creation of a corrugated tube

[Alecian!]

Good morning.
I have to represent in 3d a corrugated tube. after some research I managed to find a good solution:

• I started from a path made as 3d sketch or as a curve for points on a single floor.
• at its end I performed a normal sketch at the curve to create the first section of the corrugated. 3mm away from this plane I then repeated this last step for the realization of a second section with a larger diameter.
• I created a derived curve by selecting both circumferences.
• I created a sampling along the path through the "long curve" command.
• with the command "bluesurf" I joined the various sections.

until here no problem, but I created only a surface. I tried to make an offset of what I just created with the idea of joining the two surfaces and converting the whole into a solid 3d, but solidedge blocks giving the error "impossible to make offset or eliminate the face. "
same thing with the command "add thickness".

I come to mind while writing that to solve the problem I could build another surface covering the above but with the increased diameters equal to the thickness of the material. I am not convinced, however, as it would be more uncomfortable to change in the future.

Do you have any idea how to end the 3d? or even better, other roads leading to the realization of corrugated tubes that are visible bent or on the floor.

thanks in advance

 

[delki]

from the images I do not see if for each section passage there is a ray, if so it is very likely that the minimum radius that was built is less than the thickness you want to create.

 

[Be_on_edge]

Do you need to have the corrugated tube inside it?
in my case it is only to check which length tube to use, and to give idea on the design that is a corrugated tube. I then create a sliding protrusion for the central body that later I go to thickness; made this a protrusion of revolution to create a torospheric object to be sampled later along the curve.

the part is light and easily editable without jumping everything; In some cases I created them also adjustable in order to adapt to every place where the mountains.

 

[Alecian!]

we would like to replicate the corrugated as faithfully as possible. in the photo below, the section of a corrugated similar to what I would like to go to recreate. I will try again in case I will try with the solution of francesco.
the radius that you see in the passage between one section and another has been automatically placed by the software, I can try to see the result by changing/removing the radius.
thanks to both tips.

 

[meccanicamg]

we would like to replicate the corrugated as faithfully as possible. in the photo below, the section of a corrugated similar to what I would like to go to recreate. I will try again in case I will try with the solution of francesco.
the radius that you see in the passage between one section and another has been automatically placed by the software, I can try to see the result by changing/removing the radius.
thanks to both tips.

to me it seems like a bellows for screws recirculation and not a corrugated... different needs. evaluates well whether the detail is worth it or if it is a simple dot.

 

[Be_on_edge]

we would like to replicate the corrugated as faithfully as possible. in the photo below, the section of a corrugated similar to what I would like to go to recreate. I will try again in case I will try with the solution of francesco.
the radius that you see in the passage between one section and another has been automatically placed by the software, I can try to see the result by changing/removing the radius.
thanks to both tips.

It is evident that the royal corrugated has a 'folding' greater than you designed. This is also why you cannot create the thickness.

I am curious to know why you need to create the corrugated so faithful to reality

 

[Alecian!]

for the outer part of the corrugated I definitely want the maximum detail as this detail will appear in many axioms that will then be used for drawings, catalogs, documents, procedures etc. I therefore think that I will realize it as described in the first message of the discussion.
For the inside, I think I'm gonna give up and I'm not gonna represent her crouched. we say that "the need" to give the maximum realism to the part, came mainly from the desire to deepen and discover all the potential of the software. We rarely use surfaces or sheet metal and then when I lock myself in such situations, I never know if I'm wrong. there are really many options and settings in every step that sometimes the solution while being within reach of click seems very far away.
I will soon return to work on that detail, I will update you.
thanks to all for advice

 

[meccanicamg]

for the outer part of the corrugated I definitely want the maximum detail as this detail will appear in many axioms that will then be used for drawings, catalogs, documents, procedures etc. I therefore think that I will realize it as described in the first message of the discussion.
For the inside, I think I'm gonna give up and I'm not gonna represent her crouched. we say that "the need" to give the maximum realism to the part, came mainly from the desire to deepen and discover all the potential of the software. We rarely use surfaces or sheet metal and then when I lock myself in such situations, I never know if I'm wrong. there are really many options and settings in every step that sometimes the solution while being within reach of click seems very far away.
I will soon return to work on that detail, I will update you.
thanks to all for advice

in general to realize non-functional details leads to more allocate video and ram resources. normally if you put in the table a set with a hundred parts and make a dozen corrugateds like that you can no longer manage in time you agree to the table and update it. all technicians do not recommend this practice for the above mentioned reason. you could make two configurations: a detailed and a simplified, maybe only with a sticky texture.