Sweep

[jgomez720]

Description

A tool that enables the user to extrude a sketch along a path

Functionality

1. The user creates a path (usually this is a spline)
2. The user creates a sketch they want to extrude along that path. Most of the time, the path must start perpendicular to the sketch plane.

Supporting Docs

Screenshare.-.2023-11-08.9_27_58.AM.mp4

Example of sweep failure:

This occurs when there are bends that are too large to physically render.

PseudoKCL

const sweepSketch = startSketchOn('XY')
  |> startProfileAt([2, 0], %)
  |> arc({
       angle_end: 360,
       angle_start: 0,
       radius: 2
     }, %)

const sweepPath = startSketchOn('YZ')
  |> startProfileAt([0.05, 0.05], %)
  |> line([0, 7], %)
  |> tangentialArc({
    offset: 90,
    radius: 5
  }, %)
  |> line([-3, 0], %)
  |> tangentialArc({
    offset: -90,
    radius: 5
  }, %)
  |> line([0, 7], %)

sweep({
  sketch: sweepSketch,
  path: sweepPath,
  remove: false // optional. Always add material, user should specify remove: true if they want it to remove material instead.
})

Expected Result:

Most of this I could do in KCL today, just not the sweep function.

[mlfarrell]

started some research on this one last week at https://github.com/KittyCAD/engine/issues/2128