Sweep

  • Sweep(Operation, Profile, Path, Alignment, Scale, Turns, Walled, Thin1, Thin2)

Arguments

Note that some combinations of arguments may not be valid. The restrictions are the same as when creating a Sweep interactively.

  • Operation: This is also referred to as Material Types. It refers to the desired operation

    agc.Add
    agc.Cut
    agc.Slice
    agc.Imprint
    agc.Frozen

  • Profile: An existing sketch, plane outline, or named selection

  • Path: An existing sketch, plane outline, or named selection

  • Alignment: Sweep Alignment

    agc.AlignGlobal
    agc.AlignTangent

  • Scale: Determines the size of the end of the sweep relative to the original profile

  • Turns: Number of rotations about the path. A positive value rotates Counterclockwise while a negative value rotates Clockwise. If this argument is zero, "Twist Specification" property is set to "No Twist". If it is non-zero, "Twist Specification" value is set to "Turns", and Turns property will have the same value.

  • Walled: Switch for thin solids or surfaces

    agc.Yes
    agc.No

  • Thin1: Thickness inside profile

  • Thin2: Thickness outside profile

Properties

Note that the acceptable values for these properties are shown above. The same restrictions and argument types apply here as when creating the Sweep.

  • Name

  • Operation

  • Alignment

  • Scale

  • TwistSpecification: Twist can be specified either through Turns or Pitch. This property should be used to input the twist specification. It can have three values:

    agc.NoTwist (default value)
    agc.Turns
    agc.Pitch

  • Turns (TwistSpecification should be set to agc.Turns to use this property)

  • Pitch (TwistSpecification should be set to agc.Pitch to use this property) Pitch is the length of the path for one full rotation. A positive value rotates Counterclockwise while a negative value rotates Clockwise.

  • Walled

  • Thin1

  • Thin2

  • MergeTopology (This is set to agc.No by default)

Note:  TwistSpecification and Pitch must be set as properties if you want to use Pitch.

Functions

  • PutSweepProfile (Profile): Allows you to change the profile of the sweep. The profile should be an existing sketch, plane outline, or named selection.

  • PutSweepPath (Path): Allows you to change the path of the sweep. The path should be a sketch, plane outline, or named selection and not the same as the profile.

Example
//Create Sweep of sketch1 along the path defined by sketch2 (from a different plane)
var sweep1 = agb.Sweep(agc.Add, ps1.Sk1, ps2.Sketch2, agc.AlignTangent,
1.0, 0.0, agc.No, 0.0, 0.0);
agb.Regen(); //To insure model validity

//Now make some changes to the Sweep
//Change its name, ending scale, do a full turn and make it walled
sweep1.Name = "OvalSweep";
sweep1.Scale = 0.1;
sweep1.Turns = 1.0;
sweep1.Walled = agc.Yes;
sweep1.Thin1 = 0.0;
sweep1.Thin2 = 1.0;
agb.Regen(); //To process the changes and insure model validity