extruding or sweeping

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RogerS
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extruding or sweeping

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OS: Windows 10
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: f86a4e411ff7848dea98d7242f43b7774bee8fa0
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17

Im sure this is simple, but not for me!! simple vertical round tube say 100 dia 25mm wall 1000mm high with a curved section on top 1000mm Radii through 90 deg.
Found it easy to sweep a solid bar using the 100 o/d , and a shell, but could find no way of doing it with a tube, could not put an i/d to the shell thickness or hollow out the bar. This should be easy am I missing something??
The description is simple and it will get more complicated but for now I need to understand the basics. R
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sgrogan
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Re: extruding or sweeping

Post by sgrogan »

Hello RogerS! Welcome to FreeCAD and the Forum :)
Either sweep an OD solid and ID solid and do a part cut, Or sweep the OD solid, select both ends of your pipe and use Part > Thickness with a -25mm value.
sweep.FCStd
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OS: Windows 7
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.6706 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16
Hash: f86a4e411ff7848dea98d7242f43b7774bee8fa0
Python version: 2.7.8
Qt version: 4.8.7
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
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