While sketching and sweeping profiles along a path, guide curves can help control the shape of objects as they are created. Guided CurvesĪ Guide Curve is a 2D or 3D curve used to guide the shape of the sweep as it travels along a path. For more information on profile rules, download our infographic and watch our on-demand webinar. Beginning with SOLIDWORKS 2016, if the profile is circular, the new Circular Profile option only requires a path to be sketched. Keep in mind, SOLIDWORKS offers three different types of sweep profiles: sketch, circular and solid. To create a swept surface, take a profile and sweep it along a path using the Swept Surface tool.To create a cut, use the Swept Cut tool to move a profile along a path.

The profile can contain one or more closed contours. To create a solid, use the Swept Boss tool to move a profile along a path.

These features are some of the most misunderstood in SOLIDWORKS, and we’re going to break them down for you in this blog.Ī frequently asked question amongst clients is, “What is a sweep?” Within SOLIDWORKS, a sweep is a tool that creates a solid, a cut or a surface feature by moving a profile along a path. We’re talking about creating sweep geometries and threads in SOLIDWORKS.

We’re not talking about sweeping with a broom.

Threads in solidworks