Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
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Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
I want to model the handrail of a helical staircase. When I sweep a circle along a helix in FreeCAD, the result is very inconsistent and for example depends on the diameter of the swept circle. While in my example I sweep a simple Draft->Circle along a helix, the exact same is happening when I draw the circle in a sketch (I guess internally those two things are same in FreeCAD).
Here's the result of sweeping three circles (30mm, 75mm, 150mm radius resp.) along the same helix (with the sweep moved in z direction).
Changing any of the sweep properties (Solid, Frenet, Transistion) does not change the outcome.
Here's the result of sweeping three circles (30mm, 75mm, 150mm radius resp.) along the same helix (with the sweep moved in z direction).
Changing any of the sweep properties (Solid, Frenet, Transistion) does not change the outcome.
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Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
This has been discussed several times already. You should find with a search on the forum.
Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
Divide the helix into shorter segments:
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Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
Finally, it seems to be solved in OCCT7.7.1 . Would be good, if someone can confirm it.
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Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
Wasn't this solved in 7.6.something already? OP didn't post full version info unfortunately
Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
I did search the forum and the closest thing I found was this:
viewtopic.php?t=57984
But changing the tesselation settings, as described in that thread, didn't change anything either (btw. I change those settings sometimes anyway for mesh exports for 3D prints).
I always think about that, but then forgetadrianinsaval wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 5:54 pm Wasn't this solved in 7.6.something already? OP didn't post full version info unfortunately
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That seems to be the solution. Thank you! The annoying thing: I played with the segment length value while trying to get the swept helix to be rendered correctly, but I must have had an unfortunate combination of values, because it wasn't fixed by that at the time and dismissed that as an option.
Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
This was also what i thought, but sometimes in sweeps in PartWB had still this issue. When i look on the example file, then yet (pretty late) i get the idea, that it have something to do with the section area to length ratio.
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Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
This thread and others linked there should be helpful : viewtopic.php?t=64333Lupin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 30, 2023 6:13 pm I did search the forum and the closest thing I found was this:
viewtopic.php?t=57984
Re: Part->sweep of a Draft->Circle along Part->Helix gives weird results
Not in 7.6.3
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