHAPRRTKIFIRF
PKTLFATEDSLEVRRQSLATKIQAAWRGFHWRQKFLRVKRSAICIQSWWRGTLGRRKAAKRKWAAQTIRRLIRGFILRHAPRRTKIFIRFPKTLFATE
DALEVRRQSLATKIQAAWRGFHWRQKFLRVKRSAICIQSWWRGTLGRRKAAKRKWAAQTIRRLIRGFILRHEPRRTKIFIRFPKTLFATEDALEIRR
QSLATKIQATWRGFHCRQKFLRVKRSAICIQSWWRGTLGRRKAAKRKWAAQTIRRLIQGFILRHAPRRTKIFIRFPKTLFATEDSLEVRRQSLATKI
QAAWRGFHWRQKFLRVKRSAICIQSWWRGTLGRRKAAKRKWAAQTIRRLIRGFILRHSPR
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I want, if possible, to create a profile (something that looks like a slice of the slope, so that the steps and profile of the slope is clear.
Can this be achieved? Will you be able to guide me through the process?
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Aug 1, 2013
Trying to create a 3D sweep. I want to keep the sweep parallel to the XZ plane (like a parting surface). In the attached part, there is a SweepSrf3 that has sort of what I am trying to do, but it does not go all the way around the path. Notice how the sweep is parallel to the plane. I tried to do the same thing in SweepSrf4, by selecting the 3D Sketch1 as the path, Sketch2 as the profile, and Workplane2 as the Guide Surface. That failed.
In SweepSrf4, the only way that I could get the sweep to come close to working was to use the 3D Sketch1 as the guide rail and the circle as the Path. Seems like I need to use the circle as the guide rail and the 3D Sketch1 as the path to get what I want... but that fails.
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Picture this, a tubular feature that has a path that runs along the circumference and turns linnear. A path thats .3125 in diameter. I attached a file that shows a hand sketch with this post but I can't tell if it will show up.
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In PS i can Magic wand selection shape from one layer, drop to sub layer and copy that selected shape from that sub layer. How do I do this in illistrator, and moreover, from multiple layer at the same time.
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Sep 25, 2012
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