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[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

Hey I am trying to create a sweep curve in space claim with python command. I want the sweep to be executed even if the bodies are intersecting. But space claim is not letting me do so. Can you please tell me how this could be achieved. I am looking at space claim API documentation and still, I am not able to get a good solution for j in range(0,3):
    print(j)
    selection =Selection.Create(GetRootPart().Curves[j])
    result = TubeBody.Create(selection, UM(20.0), ExtrudeType.Add)
    time.sleep(1) I have tried ExtrudeType.Add =and ExtrudeType.None I do not see any other options in the documentation please tell me if I am missing anything

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

The primary question is how to create overlapping cylinders. I tried to do it with GUI too it does not allow me to create overlapping cylinders. Please tell me how to override that and force space claim to add the cylinder.

 

[Deepak]

Hi,

Please share a rough sketch of the overlapped cylinders.

Please select the no merge option when using the pull tool. Also, please hide the first solid when creating the sketch for the second Solid.

Let me know if this is helpful,

Thanks,

Deepak

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

I tried different things in the past few days I do not think its the problem of overlap. 

So this is what happens for some reasons some of the curves do not get swept. I tried to manually create the curve and it does not sweep.

This feature works well in Solidworks. but I want this to happen in space claim

you can see those circles I don't know why this is not getting swept.

I can put the text file of the curve which is not getting swept

 

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

save these coordinates as text file and sweep it. 

please tell me why this curve wont sweep

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288.28019,475.69556,129.47438
313.56669,491.32312,117.56573
339.32278,505.91328,105.39416
365.63958,519.88421,93.704053
392.45966,533.78856,83.12276
419.67227,548.11338,74.224331
447.08186,563.20695,67.557654
474.47842,579.15365,63.253268
501.77413,595.70452,61.100997
529.04771,612.44598,60.785848
556.28967,629.14976,62.095548
583.53306,645.7684,64.645993
610.68618,662.39732,67.695702

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

The unit of the document is in micrometers

(The coordinates mentioned above are in micrometers)

[Deepak]

Hi Shyam,

I was able to sweep the above curve.

Thanks,

Deepak

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

see this

I am trying to create a tube body instead of a sweep it does not work why is that.

 

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

Can you please tell me why the tube body will not work for this?

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

File 1

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[Deepak]

Hi,

Tube body, do you mean hollow cylinder?

I was able to create the cylinders for the above files. To have to overlap, hide the other solid while sweeping the body.

If have sharp curvatures in splines, it is not possible to sweep.

Thanks,

Deepak

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

Tube body also does not work and sweep body does not work (I would prefer to do it with tube body than sweep body)

Making sweep body

(If you think sweep is a good idea, please tell me why this is not working. (I did this manually not with API))

( Also can you please give me the API code to make such a thing, because the API code does not work -            

           t1 = Selection.Create(GetRootPart().Bodies[j])
            t2 = Selection.Create(Selection.Create(GetRootPart().Curves[2]))
            result = Sweep.Execute(t1,t2) )

Making tube body

Both sweep and tube do not work

 

[Shyam Prasad V Atri]

Tube body does not work. Please tell me why I tried this in Space claim 2021R2, 2023R1 and 2024R1 tube does not work (I do not want hollow body, I want a solid tube)

[Deepak]

In 2024R2 both "sweep" and "cylinder" tools are working fine. In old versions, there was a limit in the cylinder radius and curvature of the sweeping path.