[Ticket #4204] 3D parametric curve

[Pauvres_honteux]

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I can not find a way to make a 3D parametric curve of arbitrary shape, ruled by two points and two direction vectors.
Note: it's supposed to be fully parametric, i.e. moving a point changes the 3D-curve shape.

Any ideas?
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[saso]

Blend Curve from Curves WB would give you something similar if it would support the datum lines

[freecad-heini-1]

Blend Curve from Curves WB would give you something similar if it would support the datum lines

Part-Workbench Line and Curves-Workbench Blend-Curve.

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[saso]

Part-Workbench Line and Curves-Workbench Blend-Curve.

Yes I have made something similar with draft lines, but how to map them now to datum lines or points to make this fully parametric... Note that in this example Pauvres_honteux is controlling everything from the points not the lines...

Part Line (maybe also Draft Line) could probably have the same map mode options as Datum Line (Through two points)

[saso]

This is better... and if you change datum points to part vertex then you are even able to use the transform gizmo on it

Also note, if Parameter1 and Parameter2 of the Blend Curve would have support to be overridden (driven) by an object then DatumPoint_1.1 and DatumPoint_1.2 could be used for that

[Vincent B]

Here my first video.
Hope it can be helpful.
https://youtu.be/r3-ebv89MiM

[Pauvres_honteux]

Hello Saucy Tomato!

I tried your version and it works!!! However, getting all that stuff to work in a parametric way and get it back into the Body was a bit to much to handle for my FC, it crashed...

Wouldn't it be simpler if that blend curve could accept datum's directly instead?
Anybody knows who coded that blend curve? Perhaps he can do some magic with it?

[Pauvres_honteux]

Hi Chris, I've got the impression you coded this "blend curve" thingie?
Would it be a lot of work to have it take datum-points and datum-lines as argument?

[Chris_G]

Hi Chris, I've got the impression you coded this "blend curve" thingie?
Would it be a lot of work to have it take datum-points and datum-lines as argument?

I almost never use Part Design, so I don't know these datum things much.
I had a quick look, but I don't know yet if I'll be able to add these objects as input data for BlendCurve.

[Vincent B]

Datumline can be draged outside a body.
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Workfeature WB can do same objets as partdesign (line, point...), but is not all finished yet