- [Instructor] The sweep tool is similar
to maybe like a loft, but instead of two profiles,
it's taking one individual profile
and it's got a path that is going to drag that profile through.
You can think of like a tube or a piece of wire
or something like that.
And it's always got the same cross-sectional area.
It's always going to be the same shape.
And then we're just going to define where that shape goes to.
So in my example here, it's going to be a clothes hanger.
So it's got a piece of wire
and we're going to be taking that circular shape
and dragging that shape through the final profile.
So to do that, we have a couple different ways
and I'll show you them.
But right now I'm going to go up here to swept boss or base.
Now notice I have this thing called sketch profile
and then down here is the path.
So notice this little icon here
shows kind of like the length of the path,
and over here is the actual profile.
But I also have this option to use a circular profile.
So I actually don't even need that first sketch.
So if I'm using a circle, don't even draw it
just skip it all together.
I do have it drawn here.
Just, it should show as an example
but you have the option.
If you're using a circular profile,
just click on it and then type in the value,
and all you're doing is choosing the path.
But if you do want to use your sketch,
of course you can modify the sketch later,
which is kind of cool,
come over here and select where that is.
So I'm going to use the twirl down here
and I'm going to grab that sketch too.
And let's go ahead and zoom in there.
You can see what's going on.
But this time I actually have a rectangle, right?
So it's not a circular profile
but we'll look at both options there.
So there's my rectangle I'm going to be sweeping.
And then my path is going to be this sketch one.
And notice, as soon as I do that,
it sweeps that around that path.
And if you want to go in both directions,
you can choose this one right here.
So it does the whole thing.
Or you can go in just the other directions.
So a couple different options there.
You also have the ability to do guide curves here
if you wanted to control a little further.
We also have some options in there
like following the path or keep normal constant.
So you can take a look at that.
You can also twist it, right?
So you can specify twist value, which is pretty wild.
So you can try like adding a value there
and seeing what happens to your shape as you go.
So notice that twist a little bit.
I can type in something like 500,
and it actually twists the wire as we go.
So I dunno if you want a really fancy clothes hanger
or something like that, you could do that
but that'll allow you do it.
And you can go in both directions too.
So you can have this fancy clothes hanger.
And in this direction here, let's try 1,000.
Yeah, all right.
So there is our wild and crazy twisted code hanger
and it's all done in this one tool called sweep.
And if you don't want that,
of course you can turn off, but thin feature.
You can make it hollow if you wanted to.
A bunch different ways that we can create this one shape.
Click okay when you're done,
and there is our swept and twisted cool shape.
Now I do want to point out that we can you do that
one more time, a different way.
So let's go ahead and choose underneath here.
We've got a couple different profile and path, right?
So I'm going to create another sweep.
This time I'm going to use a circular profile,
so I don't need this.
So I'm going to go over here and hide this body.
So here's the body.
I'm going to click on it and say hide.
So we're not looking at it.
So we're back to zero.
Now my profile is still here.
So I can still use it 'cause it's underneath this sweep.
So I can use that one.
So I'm going to go up here and go to swept boss or base.
I'm going to go ahead and choose a circular profile.
I'm going to type in 0.25.
So I got 1/4 inch, and then my sweet path.
So I'm going to go over here and open this up.
And my path here is going to be right there.
And just that easily, I click okay.
I can create a regular code hanger
with a regular piece of wire, it's a thick wire.
So you can see just as easily,
I can take that circular profile
and sweep it through that same exact shape.
And now if I show both of these solids,
you can see I've got a circular profile
on top of a twisted rectangular profile.
And you can turn on or off either one of these
if you wanted to see them
by clicking on it and then say show.
And they're sitting there right on top of each other.
So that's how you use the sweep tool inside of SolidWorks.