Sweeps must follow these rules:
- The profile must be closed for a base or boss sweep feature; the profile may be open or closed for a surface sweep feature.
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The path may be open or closed.
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The path may be a set of sketched curves contained in one sketch, a curve, or a set of model edges.
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The path must intersect the plane of the profile.
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Neither the section, the path, nor the resulting solid can be self-intersecting.
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The guide curve must be coincident with the profile or with a point in the profile sketch.
For cut sweeps only, you create a solid sweep by moving a tool body along a path. The path must be tangent within itself (no sharp corners) and begin at a point on or within the tool body profile.