Drawing a Tube from XYZ Coordinates and Bending Radius

3D Design Routing
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Hello

I want to draw a tube in solidworks from

- XYZ correlations of the bending points*

- bending radius of the neutral fiber.

Is there a "curve going through XYZ" type option but dedicated to the tube?

Thank you

Youn

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Draw your curve in a 3D sketch and use welded construction

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See this tutorial

http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/3d/video-tutorial-creating-curves-importing-point-data-text-file-solidworks

Then you just have to create the profile of your tube via a swipe

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Thanks gt22, but this option allows you to make curves through points.
 I'm looking for the equivalent for a curved tube (sequence of straight parts-bending radii) but I can't find it :-(

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It's the routing module that allows you to do that, it seems to me. Problem: you have to have SW premium.

The MaD method gets around the problem.

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Even with the grandpa girls you need the neutral fiber

and which of the points of connection and of course SW premium

so via the tutorial you have your XYZ refs so you create a curve  if you have any right lines to you to recreate taken the rest

by removing part of the curve

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Fillets can be made between segments of lines in 3D sketching

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Hello

See if my tutorials to create tubes in unfolded version can be useful to you...

http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/cao/comment-deplier-un-tube

http://www.lynkoa.com/tutos/t%C3%B4lerie/comment-r%C3%A9aliser-un-serpentin-d%C3%A9pliable-par-configuration

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