I am working with lifting equipment and need to model lifting slings. Creating a straight lifting sling is very simple when using the circumference dimension and letting the centre-centre distance be variable. See the picture below.
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The challenge is creating a similar sling, but with a 90° twist. I have tried the pipe feature, sweep and swept blend, but I haven't succeded in creating is as one feature. It is possible to create it with two features, but it isn't very elegant. See the attached model.
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Is there an elegant way to create a twisted sling? And is it possible to control the curve length and keep it constant?
Looking forward to some good ideas.
/Niels
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