Sweeping a Face

  1. Click Pull in the Edit group on the Design tab.
  2. Select the profile you want to sweep.
  3. Select the Sweep tool guide, then click the sweep trajectory. The sweep trajectory is shown in blue. Alt+double-click to select a tangent chain. Ctrl+click to add contiguous paths.
    You can also select the profile to sweep and then Alt+click the sweep trajectory or Alt+Ctrl+click multiple trajectories. The sweep tool is selected automatically.
    If the trajectory along which you want to sweep is a non-linear curve, you can also Alt+click the curve, which selects the Sweep tool guide automatically.
    If you select the Normal to Trajectory option, the sweep is aligned along the origin trajectory
    To quickly sketch a face perpendicular to a desired trajectory, select the end of the trajectory and select a sketching tool to place the sketch grid at that point. Then draw the face.
  4. (Optional) Select options from the Options panel, or right-click and select them from the mini-toolbar.
    Select:

    • Select Normal to Trajectory to keep the swept surface normal to the sweep trajectory. If your sweep trajectory is perpendicular to the face you want to sweep, this option is enabled for you.

    • Select Scale Sections to control the effect of the vector from the 0-to-X trajectory so that it controls both orientation and scale of the sweep sections. Uncheck the box if you want the vector to control only the orientation of the sweep sections.

    • You can also select from the standard Pull options listed below.

  5. Click and drag in the direction of the Pull arrow to sweep the selected objects, or select Full Pull from the Options panel or mini-toolbar to sweep the entire length of the trajectory. If you select Full Pull and the profile being swept is in the middle of the trajectory, it will be swept in both directions.
    You can also use the Up To tool guide to select a face or surface on which you want to end the sweep.

The common pull options are described in Pull Options. Once you select the edge or face to pull, select these options from the Options panel, or right-click and select them from the mini-toolbar.