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Swept Surface

To create a surface sweep:

-Create planes for sketching the sweep profile, sweep path, and the guide curves.
-Sketch the sweep profile and path on the planes that you created.
Sketch must be a closed, non-intersecting profile on a plane or a face.
-If you are using one or more guide curves, create coincident or pierce relations between the guide curves
and the profile.
-Click Swept Surface on the Surfaces toolbar or click Insert, Surface, Sweep.
-Under Profile and Path, do the following:
Click Profile and select the profile sketch in the graphics area.
Click Path and select the path sketch in the graphics area.
-Apply Options if needed.
-Under Guide Curves, do the following:
Select the Guide Curves in the graphics area.
Click Move Up or Move Down to change the order in which to use the guide curves.
If necessary, clear the Merge smooth faces check box. Example
Click Show Sections , and click the arrows to view and troubleshoot the profile by Section Number.
-Apply Start/End Tangency if necessary.
-Click OK .