i want to get this braid i created to follow this curve to create a ring but im a bit confused
real braid pattern.3dm (5.6 MB)
Hi, Use FlowAlongCurve, but you may need to ensure that the start and end align properly.
And the base curve must have the same length as the target curve. (The file is too large, so I switched to OBJ.) Hope this help.
braid.obj (14.6 MB)
Hi @Joshua_MacGregor, some tips: Recreate the 16mm diameter circle, it has an extra point which is causing problems later. The pipe surfaces seem to have overlaps, remove them.
To make this work, you’ll have to ensure that the spiral curve parts (colored red, green and blue in my file) match at their ends with continuity, i’ve copied them and matched their ends using _Match.
Then i’ve copied 7 of them, joined them, so i get near the required width along the x axis, slightly streched them so they are exactly the length of the circle curve. (using the black line below the 3 colored spiral like curves as guide).
Next i’ve used _Flow to get the 3 colored curves from the line to the circle curve, using these options:
The result are 3 closed curves which i’ve fitted using _FitCrv and a tolerance of 0.01mm. Then i’ve changed their degree to 5 using _ChangeDegree. The result is that you have 3 periodic curves which you can surface using _Pipe and a radius of 0.75mm.
Flow.3dm (2.1 MB)
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