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Advanced member	francis.marcoux@ipexna.com - 7/6/2018 3:07:39 PM Copy Along / tangency I have a 2D spline. I've created a rectangle tangent to the spline. Now want to copy the rectangle along the spline while maintaining the tangency. Is there a function for that ? Thanks! Francis Marcoux KC 15.0 Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post


Advanced member	Hans_Winkler - 7/7/2018 10:06:18 PM RE:Copy Along / tangency Francis, you can use Create>Solid Feature>Patterns>Curve/Edge to do this, however you wil have to make a solid face from your rectangle, because the function only works with solids or sheet bodies. Then extract the wires from the sheet bodies and you should have what you want. Hans Reply \| Quote \| Subscribe to post

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hpmachining - 8/15/2018 1:51:43 PM

RE:Copy Along / tangency

You can also create tangent vectors on the spline where you want to copy the rectangle to with Create->Vectors->Tangent to Curve. Then use Transform->Old-New->Full Copy, Use the tangent point of the rectangle as the base position and the endpoint of the tangent line as the first direction point. Just hit [ENTER] for the second direction point. Then use the ends of the vectors for your new position and direction.

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