Hello
I am looking to create prestressing cables for a bridge with solidworks
How to do it?
http://cjoint.com/?DKAwHyoIWZZ
Thank you
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- By making a sketch 1 either on the pillar or on the deck, to represent the diameter of the cable. So a circle
- On a sketch 2, you draw your direction.
- Extrusion of Sketch 1, with Extrusion Direction :Sketch 2
After if it's for calculation, no need to represent them, just add a connection between 2 points.
2014-11-26__direction_cables.jpg
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Hello
In addition to the @opiep27 proposal, you could also make these cables by welded construction: draw a sketch on your right-hand plane where you will represent all the neutral fibers of your cables. Then Insert/Welded Construction/Mechanically Welded Element and select a round section.
You can also make them by revolution by drawing an inclined rectangle on the right plane and then Insertion/Bossage-Base/Revolution using one side of the rectangle as the axis of revolution.
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As requested by MP, here is an example.
In red by mechanically welded elements (faster), in yellow by revolution.
example-cables.sldprt
Hello
What do you mean by "creating" prestressing cables?
If it's just for quick visualization, the solutions already proposed are sufficient.
If you need something more detailed, it's still a little more complex. The white cylinders of the Millau Viaduct are just shells that are largely more aesthetic than anything else. The cable itself is usually a strand of several smaller cables with a threaded part at each end to be fixed with nuts.
As a result, it might be better to make a piece representing each cable and then assemble them with the rest of the work.
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Weird your room.
have you been on it for + a year?!
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yes it's for quick visualization Chamade